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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Walcha Police Court. (Saturday, April 9. Before Mr. S. W. Farrell, J. P.)

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

J. F. Gardiner and J. Cox, two drovers, were charged with cattle stealing. Constable Thos. E. Hood, sworn,…

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Murder in Westralia. a Statiowner's Action

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 6

At the Criminal Court, Perth, on Wednesday an aboriginal named Nipper was charged with the murder of an aboriginal named Jacky on the…

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Alleged Pig Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

Frank Flacke was charged with stealing two pigs, the property of E. Braeel, of Tia, Walcha, on Jan. 31, Accused pleaded not guilty, and…

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This Rose of Pressburg. a Mystery of Love and Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

Pressburg on the Danube, overlooked by the Utile Carpathians, rising up at it were from its very streets. and by the greet gloomy castle is which the Hungarian nobles once swore to…

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Armidale Circuit Court, Tuesday, April 19

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

The Circuit Court was opened at Armidale on Tuesday morning before His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen. Messrs. May bury (Sheriff) and W…

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Book Stealing As a Trade

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 1

Book-stealing seems to have been elevated into a regular trade in Paris, fer, according to returns drawn up by the Prefecture of Police, the number of persons prosecuted for…

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Walcha Police Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

(Tuesday, 19, 1898. Before S. W. Farrell, J.P.). John Walker, drunkennes, cautioned and discharged…

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Alleged Pig Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Bridgetta Morton, a middle-aged woman, was charged with stealing three pigs, the property of Francis Mulligan, and two pigs the properly…

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Alleged Norse Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

John M'Carthy, charged with horse stealing, stated that he wished to alter his plea made on the previous day. Without the witness referred…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

William Foster was charged with stealing one ox, the property of Fletcher Brothers, at Glen Morrison, in March, 1898…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Vincent Hudson was charged with stealing two cows, the property of M. J. Walsh, at Walcba, on March 9, Accused pleaded not guilty, and was…

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Alleged Norse Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

John if Carthy was charged with stealing a how, the property of the Rev, Thomas Johnstone, D.D., at Armidsle, on 25th April, 1894…

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Armidale Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 20. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen). Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

John Newby and Richard Newby were charged with hilling a heafer, the properly of Thomas Ballard, with intent to steal, at Mitchell'a River on…

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Murder in West Australia

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

At the Criminal Court, Perth, an aboriginal named Nipper was charged with the murder of an aboriginal named…

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A Brutal Assault. a Young Woman Lassooed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Information has been given to the Toorak (Victoria) police of an entrageous assault on a girl named Mary Clarke. On Friday night, when she…

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Armidale Circuit Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

The Circuit Court was opened at Armidale on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Stephen. The following coses from Walcha were dealt with.:…

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His Last Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

Old Judge Grepson, a justice of the peace, was never known to smile. He came to Arkansas years ago, and year after year, by the will of the voters,…

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Armidale Circuit Court. Thursday, April 21. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

The jury in Newby's case returned into Court at 9.30, and the foreman announced that there was no possibility of their agreeing…

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Young Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

Two young men, Daniel Leehane and James Magan, have been committed for trial for the murder of a man named Dillon at Young…

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Tragedy at Young. Supposed Brutal Murder. Two Arpests

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

About 10 o'clock on Sunday eight a men named Atkine found the body of a man lying about 160 yards from the flour mill, quarter of a mile…

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