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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1897

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Armidale District Court. Thursday, September 9.—(Before his Honor Judge Coffey)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 3

J J. Bliss v. Job. Whynne.—Claim £43 3b 9d. Judgment for amount claimed. Mr. A. W. Simpson ap peered for plaintiff…

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Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

D[?]d Paul was charged with [?]saulting William Bewail, a member of the Salvation Army, at Armidale, on Aug. 19. Mr, S.Kearney appeared for plaintiff…

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Armidale Police Court. Mondya, Sept. 13.—(Before the P.m.) Drunkenness

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5s or fire minutes' imprisonment for being drunk. He paid the fine…

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Murder in Brisbane. Man Admits Crime

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 4

A man named Wherrell gave himself up to the Brisbane police to-day and admitted that he had murdered his wife. The polite found the wife…

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Court Martial. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 5

H. P. White, assistant paymaster on H.M.S. Lizard, was on trial by court martial to-day, on charges of embezzlement. The accused entered no plea in reply to…

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Alleged Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 5

John James Cuskelly was charged with indeoently essanlting girL named Mary Agnes'Maguire, at Tilbueter, on the 12th August,…

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Armidale Police Court Friday, September 17.—(Before the P.m.) False Pretences

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 5

Bar man Bergan, [?] Paul Faforka alias Schroder, alas Pinafore, was charged with obtaining £2 from Geo. Kiefer, by meant of false pretencess,…

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Armidale Police Court Monday, Sept. 20.—(Before Mr. G. Allingham, J.P.) Drunk, Language, Etc

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 2

Hugh Gillon was fined 20s or seven days for being drunk and disorderly, and 40s or one month for using indecent language…

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Unknown Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 3

The body of the horse trainer, Satherly, who disappeared at Wellington two months ago, has been found in the river. At the inquest a verdict of wilful murder was returned…

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Wilful Murder. New Zealand

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 5

THE body of the horse trainer Satherley, who disappeared at Wellington two months ago, has been found in the Hutt River. At the inquest a verdict of "Wilful…

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A Young Man Charged. With Assaulting His Mother

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 2

A CASE in which William George Cole, aged 24, a clerk, was charged with having assaulted his mother, came before the Newtown Court on Saturday. The parties…

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Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

Harry Waston, Robert Gallagher, and Albert Lonsdale, three youths aged about 18 were charged with assaulting Sam Yee, a Chinaman, at…

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Murder by Proxy

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 8

The Seine-Inferieure Assizes, which sits at Rouen, has concluded a most extraordinary murder trial, in which the husband was accused of having…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, September 24.—(Before. the P.m.) Occupying Crown Lands

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

Wm. B. Frizell sen., W. B. Frizell jun., and R. Frizell, were charged with unlawfully ocupying Crown Lands, Lot 480, of 14,685a., c Clarke,…

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Settled Out of Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

There was another assault charge, in Which two Chinamen were concerned, but as there was no appearance of the parties the case was…

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Murder at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1897 · page 3

The Inspector of Police has received information which states that William White was found murdered half a mile from his residence, Nine Mile, Deepwater, shot in the…

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Tragedy at Nine Mile. Another Reported Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1897 · page 2

THE interest in the Nine Mile murder, which occurred in February, 1891, has been revived by the finding of a body which is believed to be that of William White, who…

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A Walcha Case. Alleged Sheep Stealing. Committed for Trial. Walcha, Tuesday night

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 4

James Burgess, a respectable selector, was charged at the Walcha Police Court to-day with stealing sheep, the property of Robert Brown, ot…

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A Boy Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 3

AT the Maitland Assizes, on Tuesday, Laban John Mitchell, on bail, was arraigned for that he, on the 26th June, 1897, at Mount View, did carnally know…

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Alleged Theft

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 4

An alleged theft of jewellery, valued at £500, is reported from Cobar. The articles were the property of a traveller, and it is alleged…

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