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Courts & crime, 1905

1,150 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 58

Police Court. Monday, December, 18, 1905. BEFORE Mr. J. H. Nesbit, P.M.

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1905 · page 2

CARRYING FIREARMS ON THE SABBATH. Wm. Barton, son, pleaded not guilty to the above offence. Constable Henville deposed that no…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., Selby W. Jeffs was fined £1, in default three days' imprisonment for…

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Murder Charge Withdrawn

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

Francis John Sheridan was charged at the Criminal Court, Adelaide, on Monday, with having murdered Winifred Gouter on 13 September. The…

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M.s.w. Arbitration Court. Awards of the Week. Ferry Employees Fairly Treated

The Worker · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 5

N.S.W. Arbitration Court on Friday last gave its reserved judgment upon the claims of the Manly Ferry Employees' Union against Messrs. J. and A. Brown…

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N.S.W. Tram Employees' Differences. a Friendly Settlement. Court Refrains from Cancellation

The Worker · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

In N.S.W. Arbitration Court on Tuesday, during arguments on the Registrar's application for cancellation of the Government Tramway Employees' Union, it was…

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Police Court. Tuesday 19Th December. Before Mr. J. H. Nesbitt, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2

Railway Commissioners v. William Rootes, Mr. Emanuel for defendant. The charge was that defendant, on…

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Warden's Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post

Before Warden Nesbitt. A. W. Crain was called upon to show cause why authorities to enter No 370 of 35 acres, on portion 75, and…

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The Courts. Police Court. (Before Mr. J. H. Nisbette, P.m.) Railway Trespass

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 3

WM. Booths was charged with that he wilfully trespassed on the Railway line at Mr. Horeb Railway Station. Mr. Emanuel for defendant…

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The "Pandora" Case Owner Charged with Theft

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 6

Mr Thomas Caradoc Kerry, of the Royal Colonial Institute, the explorer, the only Englishman known to have crossed New Guinea from sea…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 2

Before Messrs. W. W. Lookwood and F. Pinkstone. J.P. SIMPLE LARCENY. John Drummond, a young man, was in…

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Burglary As a Sport

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 8

Mr. Charles Boos, superintendent if [?] Orange County Rapid Transit Company, has been arrested at Middletown, New York, for wholesale burglaries…

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Conspiracy to Murder. Received at 1 A.M. an Ex-m.p. Sentenced. London, Dec. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 2

Hugh Watt, ex-M.P. for Glasgow West, was found guilty of conspiring to bring about the murder of his wife, and sentenced to five yours' penal…

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Police Court. Thursday, December 21St. (Before Messrs. Dibbs and Oldrial, J's.P.)

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 4

John Massey, 61. laborer, pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly in Hoskin-street, the previous day He was fined 10s, in default 48 hours in the lock-up…

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The Watt Case. a Side Issue. Lightfoot Sentenced

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 3

At the Old Bailey on Oct. 19, reports the "Daily Mail," John Lightfoot, alias Norman Battle, a farmer of Sowersby, Thirsk, Yorks, pleaded guilty to having…

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Strange Charge of Murder. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 8

Mrs. Annie Johnson, who on Monday gave evidence at the inquest concerning the death of Harrry Jarvis Diamond, was to-day arrested on a…

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Strange Charge of Murder. a Woman Arrested. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 2

Mrs. Annie Johnston, who on Monday gave evidence at the inquest concerning the death of Harry Jarvis Diamond, was to-day arrested on a charge of having…

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Listening to a Murder. a Game of Cards. Body in a Hamper

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 3

On October 12 the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wired:-- Early this morning George Lanole, a…

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Wagga Police Court. a Malicious Act

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 4

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, Police Magistrate, presided on Saturday morning at the Police Court. Robert Douglas was charged with maliciously destroying a…

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