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Courts & crime, 1906

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Henty Police Court. (Before Dr. Cameron, J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 3

In a big bellied bottle there's a cure for all care, thus wrote Bobbie Burns over a century ago. In Culcairn the other day this idea struck William…

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Scenes in Court. a Violent Prisoner. Question of Sanity

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 3

The strangers' gallery at the Supreme Court, Adelaide, was filled by an expectant crowd on Wednesday afternoon, when George Brown, a…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

At the sitting of the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday. Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and Messrs. L. A. Fosbery, and W. Purtell, J's.P., presided,…

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Victoria. the Assault on Pastor Abbott. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day Rebecca Haldane was lined 5s, and £1 is casts, for assaulting Pastor Abbott…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

At the Wagga Licensing Court, Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., who presided, granted a transfer of the license of Mr. Arthur Clout of the Bridge Hotel, was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 26. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Municipal Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

The Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. C A. Cannon) proceeded against several persons for breaches of the Borough by-laws, and the usual fines were…

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Bankruptcy Court. Williams and Bruce

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

The adjourned public examination of the partners of the firm of Williams and Bruce (Wm. D. Bruce, Gee Bruce, and Jas. Williams) was continued before…

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The Arbitration Court. New Procedure

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

The Arbitration Court decided to-day that owing to the High Court judgment a different course must now be adopted. Industrial unions must not originate the…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 26. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson ,P.m.) Constable As Defendant. the Case Dismissed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

James Grant, a "first-class" police constable stationed at Wagga, was charged with being found, on February [?], on the licensed premises of the…

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Police Commissary Killed an Act of Revenge

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

According to latest despatches, bombs thrown at the police searching in a house at Odessa killed the Commissary…

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Police Court. SATURDAY. (Before the P.M.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Thomas O'Brien was charged with the lar[?] by finding of one puree containing about 25, the property of Mrs Ellen Ayers. Mr MacMahon appeared for accused…

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Police Court. SATURDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Picking Up a Purse

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Thomas O'Brien was charged with larceny—finding a purse. Mr. Mac Mahon for the defence. Depositions had been taken on the…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., David Coolaban was fined 20/, or 14 days' inprisonment, for being drunk in…

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Localand General News. Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

A the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, Daniel Cou[?]han was fined 10s, or 14 days for drunkenness in Baylis street on the 26th inst., and 40s or one month…

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The Arbitration Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

In the Arbitration Court this morning comment by a newspaper of a matter before the Court was brought under notice, but the President declined to…

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Outbreak in China, Missionaries Massacred. Buildings Destroyed. a Magistrate's Dignity. London, Feb. 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

A dispute relating to compensation which occurred at Nanchang between Chinese officials and Jesuits has led to an anti-missionary outbreak…

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Queensland Kanakas. Farewell Drunks and Police Protection

The Worker · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

A recent "Trinity Times," Cairns, has the following:—Kanakas in drink have latterly been very bad at Parramatta, and the residents have been forced to apply for special…

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The Pelaw Main Decision. High Court Ruling Explained. by N.s.w. Arbitration Court President. Lines of Future Procedure

The Worker · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 7

On Monday, the President of the N.S.W. Arbitration Court (Judge heydon) made a pronouncement upon the decision of the High Court in the Pelaw Main case, the real…

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W. N. Willis Case. Appeal to the High Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

Application was made on Tuesday to the High Court for leave to appeal to it from the decision given last week by the Full Court of New South Wales (the Chief…

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Adelong. Police Court. Tuesday, 27th Feb. 1906

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

Before Mr. Nesbitt, P. M., George Lewis was charged with having about the month of May last, stolen at Adelong Crossing, one bay…

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