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Courts & crime, 1891

179 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 9

Arrest of Dr. Keatinge. Charged with Criminal Assault. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 7

Foe some days the detectives have been looking for the Rev. Dr. Oswald Keatinge, a well-known figure in Sydney, on a charge of attempted criminal assault on a little…

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Armida Le Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 4. (Before Mr. & R. Meallin.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 5

PERSONATING a Constable.—William. Werder was charged with personating a conetable. The police stating that the prisoner was under the influence of drink at…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday, Feb. 7 (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 4

DRUNKARDS.—One female drunkard, an aboriginal, was fined 2s. 6d. or 4 hours in gaol, and three male drunkards were fined in similar sums, with the same…

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Wife Murder in Adelaide

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 4

A DELIBERATE murder by a husband took place at the day nursery. Gillies-street, Adelaide, on Monday week, when a painter named Charles Lowenthal shot his wife, who had separated…

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An Insurance Company Suspects Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 3

JOHN Webster, hotel-keeper, Kirriemuir, was on Thursday December 11th, arrested by the Forfarshire country authorities on a charge of…

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Murder of a Miner at Nine-mile. Discovery of the Body

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 2

THE inhabitants of the mining settlement of Nine-mile, near Deepwater, have during the past few days been seriously perplexed regarding the fate of a miner named Samuel Montgomery, who…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 3

MARTIN Kilday pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and was fined 40s. or one week in gaol. Obscene Language.—James Smith, for…

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Murder of a Miner at Ninemile. Discovery of the Body

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 4

THE inhabitants of the mining settlement of Nine-mile, near Deepwater, have during the past few days been seriously perplexed regarding the fate of a miner…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, Feb. 16. (Before the Police Magistrate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

DRUNKARDS. — A drunkard (aboriginal) who had been in custody since Saturday night was fined 2s. 6d., or 4 hours.—A second drunkard (white) was fined 2s.6d.,…

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A Shocking Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 3

A SHOCKING murder has been committed at Salcot, in East Essex. The victim was Joseph Leatherdale, a septuagenarian farmer, who…

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The Murder of Montgomery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

AT the inquest held at Carroll's Hotel, before Mr. Coroner Chandler, Thomas William Stephens deposed to being a police constable stationed at Glen Innes…

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Alleged Murder in a Cab

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 3

AT Liverpool Police COurt on Thursday, Arthur Pinford, a respectablydressed man about thirty-five years of age, was charged with the…

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The Deepwater Murder. the Inquest

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of the murdered man was commenced at Carroll's Hotel on Monday, before Mr. Coroner Chandler, and a jury of 12. Dr. Lloyd Davenport Parry deposed: Am a…

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Armidale Police Court Friday, Feb 13. (Before the P.M. and Mr. G. Allingham.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 7

DRUNKENNESS. — A female drunkard, against whom there were previous convictions, was fined 10s. or 48 hours. Larceny.—Andrew Marshall was charged…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, February 10. (Before Mr. George Martin, P.m.) Maliciously Wounding a Bull

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 2

ALFRED HANNAM and Charles David Hannam appeared on summons to answer the charge of" maliciously injuring a bull; the property of John Walmsley. Mr. J A. Boyd appeared for the…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday,. Feb. 19. (Before Mr. G. R. Meallin.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 4

PATRICK Caton, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and also to a charge of resisting the police. For the first offence he was fined 2s. 6d. or 24 hours and for…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday. Feb 20. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 3

RICHARD Holmes v. John B. Stevenson. —Absenting from service, Mr. Mitchell for plaintiff; Mr. M'Donald for defendant.—Richard Holmes deposed that he…

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Varieties. Child-Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 2

The age of child-stealing is not yet past, though the offence can no longer be laid at the door of the gipsies or thrown in the face of the chimney sweepers. That form of…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Unnatural Offence: a Strange Case

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 2

THE case referred to in our last issue as having been initiated on Saturday, in which Joseph Gregory (one of the hawkers supposed to have been robbed at Glencoe) appeared in custody, charged…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, Feb. 23. (Before Mr. G. R. Meallin.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 8

DRUNKENNESS. —A drunkard was fined 2s. 6d. or 24=hours. ' Bigamy.—Edward Craven, on remand was charged with bigamy.—Mr. Vynjr…

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