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Newspaper

Melbourne Leader

Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date

Jan 12, 1861

Page

4

Magistrates Court Farce and a Baby Witness Smile

A Melbourne Police Court case devolved into farce as witnesses argued over authority to release a key amid incomplete auditing. The defendant left, a baby testimony amused the bench, and the matter was dismissed after a comic sequence involving swaddling clothes and a blustered clerical performance. The report notes the affair’s rarity in the colony and comments on magistrates enforcing corroboration while highlighting the absurdities of the proceedings.

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Burned Hay Stacks Suspect Buckle Feared Arson

In Learmonth district a Tuesday night fire at Mr Lean’s farm consumed two and a half hay stacks of about 130 tons valued at £780, all uninsured. A boy named Buckle, seen near the smoke, fled toward Learmonth. Police and troopers pursued. Buckle found at Caledonian Hotel near Minr’s Rest and prepared for transport.

Iscermiatis Leanworti M.lean Learminth Aventlsman Tuendy M'Lean John M-Lean Pat Learmonth M.tean Hee Singe M‘lean Distret M.lean Nates

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