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Courts & crime, 1905

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Police Court. Friday, November 3, 1905. (Before Mr. J. McKensey, P. M.)

The Temora Star · Wednesday 8 November 1905 · page 4

JOHN O'Shea junr., and James Sibras on the information of First-class Constable Noble, were charged with having on the 23rd October stolen pieces of 12…

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Police Court. Monday, 6Th November. Before Mr. J. H. Nesbit, P.M. Furious Riding

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1905 · page 2

Frederick Withers was charged with riding furiously ever Prince Alfred bridge on 16th November to the danger of the public…

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Police Court Sensation Prisoner Attacks Police Ballarat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1905 · page 1

Peter Blake, a resident of Ballarat North, created a mild sensation at Lake Wendouree on Sunday afternoon, and at the city court to-day he brought the…

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Crow's Nest Murder. Conviction Upheld

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1905 · page 4

Argument before the Full Court, Brisbane, was concluded on Saturday on the questions of law reserved at the trial of James' Ryan, convicted lot…

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How Labor Fared in the West. Senator Croft on the Revision Court Scandals. Labor Leader Watson Quotes Some Figures.—A Warning, to the Other States.—Get your Votes Now

The Worker · Thursday 9 November 1905 · page 4

Senator J. W. Croft, who was organizer for the Labor Party for five years in Western Australia prior to becoming a member of the Federal Parliament, is able to express…

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Socialists and the Poor Law. Peak Ok Disfranchisement. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1905 · page 6

At an inquest held at Edmonton yesterday on the body of Constance May Gammon, aged four months, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the…

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Train Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 6

A painful and mysterious crime which points to the unprovoked murder of a young girl named Mary Money, employed as bookkeeper by a…

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Police Court. THURSDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. MAINTENANCE

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

Mary Lloyd proceeded against her husband, Francis Lloyd, for maintainance. Mr. Mac Mahon for plaintiff, who made a statement of his desertion and…

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District Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2
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John Taylor v R Andrews. No appearance of defendant. Mr Vaughan for complainant. John Taylor, sworn, deposed-- I am a…

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Local and General News. Assault on a Child

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, yesterday, Valentino C. O'Neill was charged with assaulting her child, Agnes O'Neill. The case was…

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The Children's Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

A sitting of the Children's Court was again held at the Wagga Court House yesterday. Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., presided. Valentine O'Neill was…

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Stabbed by a Chinese. Extraordinary Proceedings in Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 6

There was an unexpected ending to the case brought against a Chinese named Chung Hing at the Ararat (Vic.) police court for unlawfully and…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

The Bitting of the Wagga Police Court yesterday was a very brief one Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., presided. Two persons were fined for…

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A Lover's Vengeance. Murder and Suicide Wellington

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

At Allanton yesterday, James Espy, a single man, shot dead Mrs. Leo, a widow, as she was returning from church. He then committed suicide by shooting…

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Sensational Tragedy. Failure of a Decoy. Murder and Suicide. London, Nov. 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 4

A remarkable and highly sensational tragedy in San Francisco is reported by the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph."…

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Prisoners Set Fire to a Gaol. Shot Down by Troops. Appeal by the Holy Synod. Governor of Finland Resigns. London, Nov. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

The prisoners in the gaol at Kishnioff, the scene of the recent terrible Jewish. massacres, revolted, demanding their freedom, and set fire to the gaol…

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Police Court. Tuesday, November 14. Before Messrs. Oldrini and Rainsford. DRUNKS

The Temora Star · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 2

Matthew Blake, 40, laborer, was charged wich having been drunk on the preceding day, and was fined 5s, in default 24 hours imprisonment…

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(Before Messrs. John Downing and W. J. Cartwright, J's.P.) Alleged Stealing

The Temora Star · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 2

John Shumack, 20, laborer, and Edward Doyle, 40, laborer, were charged with having stolen from Frederick James Ryan the sum of 19s…

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A Phrenologist in Court Pleads Not Guilty

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 November 1905 · page 4

Yesterday morning, at the Wagga Police Court, before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., Geo. Wm. Friend, phrenologist and was charge with…

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