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Courts & crime, 1903

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Land Court

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

A SITTING of the Tenterfield Land Board was held on Friday, Mr. F. G. Finley presiding, supported by Mr. I. Whea[?] J.P., and Mr. R. H. V. Allnute, P.M…

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The Murder of Constable Long. Three Arrests Made

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

THREE arrests were made on Friday and Saturday last in connection with the shooting of Constable Long at Auburn. One of the men is charged with murder,…

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Licensing Court. Friday, Jan. 23Rd. (Before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, J. Shelton, and Dr. MacKinnon, L.M's)

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

The application by Samuel Simpson for a conditional publican's license for premises to be erected at Gravesend was brought on for consideration…

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Assault and Robbery

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 5

At the Police Court to-day, Wm. Morgan, described as a stock and share broker, was charged with assaulting George Palmer and robbing…

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Why He Charged Fifteen Cents

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 3

One of the best after-dinner story-tellers in this country is Andrew Carnegie, whose intention of returning his millions to the public was recently…

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Mr. A. Lynch, M.P. Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 8

The trial-at-bar of Mr. A. Lynch, M.P, for Galway, on a charge of high treason, was continued on Tuesday, when the case for the prosecution…

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The Auburn Murder. Two Men Arrested

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 2

There seems at last, as the result of the work of the police during last week, to be a prospect that the mystery surrounding the murder of…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Tuesday last before J. H. Nesbitt, P.M., a young man named J. W. Flynn, a bicycle agent, was charged with the misappropriation of certain monies collected by him…

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

The Inverell Argus · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

Av affiliation case was heard, Mr. Boyd appealing for plaintiff, and Mr. Borthwick for defendant. Order made for 6s per week, and costs 25s lOd…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

AT the Licensing Court on Tuesday, before a full Bench, J. P. Fitzgerald was granted a conditional publican's license for a house situated in Grey-street. The plans showed than the buildings…

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Revision Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

A REVISION COURT in connection with the municipality of Glen Innes was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, his Worship the Mayor presiding. Aldermen Whyte, Crossman…

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Telegrams. a Terrible Tragedy, Attempted Murder and Suicide. Sydney, Thursday night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted in Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, this morning, when a man named Charles E. Humphreys shot his wife in two places…

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Walcha Police Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

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Police Court of the Future

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

"The Colonel" in the "R.R. Times" writes the following skit on "The Police Court of the Future":--…

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The Southwick Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 5

The body of one of the supposed wives of Chapman, the Southwick publican, who is charged with the murder of a barmaid, has been…

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Murder of Constable Long

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 3

Three men, Digby Grand (bootmaker), John T. Woodford (butcher), and Albert Youmans, (horsetrainer), have…

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The Auburn Murder. SYDNEY

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

THREE men, Digby Grand (bootmaker) John T. Woodford (butcher), and Albert Youmans, horse-trainer, have been arrested in connection with the murder of Constable Long…

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Armidaie Police Court. Friday, Jan. 30.—(Before Mr. W. Corbett Lawson, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

Frederick Wolpert was brought up upon information for perjury, alleged to have been committed at the Circuit Court held at Armidale on October…

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Tragedy in Western Australia. Murder and Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 7

A telegram recently received from Kalgoorlie (W.A.) reports that a domestic tragedy occurred at Brown Hill, a raining township near that…

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Alleged Stealing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

Joseph Thompson was charged with stealing 50lbs of gelatine and one case from the King Conrad Minc, at Howell, on Nov 29. There was a second count of receiving…

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