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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1897

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Armidale Police Court. Weone Day, July 14.—(Before the) P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 4

Michael Curran was charged with cruelly to animals by driving two. horses with sore shoulders. Mr. J. A. M'Donald appeared for…

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Armidale Police Court. JULY 22.—(Before Mr. Murphy, P.m.) Drunk and Language

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 4

Peter Cuskelly was fined £1 or seven days for being drank and disorderly. The same accnsed pleaded guilty…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Monday, July 26Th. (Before the P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 3

JAMES CONNORS was brought before the Bench charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of Charles Prentice, on the night of July 24, with intent to commit a…

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Contempt of Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 4

Mr. Jobn Norton ba[?] been ordered to appear next Friday in answer to a charge of contempt of Court…

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A Broken Jaw. a Husband's Ruffianly Assault Upon His Wife

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 4

George, Mulholland, [?]entenced at the Central Criminal Court on Monday to four years' penal servitude, for an audacious bit of purse…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, Aug. 4.—(Before the P.m.) Alleged Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

Sarah Watson proceeded against Charles Saggns for assaulting her by striking her in the face, at Armidale, on Wednesday, 28th July…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Criminal Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

An old offender named George was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court to-day, for uttering counterfeit…

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Emmavile Police Court. Friday, July 30

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

(Before the P.M. and Mr. Chandler, J.P.) Kelly and Stanton v. David Graham--Goods sold, £2 4s 2d ; verdict for plaintiff, with costs 5s. Same v. John M'Lennan--Goods sold, £2 8s 4½d;…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, August 2. (Before the P.M., and Mr. Jas. Martin, J.P.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

EMMA Matthews summoned William Woods for maliciously killing seven geese, valued at £1 15s. Mr. Fitzhardinge appeared for defendant, and Mr. P. P. Abbott for complainant…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, August 6—(Before the P.M)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 5

Hanney v. Arkinatall; claim £10 for slander, Mr. Claverie appeared for plaintiff; and Mr. Kearney for defendent. A verdict was given for…

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Full Court. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 5

THE hearing of an application on behalf of David Pearly, solicitor, to make absolute a rule nisi for a writ of prohibition to restrain the proprietor of the NAMOI de…

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Full Court, Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 5

AN appeal in the Gore-Gillon judicial separation suit came before the Full Court today. Kathleen Tyndall Gore-Gillon appealed…

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Terrible Murder Near Havre

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 7

A terrible murder has just been committed at Breasite Bouzeville, near Harre, where an aged lady named Regnault has been cruelly murdered…

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Shooting Affray. Attempted Murder. Suicide of a Girl

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 4

A remarkable shooting affair occurred at Auburn, near Sydney, last night. A young woman named Nellie…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Tuesday, August 10. Before the P. M.

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

Thomas Chambers was charged with the larceny of a tankard, the property of Richard Alcock, valued at 10s. Accused pleaded not gulity…

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Full Court. Sydney. Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 5

THE Full Court have refused a writ of mandamus in the case the executors of John Brown brought on, which was before the Court last Friday…

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A tragedy at Auburn. Murder and Suicide by a Woman

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 5

A YOUNG woman named Nellie Willis shot twice at Ernest M'Fadden, a young engineer, at Auburn, on Thursday night, and afterwards shot herself in the temple, and…

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Trivial Cases Before the Full Court. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 5

MR. JUSTICE Owen, this afternoon, remarked that the time of the Full Court was being occupied with trivial cases, one case involving.£5 had occupied the court…

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Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 2

Golli, the assassin of the Premier of Spain has been sentenced to death…

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Murder on the Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 4

ALL Italy is much excited over the news that after four years of mystery the perpetrators of one of the most sensational and atrocious murders in Italy have been…

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