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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

234 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 12

Laud Appeal Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 7

Tuesday, March 21.—(Before Messrs. A. Oliver (Chairman), Freeman, and Brandis. Registrar: Mr. Keating.—Barristers present: Messrs. Cannaway and Pyke.—Soli…

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Armidale Police Gourt. TUESDAY.—(Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 4

Detention of Property.—John Kilkelly, Jun., was summoned on a charge of illegally detaining two ploughs and some furniture the property of John Kilkelly, Sen.—Mr…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Monday, March 27. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. T. Keating and J. Healey, J.'sP.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 2

HORSE STEALING. -- Albert Davis, charged with this offence, was remanded for eight days. WAGES -- Denis Robertson sued F. Lewis for£13 14s 10d, wages due. It appears from the evidence…

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Building Society Frauds. the Prisoners Sentenced. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 4

JAMES W. Hobbs, contractor, and Henry G. Wright, solicitor, who were found guilty of frauds upon the Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society, were…

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Armidale Police Court. TUESDAY.—(Before Messrs. A. Crossman and F. Braund.) Alleged Breach of Licensing Act

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 4

WILLIAM Krusis was charged, on the information of the police, with selling liquor without a license. Mr. Kearney appeared for the defence…

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The Charleville Murder. Terrible Tale of Domestic Misery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 7

AT the Roma Circuit Court on Tuesday last, before his Honor Mr. Justice Harding, Joseph Gilliland was charged with having at Charleville, on the 26th December, 1892,…

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Outrage and Murder. a Woman Choked to Death. (Monday's Star.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 7

WOOLLOOMOOLOO has long held an unenviable reputation for crimes of almost every description, especially those of the more serious kind; but it is…

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The Baby Farming Case. Makin and Wife Sentenced to Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 5

As intimated by His Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer, in Banco, the prisoners, John and Sarah Makin, were on Thursday afternoon brought up for sentence at the Central Criminal Court, before…

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Armidale Police Court. TUESDAY—(Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 3

ALLEGED LUNACY.—Henry Hammell, of Saumarez Ponds, was charged with being of unsound mind. After hearing the evidence of the arresting…

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The Murder and Outrage at Woolloomooloo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of Emma Harrison, outraged and murdered, was resumed on Wednesday. Mrs. Annie Osborne continued her…

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Incendiarism. Two Scoundrels Sent to Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 7

TWO miscreants, named Dmnont and Ducheniin, have been sent to imprisonment for life with hard labour, for having set fire to the Benedictine Abbey at Fecamp,…

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Armidale Police Court. FRIDAY.—(Before the P.M. and Mr. A. Crossman.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

ALLEGED LARCENY.—Yen Foy was charged, on remand, with stealing a coat and a pair of trousers the property of Ah Foot.—At the request of Mr. Clapin, who appeared…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, April 4. (Before Mr. George Martin, P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

HORSE STEALING.-- J. Stone, in conjunction with A. Davis, was brought up on a charge of horsestealing. Senior-sergeant Travers applied for a remand of seven days to allow witnesses to come from…

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Murder by a Girl. She Kills a Fellow-worker in Order to Steal Her Purse

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 3

A GIRL of 13 has just been sentenced at Grenoble, in France, to 10 years' confinement in a reformatory for murder. The prisoner, a native…

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The Woolloomooloo Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 7

THE inquest on the Bourke-street murder was resumed on Monday. William Freebairn, licensee of the Caxton Hotel, corner of Burton and…

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The Woolloomooloo Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 5

THE inquest relative to the death of Emma Harrison, murdered and outraged in Burton-st., Sydney, was resumed on Wednesday, when Hannah Knowland, was re-called,…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Wednesday. Police Court. (Before Br. Woods, J. D. Leece, and J. Haines.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

THE adjourned case, Truant Inspector v. S. Bixon, under the Education Act, was first dealt with. Mr. Bixon produced a certificate of birth of Anne Margaret Rixon, who…

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Armidale Police Court. FRIDAY.—(Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 4

WAGES Case.—Edward J. Gwynne v. A. P. Cunningham; claim for wages, £5 10s. Judgment for amount and costs 9s. 10d., recoverable by levy and distress, and in…

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The Woolloomooloo Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 4

ON the Court resuming at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Detective Roche continued his evidence. He said that when he questioned Archer about taking home brandy, and…

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Assault

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 7

Samuel Watson was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm to William Golden, at Armidale, on 22nd February, and also with assaulting the prosecutor on…

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