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Courts & crime, 1906

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A Supreme Court Appeal. a Conviction Upheld. (Before Mr. Justice Pring.) a Wolfe Schnapps Case. Prosecution Under the Public Health Act. Re Adam Beer (W. H. Bulmer and another respondents)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 3

Mr. W. A. Walker, instructed by Mr. C. D. Inglis, appeared for Adam Beer, of Parramatta, hotelkeeper, and moved to make absolute a rule nisi by which…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

A young man named Joseph Henry Clark admitted, at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, that he had, on the 2nd May, used indecent language…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

The police Magistrate (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson) had very little to engage his attention at the Police Court yesterday. The police list consisted of only two…

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Broken Hill Burglary

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

"Burglars carried a safe forty yards from a Broken Hill store on Saturday night, and then blew it open with gelignite. It contained £34…

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Brutal Assault Upon a Mayor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

Peter Hyland, a laborer, aged 32, was sentenced to three months' hard labor this morning for a brutal as suit upon Denis Brown, the Mayor of…

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The Natal Trouble. Murder of a Magistrate. an Unexpected Attack. Constable Badly Wounded. London, May 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

Additional particulars to hand from Natal show that the murderous attack on a tax-collecting party at Mahlabatini, in the Zululand province of Natal…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

A special sitting of the Licensing Court for the district of Wagga will be held at the local court-house on Monday, 25th June next, to deal with the…

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Figs in Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

An amusing "first brief" story was told some time ago by Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., M.P., says the "Penny Magazine." Mr. Isaacs's client a fruit…

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Police Court. Friday, May 4, 1906. (Before Mr. J. Rainsford, J.P.)

The Temora Star · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 1

A special court was held on Friday afternoon to try James Dwyer, for whose arrest a warrant was issued on November 4, at Young. It appears…

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Zulu Attack. Magistrate Murdered While Tax-collecting. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. H. M. S[?]ainbank, a district magistrate in Zululand, has died as a result of wounds received during an unexpected attack by natives. Accompanied by his…

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Murder and Suicide Woman Shot by Her Husband. Revolver Drawn on Police. Murderers Dramatic Suicide

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

A shocking tragedy occurred at Manly on Tuesday evening, a labourer named Wm. Rootes, 24 years of age, shooting his wife, Mary Rootes, aged…

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A Fight in the Dark. Charge of Attempted Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

At the Tamworth Police Court on Monday John Smiles was committed for trial on a charge of shooting at a youth named Arthur Gibson, with…

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Where Are We? From Full Court Pillar to High Court Post. Buffeting the Workers

The Worker · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 3

The contradictory interpretations given by judges to laws designed for the comfort and well-being of those who toil under difficult and dangerous conditions was once…

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The Story of the Blacks. The Aborigines of Australia. (Published by Special Arrangement.) CHAPTER XXXVI—Continued. Black Bloodhounds—the Native Police

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 3

The regulations governing the operations of the native police in Queensland were similar to those which obtained at Port Phillip…

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

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Richard Riley, charged with being found on the licensed premises of G. Pressor, licensee of the Railway Hotel, during prohibited hours, pleaded guilty…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. LANGUAGE

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

In two cases of using bad language nominal fines were inflicted, with costs. LIQUOR ACT CASES. James Laffen was charged with being…

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Small Depts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Council v. Richard Joyce. No appearance of defendant. Verdict by default for plaintiff for costs, 6/, the amount…

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Daring Robbery and Murder. £20,000 Secured. London, Wednesday Morning

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3

Burglars broke into the office of Mr J. Leiter, a great grain peculator, in Chicago. They blew open the sa[?], and stole £20,000 in bonds…

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The Law of the Land Court. (To the Editor of the "Express")

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Sir,—The appeal case of Alfred Woodbridge, heard before the Land Court at Wagga last week, may be considered trivial and unimportant so…

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Police Court

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

On Wednesday, before Messrs A W Molineaux and T. W. Witts, J's.P., Jas. Campbell, alias Scott, was charged with stealing one bay horse the property of Angus…

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