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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

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Police Court. Monday Aug. 22. (Before Dr. Woods.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 6

SAMUEL Munsie summoned Patk. Kenny for trespass upon his enclosed land. Mr. Barnes appeared for the complainant. This was an action for taking water from…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday Aug. 19. (The Court opened at 10.7 a.m.) Larceny

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 6

SAMUEL Stumbles on remand was charged with the larceny of a gold cross. Mr. Mitchell appeared for the prisoner. Alfred Godby deposed to the ornament…

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Il—the "Widow" Holds Court on Board

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 2

Rough weather was again encountered about the Horn and again the saloon and decks were desolate and drear for a while. But that bete-noir of the Australian…

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Police Court. Thursday, Aug. 25. (Before Messrs. Woods and Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1881 · page 6

WM. Graham, for vagrancy, pleaded guilty. Discharged. John Sampson, for disobedience of a summons, pleaded not guilty…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Before Messrs. Nivison and Walsh.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1881 · page 6

A DEVOTEE of Bacchus, charged on summons, with being drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty, and was fined 4s. 10d. James Lock, licensee of the Apsley…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Aug. 26. (The Court opened at 10 a.m.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1881 · page 6

HUGH Cunningham for using obscene language was fined £1, in default, seven days in gaol; for resisting the police in the execution of their duty a further fine…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Wednesday. Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. J. Martin and E. Jones

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 2

LOTTERIES ACT.--Frederick Utz and others appeared on summons, charged with a breach of the Lotteries Act in connection with the disposal of articles at the recent Masonic Fancy Fair held in…

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The Brighton Railway Murder. How the Crime Was Committed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 3

EARLY in the afternoon of the 27th June, a fearful murder was committed on the Brighton line between Croydon and Baldcombe (the bare fac[?] of which was intimated in our cablegram)…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Sept. 2. (The Court opened at 10 a.m.) Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 6

WILLIAM Gibbs, on remand, was charged with stealing a red bullock, the property of Richard Moore. Mr. Mitchell appeared for the…

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Tales and Sketches. in Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 2

As soon as we had all alighted at the gate, on either side of which stand the governor s and deputy-governor's residence, we marched down the outer yard into the…

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Uralla Police Court. Monday, Sept. 5. (Before Messrs. F. H. Woods and Henry Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 6

John Carroll applied for license to carry passengers in the vehicle in which he carried the mail between Uralla and Walcha. Granted, subject to approval…

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Uralla Poltce Court. Monday, Sept. 5. (Before Messrs. Woods and Roman)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 4

MR. Mitchell, on behalf of John Carroll, applied for a stage coach license, to carry passengers between Uralla and Walcha. The application was granted, subject to…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Sept. 9 (The Court opened at 10 a.m.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1881 · page 6

TWO drunkards were fined 5s., and 10s. respectively. (The Court then closed, and was reopened at 10.37.)…

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Local News. Uralla Police Court. Tuesday, Sept.13. (Before the P.M. Messrs H.Roman, and J. Rogerson.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1881 · page 4

BOWER v. Gordon—Claim for Wages. Verdict for complainant, £7 12s. 4d., including coats of Court, &c., to be recovered by levy and distress; in default,…

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Vegetable Creek. Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. A. Cadell and E. Jones.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 2

G. Rodgers, Robert Walch, Maurice Walch, Mary Jane Fuller, Arthur Farrel, and E. Cray were severally dealt with for riotous conduct, obscene language, assaulting the police, &c., and were fined…

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The Brighton Railway Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 3

THE London correspondent of the Australasian, writing under date July 27, says: -- The magisterial inquiry in connection with the murder of Mr. Gold on the Brighton railway has…

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Police Court. Monday, Sept, 19. (Before Mr. Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 6

MARK Scanlon v. Win. Ryan.—Abscond-: ing from apprenticeship. Mr. Barnes for complainant. Settled out of Court Mr. Hogbin applied for a wine license…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Sept. 16 (The Court opened at 10 a.m.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 6

Two drunkards were fined; one 5s., the other 10s. MONDAY, SEPT. 19. (The Court opened at 10 a.m.)…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Thursday, Sept. 22. (The Court opened at 10 a.m.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 4

A PRISONER charged with drunkenness pleaded "not guilty." Constable Burrowes was accordingly sworn, and deposed to arresting prisoner opposite the lock-up,…

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Local News. Armidale Police Court. Friday, Sept. 23. (The Court opened at 10.30 a.m.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1881 · page 6

J. CLARKE v. A. Badkins.—Mr. Simpson appeared for the prosecutor, and withdrew the case. John Flannigan v. Andrew Stevens.—…

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