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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

398 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 20

Murder. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 5

THE inquest in connection with the young woman Emily Franz, who died from alleged malpractice, was concluded to-day, and the jury returned a verdict of murder…

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[?]ale Police Court. Saturday, August 15.— (Before Messrs. M'Leau, and Braund, J's.P

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 3

J. Bower, a young man, was charged with impersonating the police, and as there was a previous conviction on a similar charge against him, a fine of…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Tuesday. The Divorce Court an Armidale Case. Lane v. LANE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 2

The application of Ella Marion Lane, of Armidale, for a divorce from Theodore Lane, of Coolah, bank manager, on the ground of desertion…

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Divorce Court. Sydney, Thursday night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 5

THE divorce case in which Charles Fraenkel petitioned for a divorce from his wife, claiming £2000 from the co-respondent, Henry Sullivan, concluded to-day, a decree…

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Divorce Court. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 5

MR. JUSTICE STEPHEN remarked in the Divorce Court, yesterday, that if the divorce business went on increasing one judge would be necessary to deal with it…

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The Boggabri Murder. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1896 · page 5

WILLIAM DEDERER, one of the two men arrested in connection with the murder of the hawker named Ali Khan, at Boggabri, has made a confession in which he states…

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The Boggabri Murder. the Body Found

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 3

In connection with the discovery of a Syrian's mutilated body at Bungan on Thursday, the jurymen went to the scene, and after viewing the…

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Land Appeal Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 3

The Land Appeal Court sat at Tamworth on Wednesday. An important point was decided in the case of M. J. Gallon, who appealed against…

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Hillgrove Police Court. Thursday, 28Th AUGUST.—(Before Messrs. Brown and Jolly, J's.P.) Receiving Stolen Goods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 5

James Donnelly and Elizabeth Donnelly, husband and wife, were charged with receiving a quantity of goods, knowing the same to be stolen…

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Humours of the London Police Courts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 7

IF anyone really wants to get at the humours and eccentricities of popular life in the metropolis I (the Herald's London correspondent)…

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Murder at Boggabri. a Cold-blooded Deed, (From the Age.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 4

IT will be remembered the other day the AGE, in commenting on the case of William B. Dederer, who was committed for trial on August 4 on a charge of forging an…

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Emmaville Police Court. Friday, August 28. (Before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. H. Gordon and T. Chandler, J.'s.P.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 2

MR. WILSHIRE, on taking his seat on the Bench for the first time, was accorded a hearty welcome by Mr. Chandler on behalf of the residents. Mr. Chandler, in the course of his remarks, said that…

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Last Nights News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] the Boggabri Murder. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 5

THE two men under committal for the murder of the Indian hawker left Boggabri for Tamworth to-day. William Dederer was singing and…

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The Boggabri Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 4

The statements made to the police by the accused arrested on a charge of murdering the Afghan near Boggnbri are most contradictory. Each…

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Shocking Double Murder. an Old Couple Killed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 3

An old couple named Jones, the husband being 70 years of age, and tho wife 64, who kept a small grocery shop at Pentone, near Wellington,…

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A Desperate Selector. Defies the Police

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 4

A well-known farmer named M'Bride and his son, who reside about twenty five miles from Corowa, were arrested on Saturday. The…

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Sheep-Stealing at Walcha. a Man Arrested. Committed for Trial. (By Telegraph.—From our Correspondent.) WLACHA, Tuesday night

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 2

Mr. S. T. C. Murphy, storekeeper of Walcha, missed a quantity of horse feed which he had placed in a marked beg recently, and informed…

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The Boggabri Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1896 · page 3

FROM the Age we take a few further particulars of the above dreadful murder:—The extraordinary developments of the arrest of W. B. Dederer for larceny of a…

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Glen Hikes Police Court. Monday, August 31. (Before Mr. F. H. Wilshire, P.M., and Mr. James Martin, J.p.) Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1896 · page 2

THOMAS M'Gauran, on remand, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Alexander Campbell, 41 Mr. P. P: Abbott appeared for accused…

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Land Court. Inverell Cases

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 7

The Land Court commenced its sittings at Darlingburst on Tuesday, before Messrs. Oliver and Brandis. R. M. Hargrove, of Inverell,…

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