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Courts & crime, 1905

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The Arbitration Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

Judge cohen says the Arbitration court still exists. The President and members will act until their successors are appointed…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 22. (Before Mr.T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Municipal Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 3

The Inspector of Nuisances, (Mr. C. A. Cannon) proceeded against two persons for breaches of the municipal by-laws. James Campbell pleaded…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 22, 1905. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Sunday Trading

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 4

Joseph Blight, license of the Home Hotel, Wagga, and Patrick James Colley, of the Pastoral Hotel, were charged that on Sunday, May 14th, they…

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Police Court. Monday. Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H Nisbett, P.M. A man named Robert Condron was fined 5/- for drunkenness. COUNTERFEIT COIN…

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Girgarree Murder. the Missing Portmanteau. Seymour

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 4

The mysterious disappearance of the portmanteau that was in the possession of James Edwards, accused of the murder of William Skinner, has…

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Tragedy in Queensland. Old Couple's End. Murder and Suicide. Rockhampton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 4

A tragedy occurred in a small, humpy west of Rockhampton on Saturday afternoon, John. Cox, an old woodcarter, shooting his, wife with a…

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Remarkable Double Life. Smith Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 5

Willinm Smith, on whose premises at Abbotsford the police recently discovered a large collection of stolon properly, the proceeds of burglaries…

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The Courts. Police Court -- FRlDAY. Before the P.M.

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 3

James Quinlan was charged with being deemed to be insane, and wandering at large. Senr. Constable M'Donald, sworn, deposed -- Yesterday I arrested Quinlan, and…

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A High Court Deadlock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 5

At the sitting of the High Court of Australia at Darlinghurst on Tuesday the Chief Justice made an important statement, setting out a history of…

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The High Court Squabble

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

The Federal Attorney-General says the High Court judges at Melbourne refused to do the duty they had sworn to discharge, thereby causing…

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The High Court. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

The Federal Chief Justice this morning supplemented the statement of the High Court, and said the statement was made under judicial…

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High Court Judges. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

Mr. Josiah Symons says that the the High Court Judges in Melbourne have refused to do their duty, for which they are paid for and sworn to…

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Guilty of Simple Murder. Sentence of Death Passed. Plaintive Appeal to the Judge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 5

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Brisbane, on Wednesday, the case in which James Warton is charged with the murder of William…

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Leahy Must Pay. THE M.S.U. Receives Another Rebuff. Privy Council Refuses Leave to Appeal From Just Decision of the High Court

The Worker · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 7

The Bogus Union has sustained another rebuff. Its appeal, about which the papers made so much a few months ago, has been nipped in the bud by the refusal by the…

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Alleged Theft of Timber

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 4

James M'[?] was charged with the theft of two trees, the property of Andrew Heningson, of Tootal. Mr. P. R. Higgins appeared for the plaintiff…

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High Court Rumours

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 3

Sensational developments are likely iu connection with the dispute between the High Court Judges and the Federal Attirney—General. The…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday,, May 29, 1905. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Municipal Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 3

Inspector Cannon proceeded against H. S. Headley, upon an information alleging that he interfered with the water service of the borough, without…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 29Th, 1905. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) the Coolamon Rabbit Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 4

The P.M. delivered his reserved judgment in the case of the Wagga Pastures Protection Board against William Dodd, which was heard at Coolamon on…

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Tears by Machinery. Murder Councelled by a "Miraculous" Ikon

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

How the Bulgarians are worked up to acts of wholesale assassination against the Greeks in Macedonia by means of a "miraculous" ikon, or…

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Tears by Machinery. Murder Counselled by a "Miraculous" Ikon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 5

How the Bulgarians art worked up to acts of wholesale assassination against the Greeks in Macedonig by means of a 'miraculous" ikon, or holy picture, is…

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