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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

1,111 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 56

Local and General News. Alleged Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

Wm. John Robertson, just five years out from London, was charged at the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday with riotous behaviour, and…

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The Louth Murder. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 3

The supposition that the body of the man found in the Darling River, near Louth, was that of a shearer known as Stapleton is likely to prove correct. At the camp…

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Licensing Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett. L.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

Two applications were granted for booth licenses…

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The Courts. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr J. H. Nisbeid. P.m.) Is S1e a Madman Aliford Wedding with Intest to Murder

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

Harry Sie, [?]…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 7. (Before the Police Magistrate) Riotous Behaviour

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

Frederick Ross, charged with riotous behaviour in Fitzmaurice-street on the 5th inst, said that if they called singing riotous behaviour, he would plead…

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The Louth Murder. a Man Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

At the Bathurst Court to day a man named W. A. Sheehan was charged on suspicion of hiring murdered C. J. Collins, whose body was found last week in…

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Alleged Theft of Harness

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

The adjourned hearing of the alleged charge of stealing a quantity of harness, the property of Andrew Deihn, Uranquinty, preferred against James Taylor,…

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Alleged Assault. Accused Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

Wm.John Robertson was brought np on remand charged with doing grievous bodily harm to Hubert D*Hudson, the license of the Golden Age Hotel, on…

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A Recalcitrant Bankrupt. Committed to Gaol

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

In the Bankruptcy Court to day, a bankrupt having declined to deliver up certain papers to the official assignee, was found guilty of contempt, and sentenced…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, November 7. Before Mrs. Nesbit, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

John Keihone, sen, sued Jack Ah Gee to regain possession of a tenement under the Lsndlords' and Tenants Act. Mr. Weekes, for complainant,…

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A Murder Mystery. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 3

The police have not yet succeeded in clearing up the mystery surrounding the body of the murdered man found tied down in a waterhole near Louth. It was…

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Small Debts Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

W.E. Kyle v. Myles Gilmartin, £3/16/8, balance of money lent. Plaintiff said defendant had written, offering to pay half the amount on…

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Goulburn Shooting Case. No Suspicion of Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

In response to the request of the father of the deceased, who was not satisfied with the open verdict of the Coroner's jury, the police have made a thorough…

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Wagga Police Court. Before Mr. T. H. Williamson, P.M. Monday, November 7Th, 1904. Borough Offences

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

Jas Aylett, Hubert D'Hudson, Wm. Hoye, Thos. Gormly, and Geo. Watt were each fined 6s and 4s 10d costs for allowing their horses to stray within the…

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Police Court Monday, 31St October. Before Messrs, A. W. Molineaux and T. W. Witts, J's P.

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

Annie Perfect, a married woman [?]iding at Sharp's Creek, and Coral, Perfect, her daughter, under arrest, were charged with stealing one…

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The Tarcutta Police V. Dennis Remarks by the Bench

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

James Dennis, of the Squatters' Arms Hotel, Lower Tarcutta, was charged under the Liquor Act with not having a lighted lamp fixed outside his hotel of…

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The Courts. Police Court. Monday, Nov. 7

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

Before Mr J. H. Nesbitt, P.M. J. H. Manns v. Wm. Thompson, wages due, £2 10s. Mr Fraser, for plaintiff, said summons had not been…

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The Louth Murder. an Arrest

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 3

The victim of the Louth murder is not a man named Stapieton. The police have ascertained that Stapletos is alive. The authorities at headquart…

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The Darling Tragedy. Man Charged with Murder. Statement by the Accused

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 4

At the Bathurst police court on Monday morning Walter Ambrose Sheehan was charged with the murder of Chas. J. Collins, whose body was found tied…

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The Louth Murder. a Complicating Development

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 2

Another now development has taken place in connection with the Louth murder, for which a man is under arrest, which will further shroud the case in…

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