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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

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The Turkish Court Astrologer

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 6

Notwithstanding the progress the Turks have made of late years in the arts of civilization, all, from the highest to the lowest, over the length and breadth of the Ottoman…

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Uralla. Small Debts Court. Wednesday, 26th March. — (Before Mr. J. D. Leece, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 4

T. E. Bardsley v. T. G. Bowera, claim £8 7s 6d, verdict for plaintiff with costs. Mr.T. E. Bardsley, J.P., joined the…

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Police Court. TUESDAY—(before Mr. W. Browne, P.M.)

The Inverell Argus · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 2

Daniel McGowan was charged that he did, in company with Arthur Regazzi and another unknown, at Inverell, on Saturday night last, assault and rob one Harry Moses…

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Bushranging in Queensland. Reported Murder

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 1

A REPORT of a somewhat startling nature has reached the Acting Commissioner of Police in Brisbane from Merivale station, on the borders of the Warrego and…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, April 2nd. (Before Messrs J. Healey and W. Hodges, Js.P.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 3

AH JOE was charged with assault and battery. Constable A. E. Pye gave evidence to the effect that on Monday, March 24th, one Get Quinn made a statement. On that information he proceeded in…

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Police Court. THURSDAY.—(Before the P.M.)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

There were only three cases before the court on Thursday. An old-age pensioner, named Joseph Hutchinson, aged 78, pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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A Brisbane Tragedy. Outrage and Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 5

Violet Findley, aged 13, daughter of a butcher residing at Paddington, a surburb of Brisbane, was found dead in a pool of blood last night, death…

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Licensing Court. No Quorum Present

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

The usual quarterly licensing court was opened on Wednesday at the Court. House, but in the absence of all the other licensing magistrates Mr. Brown…

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Wilson's Downfall. Police Court. Thursday, 3rd APRIL 1902

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. C. Lawson, P.M. G. F. Bradford, J. Devlin, G. Goodwin, and C. J. Dorrington were charged by Constable Hannaford, Woodenburg police,…

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Death in GaoL

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 5

IN the case of the death of the man Thomas Buxton, in Maitland Gaol, an inquest was held in the Gaol on Wednesday before the District Coroner…

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Police Court. MONDAY, April 7th. (Before the P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

THE assault cases, Wirth v. Wilson, were withdrawn. CATTLE STRAYING. Inspector of Nuisance v. D. M. G…

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A Man Sentenced. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 5

A yOUNG man was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions of robbing a man, in Hyde Park, with others, of whom one was shot by the arresting constable…

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Suspected Murder by Bushrangers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

THE spurs belonging to Constable Doyle and Mr. Dalke, who went in pursuit of the Keniff brothers, who were alleged cattle stealers, in the Camaroon district, Queensland, have been found…

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Bushranging in Queensland. Reported Murder

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

A REPORT of a somewhat startling nature has reached the Acting Commissioner of Police in Brisbane from Merivale station, on the borders of the Warrego and…

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Land Court

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

A TWO days' sitting of the local Land Board was hold on Thursday and Friday last, before Messrs. F. G. Finley (Chairman) and I. Whereat, M.B., when the…

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The Very Latest. Human Bones Discovered. In the Police Pack Bags

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

The latest in connection with the bushranging case is that it the police have found Constable Doyle'st horse with two police pack-bags slung across the saddle. The…

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Small Debt's Court. MONDAY, April 7th. (Before the P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

I. Neustadt v. J. Saunders, amount due £13 8s 1d; claim admitted. Defendant offering to pay £6 within a week and balance within two months…

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Police Court. Alleged Assault. Two Men Charged

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 2

A case which attracted considerable interest was commenced at the Police Court yesterday (Tuesday) before Mr. Brown, P.M., when two men named Arthur Regazzi and Daniel…

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He Preferred the Gaol

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 3

A woman weighed down with many sorrows stood at one of the iron-grated doors of the Prison and talked with her son. The young man had been arrested a few hours…

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Murder and Suicide

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 2

A farmer named Foster and his daughter, aged 5, were discovered in a lake near Ballarat. Both were bound tightly together and heavy stones were…

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