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Courts & crime, 1906

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

At the Wagga police court on Saturday morning three young men named Arthur Ross, George Williams and John Carr were charged with stealing…

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The Police and the Public

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Tallyrand, that Prince of diplomats, once cautioned a subordinate whom he was entrusting with a delicate and difficult mission to above everything…

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Alleged Serious Assault at Alfredtown. Tw0 Men Arrested. Death of the Victim

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

On Saturday the Wagga police arrested two men of the "commercial traveller" fraternity, named John Marshall and Edward John Kane, who, it…

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Painter Runs Amuck. Fires on Friends and Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 4

Great excitement was caused at the intersection of Forbes and William stroets, Woolloomooloo on Saturday night by the extraordinary behaviour…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 3

Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. LARCENY. William Ryan and Benjamin Owens, two young men, were in the dock as a…

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Theft of Vegetables Three Youths Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Senior Sergeant Anderson told the magistrates m the Police Court yesterday morning that from £15 to £20's worth of vegetables had been stolen…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, January 3. (Before Messrs. P. Moran and R. S. Heydon, J's.P'.) Stealing Vegetables

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

Arthur Ross, George Williams, and John Carr were charged with stealing in company. They were also charged with having three vegetable marrows…

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Tragedy at Alfredtown. Killed in a Fight. Magisterial Inquiry. Finding of Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

On Tuesday morning, in the absence of the Coroner (Sir. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M.), Mr. P. Hann, J.P., the Deputy Coroner, opened a magisterial inquiry…

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The Alfredtown Sensation. the Inquest Resumed Verdict 0F Murder Against Marshall and Cain. Accused Commited for Trial

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

The inquest in connection with the death of the swagman, Frederick Toys bin, who died in the Wagga Hospital on Monday, after having been brought…

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Alleged Murder at Wagga

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

At the inquest on the swagman who died in the Wagga hospital this week, the Coroner recorded a finding of murder against John Marshall and…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Horne, J.P., Albert Edward Perriman was charged with riotous behavior in…

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Police Court. Friday, 5Th January, 1906. (Before Mr. Dove, P.m.) Alleged Unlawful Assault

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

First-class Constable Noble proceeded against George Peachman for unlawful assault. There was no appearance of defendant…

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Murder Near Wagga

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

The Wagga Deputy Coroner, Mr P. Hearn, was occupied on Tuesday and Wednesday with an enquiry necrotizing the death of Frederick Toysbin, as the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 3Rd January. (Before Mr. Basil Bennett, J.p.) Larceny

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 1

Michael Brennan, alias Frederick O'Malley, 25, laborer, was charged with having on or about the 24th November, 1905, stolen a tent fly…

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The Courts. FRIDAY. Before the P.M. STEALING

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

William Dallas war charged with stealing a Chesterfield's coat and pair of glove, the property of William While. Evidence given by Constable Foster at…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Bush Fire Fiends

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

Three young men named John Morgan, William Dunstan, and William Robbins, were charged with a breach of the Careless Use of Fire Act—leaving a camp fire…

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Local Court Work

The Temora Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

With the progress of a town it a only natural that the amount of work done by the police arid at the local Court House should increase…

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Destructive Bush Fire at Junee. Two Men Charged. Junee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

A fire, which at times threatened the whole country side, started in Mr. C. A. Blatch's wheat paddock on Wednesday, and getting at once beyond…

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Facts Established at Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

In an action, the cause of which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentations by an imitating company, which was tried before his Honor…

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Hunting Cattle Raiders. Alleged Wholesale "Duffing." Police Mounted on Racehorses

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 6

A Charlville (Q,) wire of Tuesday says:—A case of alleged cattle duffing on an extensive scale has come to light in the Winton district. A…

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