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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

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Small Debts Court. Friday, April 3—(Before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 4

Chas. Jack v. Maggie Gordon, claim £2 6s 4d, goods sold Verdict for plaintiff, with cost[?] J. O. White v. E. Byrnes, cliam [?]…

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For Old Sake's Sake. O.h.m.s.£200 Reward. [Gregory Carter, sometimes known as Nightfall Carter, baring boen outlawed by Her Majesty's Government of the Colony of Victoria for breaking gaol and committing various offeness that endanger the lives and safety of Her Majesty's lieges, the above reward is offered for his body, alive or dead. He is thirty years of age, six feet high, fair hair, blue eyes, is good-looking, and has a scar on his right cheek. A reward of £50 will be paid to anyone giving notice of his whereabouts at the police camp, Deadman's. By Order, Joc[?]lyn Rutrven, Gold Commissioner.]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 8

'Alive or dead, repeated the man who was reading this proclamation in the waning light, and then he laughed softly to himself…

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Assault and Attempted Suicide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

The small township of Pelaw-Main, one of the new mining settlements to the south of Maitland, was thrown into a state of great excitement yesterday…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, a hawker's license was granted to J. Burke, and an extension of a publican's license to Thomas H. Williams of the Mount Pleasant Hotel, of a booth at…

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Police Court. March 30Th. (Before Messrs. J. Lanagan and P. I. Addison, J's. P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 4

Arthur O'Farrell (on bail) was charged with stealing a cap, the property of Sergeant Hogan, from the School of Arts on the 17th March…

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Pagel--The Strong Man. Charged with Assault. an Amusing Case

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 6

William Pagel, the strong man from Fitzgerald Bros.' Circus, was called upon to answer, at the police court at Melbourne on Wednesday a charge of…

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A Murderous Assault. the Assailant Attempts Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 8

The township of Pelaw Main, one of the new mining settlements to the south of Maitland, was thrown into a state of great excitement on Thursday…

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Murderous Assault on a Wife. the Assailant Attempts Suicide

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

The township of Pelaw Main, one of the mining settlements to the south of Maitland, was thrown into a state of great…

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Murderous Assault on a Girl. Suicide of the Perpetrator

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 6

About 10 o'elook on Saturday night several people in Dick-street, Bodangora, near Wellington, were startled by bearing loud screams some…

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Police Court. Tuesday April 7. BEFORE the Police Magistrate

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

A seconder [?] Ro[?] prisonment. On an [?] using ob[?]…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesdaty April 7. BEFORE the Police Magistrate

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

E. R. Whereat & Co. v. D. Cornall & Co., Gunnedab. Claim of £3 lbs, dishonored promisory note. No appearence of defendant. Verdict for amount and…

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Cow-stealing

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

RECENTLY cows have boon, disappearing singly and in twos and. threes from many dairies in Botany. On Tuesday the Maitland police found 20 of the cows horded at…

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Small Debts Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

THE following cases were dealt with by the P.M on Monday:--H. C. Holmes v. S. Benny, recovery of share in dividing fence; verdict for plaintiff £1 10s 6d and costs £18d. John Sully v. Wm. Craig…

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Licensing Court. Before Messrs. Allnutt (Chairman), and

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

Messrs. W. Reid and E. W. Whereat. John Donoghue was grained a renewa of his publican's license. The Licensing Inspector's report was…

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Alleged Wholesale Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

At the Redlern Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Isaacs, a fanner named William Dawson, aged 48, appeared to answer eight charges of…

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Wholesale Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

A young man has been arrested at Scbleswig, Holstein, for the murder of three women tinder circumstances similar to those of Jack the Ripper…

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A Court Scene. a Burglar Assaults the Police

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

On being sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for burglary at the Criminal Court to-day, John Anderson violently assaulted the police who…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. --(Before Mr. Walterus Brown, P.M.)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 4

John Brown was charged with the larceny of a pair of boots the property of Patrick Crimmins. Sergeant Cowie stated is consequence…

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Tragedy at Bodangora. Lover Attempts to Murder a Girl. and Then Commits Suicide

The Inverell Times · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

The town of Bodangora was thrown into a state of excitement by the report of the attempted murder of Harriet…

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Burglary in the Country

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 5

Burglars entered a store at Eugowia, took away the safe and blew it open The miscreants benefited to the extent of £80…

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