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Courts & crime, 1866

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Local and General News. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Oct. 2Nd. (Before their Worships H. Wren and R. Ritchie, Esqrs., J.P.'s) Unsound Mind

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 2

Charles Insley, sawyer, labouring under an aberration of intellect, was brought up for protection he being unable to take care of himself. It was stated that the prisoner was perfectly quiet and harmless, only andering…

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Small Debts Court

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 2

Jackson v. Pruss for £6 1s. For Sawn timber sold and delivered. Defendant put in a claim, as a set-off, for £5 15s 6d, an old debt for rent. Mr. Williams, for plaintiff prayed for an adjournment, in order to procure…

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Bushranging, Murder, and Capture of the Murderer

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 4

The country between Eltham and Queenstown was kept in a state of considerable excitement for a day or two at the beginning of the week by the presence and doings of…

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Local and General News. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Oct. 16Th. (Before their Worships H. Wren, R. Ritchie, and W. D. Tarlinton, Esqrs., J.P.'s.). Drunkenness

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 2

Charley, an aboriginal, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was dismissed with a caution. Law v. Robertson,—Illegal possession of a heifer. Charles Robertson charged by William Law with…

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Local and General News. POLICE COURT.—Oct. 20, 1866. (Before their Worships E. Haslingden and R. Ritchie, Esqrs., J.P.'s.) Horse Stealing

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1866 · page 2

Patrick Frawley, brought up on remand and charged with feloniously ste[?]ing and taking away a brown mare, branded TC under saddle arid [?] off shoulder, the property of one Thomas Hefferna[?] [?]…

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Local and General News. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Oct. 30Th. (Before E. Haslingdon, Esq., J.P.)

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 2

Jerry Murphy, an aboriginal, pleaded guilty to the charge of being drunk and disorderly in the public street Fined 5s…

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Sussex-street Murder. Committal of the Prisoner

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 2

This mysterious case was concluded in the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, the 30th ult., and resulted in the committal of Scott. After all the evidence was taken, his Worship, Mr. Pi[?]chy, addressed the…

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Local and General News. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Nov. 13TH. (Before their Worships H. Wren, E. Haslingden, W. D. Tarlinton, R. Ritchie, and W. M'Gregor, Esqrs. J.P.'s.) Police v. D. Gowing, jun.—Furious riding

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 2

Daniel Gowing, jun., pleaded guilty to the charge of furious riding through the streets. Fined 10s., and cautioned. Police v.Shean…

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Supreme Court, Sydney. Wednesday, November 7. Sittings for the Trial of Causes. Before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four. POLACK v. UNDERHILL

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 4

It was an action for the seizure and sale, or conversion to the defendant's use, of certain cattle, the property of the plaintiff. There were counts both for trespass and trover, and…

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[?]ocla and General News. Court of Peity Sessions. Tuesday, Nov. 27TH. (Before E. Haslingden and R. Ritchie, Esqrs., J.P.'s.) Lunacy

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 2

Charles Insley was charged by his wife as being of unsound mind and unfit to be at large, he having attempted to commit personal violence on her. The prisoner, some time ago, on a similar charge, was…

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Special Constable Versus Police. (Before the Braidwood Bench.)

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 2

Michael Connell, on remand, was brought up for examination. Special constable Carroll stated that one of the witnesses summoned had not arrived from Sydney, and that Mr. Fell, the solicitor, another witness, was not…

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