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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1884

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

Mutiny and Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 3

THE Brisbane Daily Observer of the 29th December says:--The Swedish schooner Natal, Captain Enstrom, from Boston, arrived in the Bay last night. She was boarded by the Water…

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Police Court—monday. Dec. 31. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. Fenwick, Erratt and Walsh.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 2

John Ryan, alias Smith, charged with stealing a rest and pair of trousers from George Martin, was sentenced to four months in Armidale gaol, with hard…

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Harness Manufactory and Leather Store, Opposite the Court House. the Old Shop Defies Competition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 2

REVENUE RETURNS.--According to the published returns, the revenue of this colony shows a decrease of £942,000 as compared with the corresponding period of the year 1882. The decreases are…

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WALCHA & District. Walcha, Jan. 12, 1884. Police Court. Saturday, Jan. 5. (Before Mr. Erratt.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 2

A DRUNKARD was fined 5s., with the usual alternative. MONDAY, JAN. 7. (Before Messrs. Gill and Walsh.)…

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District Court. Monday, Jan. 14. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 2

JUDGMENT was given for the plaintiffs in the following cases for the amounts claimed, the defendants not appearing: —M. J. Walsh v. Henry Penrose, £16…

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General Sessions. Friday, Jan. 18. (Before his Honor Jndge Murray.) Assaulting the Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1884 · page 2

EDMUND Burke, denis Dooley, Patrick Flood, Peter Galvin, and Michael Monarty were charged with having, on the night of the 6th of last October, assaulted…

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General Sessions. Friday, Jan. 18. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.) Assaulting the Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 2

EDMUND Burke, Denis Dooley, Patrick Flood, Peter Galvin, and Michael Moriarty were charged with having, on the night of the 6th of last October, assaulted…

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Small Debts Court. (Before the P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 2

E. J. Swyny v A. Q'Neale, to recover £3.7s. 6d. for goods sold and delivered; summons not served. Adjourned. John Lennon v Pow Yow, to recover £3 for meat…

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Emmaville Intelligence. Licensing Court.--friday, January 18Th. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Cadell, J.P.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 2

THOMAS FITZGERALD, appeared on summons, charged by the Licensing Inspector with keeping his premises open at prohibited hours, for the unlawful sale of liquor. He pleaded guilty and…

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Murder of a Girl at Liverpool

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1884 · page 6

ON Saturday, October 20, at the Liverpool Police Court, before Mr. T.S. Raffies, Stipendiary Magistrate, Lewis Parry, 30 years of age, was charged with the wilful…

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A Strange Murder Trial in France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 3

A REMARKABLE trial for murder has just ended in a verdict of guilty at the assizes held in the department of the Dordogne. A young peasant, named Camille…

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URALLAN & District. Uralla, 20Th Feb., 1884. Police Court.—monday, Feb. 18. (Before Mr. H. Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 2

RUSSELL Blaxland v. Antonio Smith.—Trespass on enclosed land. The plaintiff is the owner and occupier of Toryburn, and defendant a carrier on the road…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Thursday, February 21. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1884 · page 2

JOHN WHITE, who pleaded guilty of indecent exposure in Grey-street on the previous afternoon, was sentenced to two months' hard labour in Armidale…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 19. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. Gill and Nivison.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1884 · page 2

WM. Martin v. Thos. Fletcher.—Illegal detention of property, to wit, a calf. The case excited much interest and occupied the Court for a considerable time, a great…

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Murder of a Wife and Four Children

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1884 · page 4

FROM late New Zealand papers we take the following particulars of a shocking murder committed on the [?]oth instant at Ormondville, a settlement at the Seventy-mile Bush, on the Napier-Woodville…

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Horrible Double Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1884 · page 5

GREAT excitement has been caused, in Rome by one of the most cold-blooded and carefully-planned double murders; and the excitement is the greater inasmuch as the…

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Terrible Murder in Vienna

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1884 · page 4

A BRUTAL MURDER was committed at the place of business of a money changer named Eisert, in the Mariahilf-street, an important throughfare which forms the…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, 27Th Feb., 1884. Police Court.—25th Feb. (Before Mr. H. Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1884 · page 4

JOSEPH Davies was charged, on the information of Senior Constable Hughes, with using obscene language at the Railway Station. Accused pleaded guilty. The…

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Police Court. Wednesday, March 5. (Before Mr. H. Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1884 · page 2

J. FENTON and T. Grady, in custody, on a charge of garotting and robbing Edward Hall, appeared to answer the charge. Senior Constable Hughes deposed that…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 4Th. (Before the P.M., Messrs. Gili, Nivison, and Fletcher.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1884 · page 2

JAMES Cribb appeared on information and summons to answer a charge of sly-grog selling. Mr. Kearney for defendant. The case lasted the greater part of the…

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