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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1883

105 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6

The Walthamstow Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 6

THE trial of William Gouldstone for the murder of his fire children, or, to speak with technical accuracy, for the murder of one of them, took place at the Central…

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Emmaville Police Court. November 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

John Brown, charged with making use of obscene language in a public place, was fined £5, or in default one month's imprisonment. The same offender for resisting the apprehending constable…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday. .(Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

EDWARD DALY (on bail) was brought up on a charge of stealing £7, the property of Alexander Hutchison, contractor for the new Bank of N.S.W. building. Prosecutor had left his…

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Strange Doings in Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 6

UNDER this heading the E. News says:—Mr. A. G. Taylor on Thursday asked the Minister of Justice the following questions:—1. Has he any objection to state…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Nov. 20. 1883. Police Court,—monday, 19th. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Roman.) Wages

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 6

KELLICK v. Mills.—This was a case under the Master and Servants Act. Josiah Kellick, a shepherd, sued F. Mills, a squatter, for £13 6s. wages due…

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A Singular Contempt of Court Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

AT the Bourke Quarter Sessions on the 1st November (as reported in the CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN), T. A. Mathews, Peter Mathews, Martin Maher, Charles M'Cullagh,…

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The Murder of Margaret Nolan

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 4

IN our last week's telegraphic news we gave a brief account of the atrocious murder of a little girl, 10 years of age at Panmure, Victoria. The Warrnambool correspondent of the Argus furnishes…

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Police Court.—friday, Dec. 23. (Before Dr. Woods and Mr. Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 6

ALEX. Boyd was charged with wife desertion. Senior Constable Hughes deposed to receiving prisoner at the lock-up on the 21st. Warrant and depositions produced…

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Glen Innes Police Court Saturday, 17Th November. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

ASSAULT.--Elizabeth Jane M'Alister charged John Kelly with assault. The facts arc these : On the previous Thursday plaintiff, who is one of the pupils of the Public School at Beardy, of which…

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Emmaville Intelligence. Police Court.--november 20. (Before Dr. Burgoyne, J.P.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

MATTHEW RYAN, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s. He was also charged with making use of obscene language in the lock-up, for which he was fined 10s. This…

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A Parallel to the Panmure Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 3

SOME of our morning contemporaries (says the Melbourne Herald) have volunteered the statement that the Panmure outrage and murder is uuparailed in the history of crime in Australia…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Warden Martin.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

Arthur Probart v. Quiun and Turnbull; balance of contract due in connection with blocks 112 and 130, parish of Arvid, county of Gough, amount claimed £16 12s. Put off till next court pending…

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Agrarian Murder near Cork

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 3

NINE arrests, including one woman, have been made in connection with an agrarian murder which was committed at Dripsey, ten miles West of Cork. It appeals to…

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Licensing Court.—friday, Dec. 7. (Before the Licensing Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 2

A transfer of license from William Williamson to Jas. Smoker was granted. We still continue to hear loud complaints from the selectors with reference…

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Attempted Murder at Paddington

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 2

ABOUT 7 o'clock last evening (remarks Saturday's ECHO) the city was again thrown into a state of excitement owing to the circulation of a report that another…

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LOCAL & General News. Armedale Police Court. Friday, Dec. 7. (Before the P.M. and Mr. M'Lean.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 2

ALFRED MORROW, Johnson Morrow, Edward M'Namara, Louis Gilmore, and Geo. Dunkin, hoys, of ages ranging from 7 to 12 years, were charged with indecent…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, 5Th Dec., 1883. Police Court. —Monday, Dec. 3. (Before the P.M. and Mr. G. Western.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 4

AN individual pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and was fined 5s. Henry Roman's application for an auctioneer's license, postponed from the 27th…

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LOCAL & General News. Armidale Police Court. (Tuesday, Dec. 11.) (Before the P.M., Messrs. M'Lean, B. J. T. B. Warner, and J. I. Moore.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1883 · page 2

A DRUNKARD was fined 5s. Henry Bennett was fined 10s. and costs for leaving his bullock team in the Btreot out of his control…

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MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1883 · page 2

William Hallon, charged with being drunk, was discharged; but for using obscene language was fined 10s…

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SATURDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1883 · page 2

Henry Rummery, for drunkenness, was fined 10s. or two days' imprisonment…

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