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Courts & crime, 1906

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, June 9th. Travelling Without Tickets

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 4

Edward Darcy and Frank Scott were brought up on remand charged with travelling in a railway carriage on the New South Wales Government railways…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P.)

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

JAMES O'Dwyer, James Carr and George Potter were charged with that they, ni company one with the other, inflicted grievous bodily harm on…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, June 11. Before Mr. Nesbitt, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

Thomas McAlister was charged wilb, on May 19th, being a person against whom a probibition order had been issued, being found without…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, June 9, 1906. (Before Mr. T.B. Wilkinson, P.m.) Travelling Without Tickets

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

Edward Darcey and Frank Scott, youths, pleaded guilty to a charge of having on Wednesday morning last, travelled by the express train from…

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Wagga Licencing Court the Lower Tarcutta Hotel. License Cancelled

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 4

Before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., L. A. Fosbery, J.P., and W. Partell, J.P., sitting as the Licensing Court, yesterday morning, the postponed…

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Wagga Licensing Court. MONDAY, 11th JUNE. (Before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P.M., L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell J's.P.) Hotel License Cancelled

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 3

William Dull, licensee of the Squatters' Arms Hotel, Lower Tarcutta, was changed with having, on the 16th May, allowed his licensed premises to…

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Police Court. MONDAY. (Before Mr Pinkstone, J.P.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

John Noonan (on bail) pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place on Saturday night, the 9th instant, viz., the Family Hotel…

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Cold-blooded Murder

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 3

A dry-blower named Michael McNaughton was murdered in a cold-blooded manner at his camp, near Cue, West Australia, on Sunday…

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Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. F. Pinkstone. J.P. DRUNKS

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

John Noenan pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5/ and costs 3/6. On a charge of using indecent language, the case was dismissed…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Five Men Charged with Murder. Fifield

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

The reopened inquiry concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of James Cameron at Fifield, on February 16, was started at Fifield…

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Sentenced for Contempt

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. Justice Cussen decided, in Melbourne, on Tuesday, that Judge Eagleson exceeded his powers last week, when he sentenced to three months'…

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Police's "Little List."

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

A prisoner at the Police Court to-day named John M'Ginty denied in evidence that he had ever been in gaol before, whereat the police presented a little list…

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Murder or Suicide. a Victory Mystery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

A case of murder or suicide was discovered on Sunday afternoon at a lonely spot at the foot of Monk Hill, between Chewton and Fryerstown,…

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A Cold-Blooded Murder. a Dryblower Shot

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

A dryblour named M. M'Naughton was murdered on Sunday night in a cold-blooded manner at his camp, near Cue (W.A.)…

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Sudden End to Court Proceedings

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 3

An indictment was presented against four persons in the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, charging them with conspiring to cheat and…

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Ghastly Practical Joke Five Men Committed for Murder. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

The reopened inquiry concerning the death of James Cameron, at Fifield on 16th February, has been concluded. The five men, J. D. Ferris, Edward Bourke…

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The Arbitration Court. Inadequacy of the Law

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 3

The Arbitration Court delivered judgment in Sydney, on Monday, in regard to the application of the Newcastle Wharf Laborers' Union against…

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Charge of Murder Prisoner's Extraordinary Delusion. Believes His Victim Is Alive. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

A young man named Richard R[?]y appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day to answer a charge of murdering Rose Arnold, a bar maid, at Surry…

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A Judge Charged W. P. Crick and the Lands Commissioner

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 5

At the Water Police Court last Friday, in the Summons Division, William Owen, Chief Judge in Equity and Royal Commission appointed to inquire into…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

Messrs. W. Purtell and J. Jeremy Js.P., presided at the Wagga Police Court on Thursday. William Bird, who was pronounced to be insane,…

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