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Courts & crime, 1899

209 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 11

Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, July 25. (Before Messrs J. H. Nisbett, P.M., and John Monaghan, J.P.)

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

J. J. Scotchmer was charged with that being the keeper of a dog he did allow it to cause injury to Albert William Bindon in Junction Street,…

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Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, July 25. (Before Messrs J. H. Nishett, P.M., and John Monaghan, J.P.)

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 2

J. J. Scotchmer was charged with that being the keeper of a dog he did allow it to cause injury to Albert William Bindon in Junction Street,…

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Miss Margary's Murder Chapter Viii

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

' But it is late, and quite dark. Yon, must stay here until to-morrow, and then I will help you to find lodgings.'…

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The Ratal Hoisted Police

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 4

ALL seats and [?] of was report :—Second in the “N M P, ” as the [?] are [?] known and [?] don’t a few for a [?] this…

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Miss Margary's Murder CHAPTER X.

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

He recognised it at once, and remembered that it had been left at the shop for the initials to be engraved on it…

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Miss Margary's Murder Chapter Xii

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

She was lost to him, and he must root oat of his heart the love that had grown to be a part of his very self. But be might watch over and guard…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 8. (Before Mr. C.M. Murray, J.P.)

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 6

Albert Sinclair, sen., was charged with, inciting a prisoner to resist. Constable Hamilton. Mr. Osborne for defendant, who pleaded…

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The Police and the Dog Act

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

When Mr. Brunker undertook to say, in reply to a question in the House, that he would instruct the police " not to enforce the Dog Act in…

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Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, August 15 (Before Messrs. P: Walsh and J. Green, J.p.) Insulating Language

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

Alexander Hielman was charged with having at Yalwal on the 24th July last used insulting language towards James Paull calculated to…

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Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, August 15. (Before Messrs. P. Walsh and J. Green, J.p.) Insulting Language

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

Alexander Hielman was charged with having at Yalwal on the 24th July last used insulting language towards James Pauli. calculated to…

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Miss Margary's Murder Chapter Xiii

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 4

'Yes; I heard her tell Miss Margary that the had come hundreds of miles, on foot all the way, as she'd not money enough to pay the railway fare,…

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Small Debts Court. Friday 11Th August

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

Before Messrs. F. B. Hales, P. M., F. G. Robertas, H. J. Street, A. Tarlinton, and D. Tarlinton, Js. P. A. D. Burns v. G. Hyland jr.,…

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A Magistrate's Opinion. Proves Clements Tonic A Genuine Remedy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 4

Mr. Fitzpatrick is one of the oldest and best- known residents of Windor. Formely Inspector of Police, he has long since given up that position…

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Married Life and the Chicago Divorce Court

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 4

“YES” said the lady who was making [?], “your little boy locks very [?] like his [?] “Oh, do you [?] ?” [?]…

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Miss Margary's Murder Chapter Xv

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 4

There was a great uproar as he gathered up his winnings. Other players crowded round him with eager questions and noisy congratulations…

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Bemboka Small Debts Court

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 2

A CASE of considerable local interest was heard before the above court on Friday last, when Thomas Crocket sought to recover the sum of [?] from Alfred Pitfield…

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A Police Constable's Curious Mistake

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

A most ridiculous scene occurred at a church in Newcastle a fow Sundays ago. A policeman was passing the church as a gentleman came out. The man jokingly…

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Charge of Perjury. Police Court Proceedings. Defendant Committed for Trial

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

At the Nowra Police Court on Monday, before Mr J. H. Nisbett, P.M., Christopher King, farmer, of Kangaroo Valley, was charged that he, on 20th April, 1899, did, at Kangaroo…

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Miss Margary's Murder Chapter Xvii

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 4

There was a break in the manuscript here, and then on an otherwise blank page was written in a shaky, almost illegible hand: 'I feel asleep here,…

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A Police Constable's Curious Mistake

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

A most ridiculous scene occurred at a church in Newcastle a few Sundays ago. A policeman was passing the church as a gentleman came out. The man jokingly…

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