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Courts & crime, 1909

227 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 12

Saturday’s Court. Alleged Embezzlement. by Bank Accountant. Total Deficiency Said to Be £400/8/6

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 2

At Bega Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M. William Alexander John McDonald, aged 27, late…

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Alleged Assault. Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, April 6. (Before the P.M.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 1

William Bede Grady was charged at the instance of adam M'Neilly with assault, occasioning him actual bodily harm. Messrs Ryan and Grainger appeared for…

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Police Court. Monday 5Th April. (Before Mr. H. G. Shaw, P.M.)

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 4

Augustus Wylie was charged with being drunk on a Sunday and pleaded guilty. Senior-Constable Curtoise said…

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District Court. Thursday, April 1. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.) BASTARD V. CAINES

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 6

Mr. Mocatta (instructed by Mr. Marriott) for plaintiff; Mr. Lysaght for defendant, who pleaded not indebted and the Statute of Frauds…

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Waste of Timber. District Court Case. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.) WADDINGTON V. FORSYTH

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 4

This was an action in which Mrs Jean Waddington, of Budgong, sued J. Forsyth, of Kangaroo Valley, for £100, for waste in cutting timber on a property he held from…

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Child Murder. Law in Different Lands

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 3

E.J.S. writes as follows [?] “Westminster Gazette” :— Is a mother who [?] her newly [?] child to be tearful as a [?]…

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Our District tetters. (From our correspondents.) Wolumla. Wolumla Police Court. (Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 4

Police v. Joseph Phillips and George Bell—Accused were charged with stealing a bucket, the property of the New South Wales Government, from an allotment…

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Official Shot in Court. Calcutta, February 20

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 8

Mr. Ashutosh Biswas, the Public Prosecutor at Alipore, was to-day shot dead in the magistrate’s court by Charan Chunder Bose, a Bengali, 20…

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The Children’s Court. (Written Specially for this Paper.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 3

Every social relation has its ethics, and the general needs of society as a whole are the base of ethics. This profound truism, voiced by an…

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“An Enemy of England.” Interview with Agitator. Murder No Crime. Paris, February 20

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 8

A London press representative had a long and instructive conversation with Mr. Shyamaji Krishnavarraa, who from Paris edits the “Indian…

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The Children's Court. Ormond House Ii

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 7

By degrees and in deference to a greater Sydney Scheme, Sydney is being deprived of her land marks, and amongst the comparatively few left as memories…

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The Children’s Court. Ormond House Ii

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 3

By degrees and in deference to a greater Sydney Scheme. Sydney is being deprived of her land marks, and amongst the comparatively few left as memories…

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Cowardly Assault at Braidwood

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 8

Mr. Robert Craig Dixson, of Sydney, was brutally assaulted at Braidwood on Saturday last by three men, T. Torpy, F. Feeney, and William…

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Judicial Change. Divorce Court President

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

It was announced on Wednesday (February 8), that Sir John Gorell Barnes, on retiring from the presidency of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty…

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Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, April 20. (Before the P.M. and Mr D. Hyam, J.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 1

Richard Shepherd v. Charles Smith ; insulting language. There was no appearance of the parties. Mr Ryan, for complainant, stated that the case had been settled, and…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Condition of the Hotels

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 2

The Court was held on Monday, Messrs. H. G. Shaw, Police Magistrate, and Messrs W J Lane, and E. I. Pell, J's. P. being on the Bench…

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Warden's Court. Tuesday, April 20. (Before the Mining Warden.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 11

James Lyall Valentine applied for suspension of labor conditions on the mining leases at Yalwal known as the Homeward Bound Gold Mining Company. He deposed he was…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 20. (Before the P.M. and Messrs H. M'Kenzie and Jas Graham, L.Ms.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 1

The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector was read. It set forth that all the hotels in the district were well conducted, the e were no complaints, and everything…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, April 20. (Before the P.M. and Messrs D. Hyam, C. Graham, and G. U. Alley, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 1

Mola Box v John Wallace. No appearance by defendant. Mr Grainger for plaintiff, who deposed to defendant being indebted to him in the sum of…

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Yesterday’s Court. (Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 2

Enoch Higgins, charged with using indecent language in a public place on Saturday night, pleased not guilty…

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