The Australian Star, Fri 21 Nov 1890 1

COUNTRY.
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COBAR SESSIONS.

View of Nymagee town, NSW, c. 1890. Image: NSW State Library collection. Reproduction: Peter de Waal
View of Nymagee town, NSW, c. 1890. Image: NSW State Library
collection. Reproduction: Peter de Waal

    COBAR, Friday.—The Cobar Quarter Sessions were held on Wednesday.

    Patrick Dent, charged with horse stealing, was acquitted.

    Edward Johns, charged with stealing in a dwelling-house, was convicted, and sentenced to two years’ hard labor in Dubbo gaol.

    John Clark, charged with burglary at Nymagee, and John Plant, with larceny at Nymagee, were acquitted.

    A charge of an abominable offence [Andrew Anderson] at Nymagee was also dismissed.

    The District Court cases were unimportant, excepting the trial of Supreme Court issue, Collon v. Belford, mail contractor, Nyngan, for detention of a coach, which resulted in a verdict for complainant for £60 and costs.

    His Honor Mr Justice Docker left yesterday.

 

1     The Australian Star, (Sydney, NSW), Fri 21 Nov 1890, p. 6.