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Courts & crime, 1906

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Rabbit Destruction. a Magistrate's Decision Sit Aside

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 6

Mr. Canaway (instructed by Mr. S. M. Quinlan, as agent for Messrs. Emerson and Tietyens, Albury) moved, before the Full Court in Sydney, on…

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The Suffragettes Severe Treatment in Gaol. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

Two of the suffragettes imprisoned in connection with the disturbance which women recently made in the lobby of the House of Commons have been…

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Defaulter Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 3

David Moon, formerly secretary of the Co-operative Bakers' Union, who was arrested at Auckland, and who was on Friday found guilty of having stolen…

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Alleged Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

Wm. Boody sued Wm. Thompson, [?]., and Reginald Thompson for assault. Postponed for a fortnight with a view to a settlement…

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A Brutal Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

Thomas Johnson, the alleged perpetrator of a brutal assault on Mrs. Paterson, her daughter and grand-daughter, at Albert Park, Melbourne,…

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Language and Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

William Foster sued Denis Withers for assault on the Brungle road on October 31st, and Denis Withers sued William Foster for using insulting…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Monday, November 5Th, 1906. Police Cases

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 4

Joseph Blake was charged with riotous behaviour in Crampton-street on Saturday, November 3rd, 1906. Defendant pleaded guilty. Constable Carrick…

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Police Superannuation Fund

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

It does not require to be said that the provision of pensions for State employes is opposed to the tone of public sentiment now prevailing in…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 5. (Before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

A first offending drunk pleaded guilty to drinking not wisely but too well on Saturday last, and was fined the customary 2s 6d, or "the rising."…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, November 5. Before Mr. Nisbett, P.M. Selecting to Send Children to School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

PATRICK McGARVEY pleaded guilty to neglecting to send his child May, aged 13, to school the required 70 days during the half-year to June 30. She was…

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Police Court. Xmonday, November 5, 1906. Before Mr J. Nisbet, P.M. the Public Instruction Act

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

Patrick McGarvey was charged with neglecting to send his daughter May, aged 13, to school the requisite number of days as prescribed by above…

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Police V. People a Popular Win

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

At the Gundagai Police court on Monday last, before Mr. J. H. Nesbitt, P.M., R.E. Jones was charged with allowing drunkenness to take place…

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Another Mystery Murder or Suicide?

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 4

From Paris on 24th August the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" wrote:— There is now a mystery surrounding…

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Adelong. Police Court, Tuesday. Before Messrs. A. W. Molineaux and J. D. Brown, J's P.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 2

Chas. Baker was charged with having a tin containing about one gallon of kerosene in his possession on 20th ult., reasonably supposed to be stolen…

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Public Opinion. Are Our Police All Liars? to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 2

Sir,—As one who takes a good deal of interest in the working of the new Liquor Act, I cannot allow tho cases heard at the local court on Monday…

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The "Magistrate."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

The November number of "The Magistrate," is to hand. The article on Tattersall's Sweeps, will, we venture to say, be read with much interest. The…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

Paul Singh, an old man, was yesterday charged by Sen.-constable O'Leary, of Wallendbeen, before the P.M., with attempt to murder. It…

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Arbitration Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 5

In the case concerning the shipping trade which is now before the Arbitration Court, Charles Bluett, chief officer of the North Coast Company's service…

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A Desperate Criminal. Sentenced to Five Years. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

A young man named William Crealey with a very bad record, was to-day sentenced to five years penal servitude on a charge of inflicting…

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An Imaginary Court Case

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 8

"The Prime Minister addressed a meeting in the Ballarat East Police Court"-- News Item, At the Ballarat Beat Police Court on Thursday last,…

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