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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1879

119 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6

Uralia Police Court. Monday, Dec. 30. (Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1879 · page 6

WALTER Johnston appeared, on bail, charged with assault. He pleaded guilty. Complainant did not appear. Defendant was cautioned and discharged…

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Walcha Police Court. Tuesday, Dec. 24. (Before Messrs. Nivison and Fenwick.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1879 · page 6

JOHN Brown was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Be pleaded guilty. Fined 10s., or six days in the lock-up. Daniel Clarkson pleaded guilty to a…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Dec. 27. (Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1879 · page 6

PETER Walsh, in custody, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly. It appeared he had been thrice drunk in 1878. Fined 40s.; in default, seven days…

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Local Intelligence. Armed Ale Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 1. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Blythe)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1879 · page 4

Two men pleaded guilty to being drunk, and were admonished and discharged. Mr. Simpson appeared on behalf of the following applications for slaughtering…

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Lauds Court of Enquiry, Armidale. Monday, Dec. 30. (Before Mr. Commissioner Blythe.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1879 · page 4

CASE of Richard Hargrave v. Wm. Hamilton. In this case the complainant had deposited £10, together with a statutory declaration that the conditions of…

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Local Intelligence. Uralla Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 7. (Before Mr. Buchanan. P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1879 · page 5

AN inebriate pleaded guilty, and was discharged with a caution. James Young applied for and obtained a slaughtering license…

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Logal Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Jan. 3. (Before the P.M. and Mr. G. Allingham.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1879 · page 6

HAWKERS licenses were granted as follows, there being no objection on the part of the police:—Per Mr. Proctor (of Proctor and…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, January 7. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1879 · page 2

WAGES.--Clara Smith sued James Harris, sen., for a sum of money due her for wages. The plaintiff deposed that she was engaged by Mr. Harris in Sydney on the 3rd of September last, at 15s. per…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Jan. 17. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. Blythe and Fenwick.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1879 · page 6

MR. Mitchell applied for a slaughtering license for Mr. John Henry Mowles for yards on Mr. Rigney's station Grafton road. The police had no objection…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, January 21, (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 2

PATRICK QUINN, who whilst in his cups on the previous evening, had become very uproarious and would insist upon having a "go in," was fined 5s. Renewals of slaughtering licenses were granted…

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Local Intelligence. Armedale Police Court. Fridau, Jan. 24. (Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 6

A MAN who was in custody for drunkenness pleaded guilty, and was cautioned and discharged. SATURDAY, Jan. 25…

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District News. Uralla Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 28. (Before the P.M. and Dr. WoodsA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 5

JAS. Owens, on bail, was charged with disorderly conduct. No appearance. Bail of £1 forfeited. John Adams, in custody, was charged…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, January 28. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1879 · page 2

ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.--Terence Kelly appeared on summons, to answer the complaint of having made use of opprobrious language towards Patrick Kinsella. It appears that the parties had been at…

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District News. Uralla Police Court. Monday, Feb. 3. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1879 · page 6

JAMES Martin appeared in custody, on remand, charged with assault and robbery. The evidence of Constables Hughes and Landie, taken before Dr. Woods,…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Jan. 31. (Before the P.M. and Mr. M'Lean.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1879 · page 6

GEO. Hilliard v. Henry Mulligan.—For keeping a dog that had killed four sheep, valued at £2. Plea, not guilty. Mr. Mitchell for complainant. According to…

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Police Photography

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 2

COMING by the back of the Champ de Mars, I was attracted by a group around a photographic policeman, who was making rather an awkward effort to take a picture of an old house wherein an…

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Local Intelligence. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Feb. 14. (Before Mr. Blythe.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1879 · page 6

A MAN who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and had been 24 hours in custody, was cautioned and discharged. Another, also pleading guilty to a like…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 2

A MAN, who had refreshed himself too frequently at the different saloons in town, and becoming obstreperous, was locked up. For this offence he was ordered to pay 10s.; and being convicted on a…

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The Police and the Kelly Gang

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 3

NO right-minded man can regard the exploits of the Kelly gang, and the failure of the police to capture the ruffians, with any other feelings than those of humiliation. On the one hand we have…

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Glen Innes District Court. Wednesday, February 26

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 2

THE Court did not open, till 2 o'clock, instead of 10, his Honor Judge Meymott having been detained on the road from Armidale. The barristers in attendance were--Messrs. O'Connor, Dillon, and Dr…

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