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Courts & crime, 1868

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The Murder of James M'cormick

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1868 · page 2

On Thursday the inquest was resumed, at the New England Hotel. Nothing further of importance being elicited, we shall materially abridge the evidence given…

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The Murder of James. M'cormick

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 2

The adjourned inquest was resumed on Thursday, at the New England Hotel. A considerable number of spectators were present during the proceedings, the…

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Armidale District Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 2

THIS Court was opened immediately after the above, The list sixteen cases was reduced to the few folloing ones by various modes of settlement arranged between…

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Murder in Gipps Land

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

WITH regard to the murder at Shady Creek, the 'Gipps Land Times' states:—Nicol Brown, the murderer of the young man William Laughton, remained out of…

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Local Intilligence. Armidale Police Court. Saturday, Nov. 7. (Before Alderman Moore, J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

One man for drunkenness was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment. MONDAY, NOV. 9. (Before Alderman Moore.)…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 18. (Before the Police Magistrate and Commissioner Addison.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

One man for drunkenness, his first offence, was cautioned and discharged. FRIDAY, NOV. 20. (Before Commissioner Addison and Alderman…

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Ventriloquism in Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 4

A CURIOUS episode occurred in the Bristol Session Court on Wednesday afternoon. Whilst the Recorder was in the act of summing up a case of highway robbery, and…

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Uralla Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 25. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Marsh and Ross. J.P.'s.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 2

W. Cleghorn v. Jimmy Sin, a Chinese.—For resisting complainant in the exercise of his duty as a magistrate under the Gold Fields Act. Defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Monday, November 23. (Before Alderman Moore, J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 2

One man for drunkenness was admonished and discharged. The ball of another was forfeited for non-appearance. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24…

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Wholesale Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 4

FOUR Arabs, named Dab man Ould-AliMoussa, Larbi-Ould-Larad, Larbi-OuldCada, and Bouzian ben Chourak, have just been tried at Tlemoen, in Algeria, for the…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, December 1

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 2

(Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Jackes, J.P.) There was but one new case for hearing in the Small Debts Court—that of James Lynch v. John Trim. Mr. Simpson appeared for defendant. It…

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Inverell. Police Court, Nov. 26. (Before J. Buchanan, Esq., P.M.; and John Ross [Balaclava] and C. Legh, Esqrs., J.P.'s.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 2

Police v. M'Donald.—This was a charge against Poland M'Donald, made by Sen. Constable Farnsworth, for refusing to aid the police in the execution of their duty. Mr. J. H. Hindmarsh appeared for…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, December 8. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Jackes, J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1868 · page 2

Thomas Crowe v. James Starr—For balance of wages, £2 5a. According to complainant, he hired verbally with defendant to receive 10s. for the first week,…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, December 15. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Jackes, J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1868 · page 2

Senior Sergeant Balls v. Wm. Wickenden.—For threatening language, and for obscene language. There were two informations, but the Bench took the cases…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Saturday, Dec. 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1868 · page 2

One man for drunkenness was admonished and discharged. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Jackes, J.P.)…

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