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Courts & crime, 1910

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

His Honor Judge Rogers, K.C., has written to the Registrar of the Wagga District Court (Mr. J. L. Walker) asking him to open the District Court…

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Alleged Burglary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

The Wagga police have arrested a man on a charge of burglariously entering Messrs. Caldwell's wine stores and stealing several bottles of wine…

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Delay in Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

The usual time for Police Court proceedings to commence at the Wagga Court House is 10 a.m., but it was 10.33 on Saturday morning before the…

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Local and General News Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday morning, Daniel Sullivan, charged with using indecent language at The Bock, was fined…

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Police Court. Monday. before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. Mac Mahon withdrew the first case called; and others were adjourned till 29th March…

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Cabman Pays the Penalty. Eight Months for Theft

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

The case of William Percival Mo[?]fat, cabman, who was charged with the theft of a purse containing £5 13s 6d from the person of Win. Fisher…

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Horse Stealing. Man Who Wanted to Learn a Trade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 4

James Bennett, who was unrepresented by counsel, pleaded not guilty to three indictments as follows:—Stealing one mare the property of Edmond Honey at Narandera on…

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Wagga Police Court. Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M. Saturday, February 26, 1910. Unlawful Possession of Mail Bag

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 4

George Brasher, a middle aged man, was charged with having in his possession a mail bag reasonably supposed to have been illegally obtained…

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Taxicab Crime. New York Murder Methods. London, Feb. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Five men hired a taxicab in Broadway, New York, aud were driven to a West Side saloon where they called out a man from within and one of the…

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Appalling and Sudden a New York Murder. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Five men hired a taxi-cab in Broadway, New York, and drove to a west-side saloon, where they called out a man from within…

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Twelve Months for Horse-steallng. Accused Wants to Learn a Trade in Gaol

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

James Bennett, who was unrepresented by counsel, pleaded not guilty to three indictments as follow : Stealing one mare, the property of…

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Portugese Plots. Cartridges Stolen From Custom House. Blackmail and Murder. London, Feb. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

The Lisbon (Portugal) newspapers devote considerable attention to the numerous arrests and imprisonment of individuals accused of belonging to…

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Warden's Court. Monday. Before Mr. Warden Nisbett. SUSPENSION

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Percy Ernest Boxsell: Mr. R. Morgan for applicant. Applicant stated the reason—no water; six months were asked for…

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Municipal Deadlock. the Temora Embroglio. Before the Full Court. an Extraordinary Situation. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

The Full Court discharged the rule nisi by W. C. Lucas, calling upon the Mayor and Council Clerk of Temora to show cause why a writ of…

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Alleged Burglary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

Alfred Lascelles, charged with breaking and entering into, and with stealing various bottles of wine from the premises of Caldwell and Co…

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Stealing by Finding

The Worker · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 19

For appropriating to his own use a small portion of a sum of money which he had found, a Sydney man who alleged that he knew nothing or any advertisement of…

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A Satyr Sentenced

The Worker · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 19

At the Melbourne Criminal Court on Friday James Connelly (45) was brought up for sentence for an assault on a woman. Mr. Justice Hood said that the…

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Aldermanic Squabble. Wagga District Court Case. £400 Claimed for Damages for Assault

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

An echo of the disturbance between aldermen at Junee Municipal Council was heard in an action to recover damages amounting to £200, brought…

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The Dungog Murder

The Worker · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 19

The German, William Gerlach, who was arrested aboard a German steamer at Suez on a charge of having murdered his mate at a railway camp near Dungogy, is…

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District Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

The District Court opened on Tuesday afternoon, and the following undefended cases disposed of:—Drummond and Co.v. Brislan, struck out;…

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