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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

408 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 21

Double Murder. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 5

A SHOCKING double murder is reported to have been committed in Yorkshire. A man named Hudson went for a drive on a moor in company with his wife and…

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A Murder in England. Confessed in New Zealand.—a Remarkable Statement

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 3

SOME particulars were published in the papers regarding a man named Samuel Evison, carpenter, who at Hamilton, Waikato, surrended…

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Baby Farming. the New Zealand Cases.—verdicts of Wilful Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

NEW Zealand files give full details of the Dean baby-farming inquiries, with which that colony has been horrified during the intimated that the woman Minnie Dean…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Wednesday, Court of Petty SESSIONS.—(Before, the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 4

A. ADAMS v. Saunders.—To show cause why he should not be imprisoned for nonpayment of a verdict of £4 13s. 4d. obtained in the Small Debys Court…

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Walcha Police Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

On Tuesday last a special meeting of the Licensing Court took place. The P. M., and J. A. Nivison and J. H. Head, J.'sP., were on the Bench…

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The Bush Tragedy. Kothe Sentenced to Ten Years

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 2

GEORGE Eugene Kothe, the young German indicted for a murderous attack upon John Gottwald, an Austrian, at Goulburn, on May 2, was sentenced by his Honor Judge…

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N.Z. Baby Farming. the Woman Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 4

THE trial of Mrs. Dean, for the murder of three infants, was concluded at Invercargill, N.Z., on Friday. It was shown in evidence that the woman had taken several…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 6.30 P.m. Before the Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 3

Percy and Arthur Gin, arrested on Saturday on a charge of being concerned in the jewellery robbery at Stewart Dawson & Co's. were brought up at the Police Court to-day…

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Action for Libel. No. 3 JURY COURT.—(Before hie Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer and a jury of four.) ALLEN V. WILLIS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 2

THIS was an action brought on Tuesday by Charles Seymour Allen to recover £10,000 damages from Daniel Lehane Willis on account of a libel which appeared in a…

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Lee Sentenced to Five Years' Penal Servitude

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 5

Benjamin Louis Lee, who was convicted at the Darlinghurst.Sessions on Monday last of the wholesale robbery of valuable fur goods, was on Wednesday morning…

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A Military Murder. Thirteen Soldiers Shot

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 5

London, June 23.—Three non-commissioned officers and ten hussars belonging to the Austrian army have been shot at Przemysl, Galicia, for having bee…

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The Tragedy at Redfern. a Verdict of Wilful Murder Returned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 4

AN inquest on the victims of the Redfern tragedy was opened on Friday. While the jury were viewing the bodies Brown stooped and tenderly kissed them. Then…

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Diamond Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

The further hearing of the case against Percy Gill, on a charge of stealing diamond rings from Stewart Dawson and Coy., was resumed to-day, Mr. Dawson said there was…

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Stealing £100

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

AT the Grafton Sessions on Monday, Lucy Foster, on bail, was in dieted for having at Grafton on 1st February last,7 being a servant to Mrs. Emert, stileh £100, the…

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Small Debts Court. (Before the P. M. and Mr. James Martin, J. P.) Monday, July 1

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

J. M' Donald v. Faivre, hire of horse, £1 3s ; verdict for plaintiff. J. Priest v. C. Pavill, goods sold, £4 7s ; verdict for plaintiff…

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Warden's Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 4

S. Degioviani, holder of water race 93.15, at Nuggetty Gully, applied for suspension of work owing to scarcity of water. Granted for 3 months…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 4

A. Thompson appealed for J. Samuels against the rate an his building in Fitzory-street. Assessed at 17s 6d per week; paying 15s. Reduced to…

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Court of Arbitration

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

A court of Arbitration was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday last to decide the matter of the contract in Derby-street…

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Small Debts Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 4

R. J. Louis v. Morris. Claim, £3 12s 3d, for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Nash for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for…

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Walcha Police Court. (Tuesday, July 2, 1805. Before the P.M., Mr. C. B. Smith and Mr. J. H. Head, J.P.)

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 4

J. Farrell, charged with cruelly to a dumb animal appleaded that be had no intention of being cruel to the animal. He said he intended to kill it. but was…

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