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Courts & crime, 1903

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Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 12.—(Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and W. Drew.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 4

LUNACY.—Richard Griffen, in custody on a charge of being of unsound mind, and who had been remanded for eight days for medical treatment, was again brought before the…

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Latest News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] The Auburn Murder. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 5

AT the Central Police Court, to-day, Digby Grand was committed for trial for the murder of Constable Long, and Yeomans was also committed as an accessory before…

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The Auburn Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

At the Central Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, before Mr E. H, Wilshire, S.M., the bearing was resumed of the cuarge Bgainet Digby Grand, alias…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. Death of the Victim

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 4

A young man named Davids Johnson, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on the 12 th December, suffering from a fractured skull, said…

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A Problem for the Police

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

An American correspondent gives the following as an example of the rigid formality with which the officials in some parts of Russia act :—…

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Armldale Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 12.—(Before Messrs. E. M. Oohen and W. Drew, J.'sP.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 4

A stranger in custody on a charge of being of unsound mind, and who had been remanded for eight days for medical treatment, was again…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

AT the Police Court yesterday before the P.M., a plasterer named Peter McMullen proceeded against John Kearsey for the recovery of wages due amounting to the sum of £6 5s in respect to…

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Police Court. Monday, Feb. 9Th. (Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.m.) Wool Stealing

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

Edward Pratt and Emily Jane Pratt were charged with stealing about 80lbs dead wool, the property of W. Onus, Gravesend Station…

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Alleged Letter Stealing. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

A YOUNG man was charged to-day with stealing letters from private boxes at the G.P.O., and was remanded till Wednesday…

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Police Court. Friday, Feb. 13.—(Before the P.M. and Mr. M'Lean.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

THE RAILWAY CASE.—Thomas Hackett, on remand, was charged with travelling on the railway without paying his fare. The accused pleaded not, guilty, and the railway…

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Ashford Land Court

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the local Land Board for the land district of Inverell was hold in the police station at Ashford on February 10th, when the following cases were dealt with :—…

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Tuesday, Feb. 10Th. (Before Messrs. J. Lanagan and P. I. Addison, Js. P.) Dog Stealing

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 3

Albert Edwards was charged with stealing a dog, the property of E. W. Crane. Constable Keith deposed: From…

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A West Australia Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 8

At the Guildford (W.A.) Police Court ou Friday, five Frenchmen—Fred Maillet, Leon Moueasett, Benoi Balti, Raoul Lintaur, and Eugeno Leeboux…

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Holiday in Gaol. a Visitor's Extraordinary Experience

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 3

During the finish of the Launceston Cup last week, a farmer Darned Clement G. Hall grabbed a young man, George Steere, who was…

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Fowl Lifting. Three Persons Convicted. Sentenced to Hard Labour

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

The science of fowl lifting is one that has been largely practiced in Inverell with remarkable success although the methods adopted differ from these recommended by Mark Twain…

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Alleged Murder

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

Alexander Johnstone, an Ashfield resident, appeared at the Criminal Court to-day, charged with having murdered his wife Emma Elizabeth Johnstone in…

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Police Court. TUESDAY—(Before Mr. Walterus Brown, P.M.)

The Inverell Argus · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

William Ryan was charged with having no visible means of support. Constable Wearin deposed: At about 3 p.m. on Monday I saw the…

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New York Murder. LONDON, February 10

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 6

WILIAM HOOPER YOUNG, a grandson of Brigbam Young, the famous Mormon prophet, was placed on his trial in New York yesterday charged with…

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Bundarra Police Court

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

ON Friday last, before the P.M. (Mr. Brown) the case of police versus David Brown—alleged assault, occasioning actual bodily harm on one George Orchard—again came on for…

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A Chemist Sentenced

The Inverell Times · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 5

Thomas Moore, a chemist of Now Zealand, has been sentenced to seven years for tho man. slaughter of Lottic Ancell by an illegal operation. The prisoner is aged sixty-nine, and is…

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