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Courts & crime, 1874

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Armidale Circuit Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1874 · page 4

THE Court re-opened on Saturday, at 9 a.m. LARCENY. George Parker was indicted for having…

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Local Intelligence. Armed Ale Police Court. Friday, April 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1874 · page 6

Richard Carpenter, on bail, appeared on remand to answer a charge of fraudulent insolvency. Mr. Pilcher and Mr. Mitchell were retained for the…

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Country News. Glen Innes Police Court Saturday, April 18. (Before Capt. Edwards. J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1874 · page 4

Charles Green was brought before the Bench charged with the abduction of Annie Cotton aged fourteen years, from her father's residence at Stanthorpe. A…

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Mr. Justice Blackburn on Contempt of Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1874 · page 8

The appetite of the law courts for "contempt" evidently grows with what it feeds on. The person last guilty of this mysterious offence is the gasman of the…

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Local Intelligence. Armed Ale Police Court. Friday, APRIL 24. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 4

A man, for drunkenness, was fined 40s., or seven days in gaol. The Electoral Roll was revised subsequently, by a Court held for the…

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Country News. Glen Innes. Police Court, April 21. (Before W. W. Fraser, Esq., J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 6

Insley v. Matthews.—Illegally on premises. The information in this case was laid under the Vagrant Act. After this had been read, Mr. R. Colquhoun, the…

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Correspondence. the Late Murder on the Guy Fawkes Road. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—A paragraph appears in the 'Armidale Chronicle' of Thursday, 23rd instant, under the heading of local news and notes, referring to the above, viz.:—…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, May 1. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1874 · page 6

Andrew Stevens v. Jas. Wellfare.—Illegal detention of a mare. There having been no service of summons, a fresh one was ordered to be issued, returnable on…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Monday, May 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1874 · page 6

Stephen Samuels appeared in custody charged with being of unsound mind. Evidence having been taken, he was ordered to find sureties of the peace —…

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Police Court, May 5. (Before Colin Fletcher, Esq., J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1874 · page 6

A man pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10s., or 24 hours in the cells. J. Parker pleaded guilty to having…

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Local Intelligence. Armed Ale Police Court. Friday, May 15. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1874 · page 4

A man for having been drunk (not the first time) was fined 40s., or seven days in gaol. Andrew C. Forsyth was charged with…

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Country News. Glen Innes. Police Court, May 12. (Before W. W. Fraser, John Ross, and W. J. Edwards, Esqrs., J.P.'s.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1874 · page 6

Price v. Gordon.—Claim for wages, £11 6s., under the Masters and Servants Act. Verdict, £8 15s., with professional and Court costs. Mr. Colquhoun Attorney…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, May 22. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1874 · page 6

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness was fined 5s., or 10 hours in the lock-up. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr…

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Country News. Glen Innes. Police Court, Tuesday, May 19. (Before W. E. Edwards and George Martin, Esqrs., J.P.'s.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1874 · page 6

C. A. Laing was brought up, on remand, on the charge of uttering a forged cheque. The evidence of John Rossi was taken, and the prisoner was further…

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Loca1 Intelligence. Armidale vPOLICE Court. Friday, MAy 29. (Before the Police Magistrate A

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 6

Wm. Williams, brought up for protection, was sent to the lock-up for seven days. (We understand that in this case a fictitious name was given.)…

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Police Court, Tuesday, May 26. (Before G. W. F. Addison, Esq., P.M., and Colin Fletcher, Esq., J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 4

Chas. Robt. Laing was brought before the Bench, on remand, charged with forging and uttering certain cheques, viz.:—Three, purporting to be drawn by Robt…

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The Story-teller. Fingal; Or, Murder Will Out. (From an English Magazine.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1874 · page 2

NOT. M'Plierson's hero of that name, but Thomas Campbell's Fingal—or, rather, he who was Thomas Campbell. Fingal was a dog; an excellent one; professionally,…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Monday, June 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 6

Michael Agar, an old m[?] apparently with bad eyes, was brought up on a charge of vagrancy. He said his eyes were very bad, and he had been collecting a little…

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Police Court, Wednesday, June 3. (Before Geo. Martin, Esq., J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 4

Henry Smith was charged with using abusive language in a public place, to which he pleaded guilty, and was fined £1, or a week in the lock-up…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, June 12. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Mayor Moore and Mr. M'Lean, J.P.'s.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1874 · page 6

A man pleaded guilty to having been drunk. The P.M. said it appeared prisoner had been before the Court several times previously. He was fined 40s., or…

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