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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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Murder will Out

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 3

AT the village of Baumgarten, near Vienna, a skeleton was lately discovered under a dung heap, and recalled to mind a tragedy of eight years ago, which was never satisfactorily explained…

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Armidale Police Court. Friaay, Feb. 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 4

DRUNKENNESS.—The bail of a drunkard, who did not appear, was estreated. Refusing to Pay for Liquor.— Patrick Tierney was charged with refusing to pay…

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Double Murder by Poachers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

A TERRIBLE double murder was committed by poachers at Aldbury Pitsdon, a village near Aylesbury, England. The victims were two…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Saturday. Police Court.—wednesday, Feb. 3. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Henry Roman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

PATRICK Bourke v. John Ryan.—Trespass on enclosed land. Mr. Potts for complainant, Mr. Simpson for defendant The complaint was that defendant, tO…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 9. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Drunkenness.—A drunkard pleaded he was guilty, but said he had been under Dr. Murray, and was in bad health. Fined 3s. or 24 hours…

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Two Female Prisoners Escaping From Bathcrst Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1892 · page 2

ACTING-JUDGE Coppy in summing up in this case said the terms of the prisoners' sentence had nothing to do with the jury. The regulations allowed the officers of the…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 16. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Summons Cases

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 7

INSPECTOR of Nuisances v. T. C. Taylor, —Suffering a cow to stray in the streets; no appearance of defendant. Same v. W. Marshall.—Allowing a cow…

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Horrible Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE,, Tuesday.—A horrible murder was committed between seven and eight o'clock last night in a house in Glasgow-lane, off Arnold-street, Bendigo. A…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, Feb. 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

DRUNK and Disorderly.—Thomas Roram was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 10s. or 48 hours in gaol.—Henry Reid was charged with the…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 25. (Before Mr. Dight.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 4

ILLEGALLY USING.—Wm. Sweeney, aged 16, was charged with illegally using a horse, the property of Mrs. J. M'Gouldrick. Constable Bruin gave evidence as…

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Pathetic Scene in a Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 3

AT Mary [?]one police-curt on Jan. 4, a tall, fa[?] haired woman, dressed in black, giving the name of Elizabeth Whitlock[?] aged twenty-three,…

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The Sydney Bank Frauds. Smairl Sentenced

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 4

AT the quarter sessions on Saturday William Percy Smairl, late manager of the Imperial Land, Building, and Deposit Company, Limited, who was convicted on…

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Land Court. Tuesday, March 1. (Before the President, Mr. F. E. Rogers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

[?]Q.C., and Messrs. Freeman and Brandis.) THE solicitors present were Messrs. Simpson, M'Donald, and Vyner, and the bar was represented by Mr. Canaway, and…

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URALLA & District. Land Court.—march 2. (Before Messrs. F. G. Finley, M. J. Walsh, and C. R. Blaxland.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

PROCEEDINGS commenced at 10 a.m. The cases dealt with to-day were appraisement of runs. Mr. H. Hogarth appeared on behalf of the Crown…

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Armidale Police Court. Small Debts Court. Friday, March 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 4

RICHARDSON and Go. v. G. J. Josephson. —Claim,£6 18s. 10d. Mr. M'Donald for plaintiff. Verdict for amount with costs speedy execution granted as defendant…

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An Escape From Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

ON Thursday evening, about half-past five o'clock, some excitement was caused in town (writes the Murrurundi TIMES) by a report that a prisoner had escaped from…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, March 8. (Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

DRUNKENNESS.—John Pullmer pleaded, guilty to drunkenness, and also using profane language. Fined 2s. 6d. or 4 hours for first offence, and 40s. or 14 days for…

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Toowoomba Circuit Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

AT the Toowoomba Circuit Court, last week, Elizabeth Lamer, was found "not guilty on the first count, on the second count for receiving stolen property…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, March 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

DRUNK and Disorderly.—Thomas Arndell pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly. The Sen. Sergt. stated that the accused had been excited by other…

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The Windsor Murder Case

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

ANOTHER phase in the Windsor tragedy was reached on Friday, when a man named Williams, ALIAS Swanson, was arrested on the Southern Cross goldfield, about 300 miles…

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