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Courts & crime, 1905

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Theft of Spectacles

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 4

Yesterday morning, before Messrs. P. Moran, J. P., and W. Purtell, J.P. Micheel Bamfield was charged with stealing a pair of gold rimmed spectacles, the…

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Burglary Under Arms. a Grocer Shot

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 4

Mr. Robert Fletcher, grocer, carrying on business at the corner of Bourke and King streets, Melbourne, had a some what sensational experience. Late at…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, December 23. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Destroying a Fence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 2

A man named, Robert Douglas way charged with having maliciously destroyed a fence at [?]on Accord, on the 16th inst. He was also charged with…

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Inciting to Murder Hugh Watt Found Guilty. Five Years Imprisonment

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 4

A London cable announces that is verdict of gudty has been returned in the case of Hugh Watt, formerly M.P. for one of the divisions of Glasgon,…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 2
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On Thursday morning, before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., a man named John Cassidy was fined 10s, or three days, for drukenness; £3, or one month, for…

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With Interference. Mr Adolf Beck Charged

The Temora Star · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 3

Marie Rouquin, aged twenty-eight, described as a servant, of French nationality, living in Tottenham street, W., was charged before Mr Denman at…

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Police Court. Saturday, 23Rd December 1995. (Before Mr. John Rainsford, J.P)

The Temora Star · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 1

William Kelly was presented on a charge of having been drunk and disorderly in Hoskins-street on the preceding day. This ever-indulgence [?] liquor cost him 5s, in…

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The Court Roared

The Temora Star · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 3

Baron Dowse, the eminent Irish Judge, was once judge when the accused could only Understand Irish, and an interpreter was accordingly sworn. The prisoner said…

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Received at 1 A.M. Government Seriously Alarmed. Additional, Troops Sent to Moscow. Rebels Without Arms. Chief of Moscow Secret Police Shot Dead. Loyalty of Troops Distrusted Horrible Cruelties Perpetrated. Authorities Refuged in Kremlin. London, Dec. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 2

The St. Petersburg correspondent of "The Times" telegraphs that the Government is becoming seriously alarmed at the existing state of things and…

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