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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

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Walcha Police Court. (Monday, May 14th, 1900.) Before Messrs. M. J. Walsh and G. H. Erratt, J's.P

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

Michael O'Brien Was charged with using obscene language. Constable Young, on oath, stated that at Walcha Road on Saturday…

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Wilsons Downfall News. Police Court. Thursday, 17th MAY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 3

BEFORE Mr. M. H. Fitzhardingo, P.M. Mollis v Muir, claim for wages 16s 8d. Struck out; no appearance of either party…

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A Medical Man Charged. Alleged, Illegal Operation. Sydney, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

A WELL known medical man haa been charged with performing an illegal oporation upon a single woman, and remanded till Monda next…

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Police Court. MONDAY.—(Before the P.M. and Mr. T. Mather, J.P.)

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 5

D. J. McIlveen and John Preston, for riding bicycles at night without a light, were fined 2s 6d and costs of court. Victor Graham, for furious riding, was fined…

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Walcha Police Court. Charge of Sheep-stealing. (Saturday, May 11th, 1900.)

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 3

Before Mr. G. H. Erratt, J P. Michael O'Brien was charged with stealing one sheep, the property of Mr. C. R. Blaxland…

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Fatal Assault

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 4

A laborer named Michael Auratt was found, on Saturday night, in Sussex-street, with his skull fractured. He died on his arrival at the hospital. The police think he had been assaulted…

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Dynamiters Sentenced. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 5

THE perpetrators of the dynamite outrage at Welland have been tried, found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for life…

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Surrender of a Magistrate. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 5

LOUIS KOCH, a magistrate of the Orange River State, has surrendered to the British in Natal. He informed General Buller that all the Harrismith…

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Walcha Police Court. SATURDAY, 26th May.—[Before Messrs Brown and Borthwick, Js.P.) '

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 2

Michael O'Brien, au elderly man, by occupation a selector, residing at Congi,was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of J. A. Nivison, of "The Glen."…

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The Grafton Murder. Accused Murphy on Trial. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 2

AT the Criminal Court to-day, the boy James Murphy, was indicted on a chargo of murdering another boy named Cyrus M'Farland at Grafton in February last…

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Walcha Police Court. Charge of Sheep Stealing. (Saturday, May 26th, 1900.) Before Messrs. R. Brown and W. M. Borthwick, J's.P

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 2

Michael O'Brien was charged with stealing one sheep, the property of Mr. J. A. Nivison. Mr, Kearney appeared for…

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The Grafton Murder Case

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The evidence is concluded in the Grafton murder case, and the judge is now summing up…

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Armidale Police Court. FRIDAY, 1st JUNE.—(Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 5

Ernest Pearce and Kenneth Norris were charged with indecency in Dangar-street, on 21st May. Mr. Kearney appeared for…

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The Phoenix Park Murder. Ex-convicts Refused a Landing in America. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 7

Two of the men, Mullet and Fitzharris, who were connected with the [?] Park murder, and who were recently released, left Ireland for the…

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Municipal Appeal Court. (Before Mr. S Murphy. P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The following appeals were dealt with at the Appeal Court yesterday:—Dight and Blaxland, office, reduced from £45 to £40…

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Desperate Character. Man Who Prefers Death to Gaol

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

THE negro pugilist William King, who was convinced on two charges of burglary, one accompanied with violence on a young lady, was brought up for sentence at…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, June 5

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. I. Whereat, J.P. ACTION FOR SLANDER. This was an action, claiming £10…

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A Youthful Murderer. Grafton Boy Sentenced to Death

The Inverell Times · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 4

At Sydney on Friday a jury found a lad named James Murphy guilty of the murder of a companion named Cyrus M'Parlane. The case was an unusual…

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Small Debts Court. WEDNESDAY--(Before the P.M,)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

Commissioners of Taxation v. Alfred Wiskens—claim 6s 6d. Verdict for amount and costs. A. H. Freeman v. F. O. Bond—claim £2 2s…

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The Court Hours. (To the Editor of the 'Inverell Times.')

The Inverell Times · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

Sir,--Being interested in a case at the local court on Wednesday last, and being notified to be attendance at 10 a.m. sharp, I, in company with many others, was in attendance at the…

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