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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 14—(Before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

John Dunn was charged with stealing a buggy lamp and some buggy harness, valued at £4, the property of J. G. Mitchell, of Uralla, on or about…

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The Stirling Tragedy. a Mysterious Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

The inquest respecting the death of the old man, George Cullen, who was found dead at his house at Stirling (S.A.) on January 3, with his head…

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A Theft

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

LUCA DELLA ROBBIA'S Bas-relief, depicting the descent from the cross, has been stolen from a church in San Serero, Florence. It is valued at…

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Police Court. Friday, Jan. 16Th (Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

Abram Absolom was charged with hawking without a license. Mr. ZlotKowsai appeared in the interests of defendant, who pleaded…

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The Police Hoaxed

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

The heads of the Police Department have (writes the Launceston correspondent of the Melbourne "Herald") boon made the victims of a huge hoax…

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Police Court. Monday, January 19, 1903. (Before the P.m) Keeping a Disorderly House

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

A YOUNG girl named Munro was charged with keeping a disorderly house in Church and Taylor streets. Constable Dower produced the warrant of…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

PERSONS interested are reminded that the quarterly Licensing Court, under the Liquor Act of 1898, will be held at Glen Innes on Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock,…

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Small Debts Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

(Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.) J. Diamond v H. Facer--claim £6 11s. Postponed to 23rd January. H. Goodwin v J. Facer--claim £3…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, J. Shelton, and Dr. MacKinnon, L'Ms.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

Edward Cross applied for a renewal of his publican's license for premises at Yetman. Granted. An application was made by H. Lee…

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Ar[?]idate Police Court. Tuesday, January 19. — (BefonMessrs W. Corbett Lawson, [?].M., and A. E. Hays, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

The Ven. Archdeacon White was charged with using a hose attached to a stand-pipe (used for the purpose of supplying the water of the Council of…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Tragedy at Moree. Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

A terrible tragedy is reported from Moree. A young man named Horace Ezzy entered an hotel where Kate Ahearn, aged 18, resided. Ezzy…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 20. BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Unlawfully Holding Over Tenement

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

Patrick James Donoghue v. William Arthur Holly, unlawfully holding possession of certain house and lands in the parish of Glen Lyon County of Clive…

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

The Inverell Argus · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

A bey named Clifford Campbell (son of a woman of that name who lives in a tent in Byron-etreet) was charged with assaulting Mrs. Walker…

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Police Court. Monday, January 19,1903. (Before the P.m) Cruelty to Animals

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

THREE persons were charged with having cruelly ill-used animals. In one instance a find of 20s and costs was imposed, while the other two defendants were mulcted in the sum of 10s and costs…

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Walcha Police, Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 3

Saturday, January 17th, before Mr. M. J. Walsh, J.P. John Harris, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d or 24 hours…

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Suicide in a Police Cell

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 6

At the Albury Police Court on Tuesday, First-class Constable Gleno, of Jindera, was presented on a charge of misconduct, in haviugludged an…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 6

At the Grafton police court, George F. Power, who was arrested at Woodstock by the Inverell police, was charged with stealing a horse at…

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M.P. Sentenced to Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 2

THE trial of Colonel Arthur Lynch, M.P., in England, for treason, for fighting with the Boers in the late war, is concluded. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The…

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Trial for Treason. Lynch Sentenced to Death

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 2

The trial of Colonel Arthur Lynch, M.P. for Galway, who is charged with hightrea on in having served with the Boers in South Africa, was continued on Friday,…

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Police Court. Friday, Jan. 23Rd. (Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 2

John Druce for being drunk and disorderly was fined 5s or 24 hours imprisonment. Isaac Absolom was charged with…

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