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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

613 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 31

The Auburn Murder

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

The trial of Jones and Digby Grand for the Auburn tragedy has been postponed till next sittings of the Criminal Court…

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Latest News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] The Auburn Murder. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, to-day, an application for the postponement of the trial of Digby Grand and Jones, on the charge of alleged murder of…

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Alleged Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

James Ambrose Hall was committed for trial to-day on an alleged charge of stealing a letter containing postal notes…

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Uralla Police Court. Friday, Feb. 27.—(Before Mr. T. E. Barasley, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

Police V. E. Craven, larceny of a watch and chain. Defendant was called upon to pay £20, in default, four months' imprisonment…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday, February 28.—(Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and W. Drew, Js.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

Richard Jones, a baker, who was arrested under a warrant for disobeying a summons, appeared to answer a charge of wilfully destroying 40 loaves…

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

The Inverell Argus · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 3

Two young men named Moore and Smith were fined £1 each and costs for being drunk. A Chinaman, on alleged charge of…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 5.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4

DRUNKENNESS. — Two "drunks" (one of whom was anxious to find a Christian man in Arinidale), were each fined 5s., with the usual alternative…

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Small Debts Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

ALFRED M'ALPIN sued James Scery in the above Court on Monday for the recovery of £3 7d 6f, arising out of the sale of a mare. Plaintiff in his evidence stated that he had put the mare in…

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Work or Gaol

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

There is at present a great number of unemployed in Tarn worth, which is another sign of the distressing results…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday, Maro[?] 5.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

Two drunks were each fined 5s, with the usual alternative. ALLEGED LARCENY. Frank Willis, a stranger, was…

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The Inspector-Generalship of Police

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The Mudgee 'Guardian' makes the following remarks in reference to the Inspector Generalship:—" As head of the force, the Inspector-General is…

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Petty Debts Court. Friday.—(Before the P.M. and Jas. M'Lean, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

Les Chamberlain, builder, sued James [?]ewell, farmer, of Kellys Plains, for balance due for wages and contract for building, £12 7e 7d…

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An Old Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 7

A MURDER case was tried in the year 1861 at the Croydon Assizes, England. On the 10th of June in that year Kingswood Rectory was…

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Land Court

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

A meeting of the Local Land Board was held in the Court House at Tenterfield on the 27th February, 1903, when the following cases were considered:—…

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Pedlar's Adventure in a Murder Trap

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 3

THE presence of mind of a pedlar named Berliaux, at Clermont Ferrand, has been the means of saving his life. According to a telegram,…

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Sensational Incident in Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 4

During the sitting of the Criminal Court at Bendigo (Vic.) a man named John Ball, alias Woolfe, alias McBride, who had been convicted on a charge of…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, March 6Th. (Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

J. McGregor v. G. Honnery. Claim £4 14s 3d--goods sold and delivered. Postponed for one month. G. Bowman v J. Kermond. Claim…

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Police Court Old Age and Youth. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 5

Extremes met at the local police court yesterday (Tuesday) morning, when the dock enclosed two accused representing the dawn and evening of life, the one…

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A Police Raid

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 5

The police raided an alleged faro school in Pitt-street last night and a large number of arrests were made…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, March 10th.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

John M'Donald, a young man, shearer, was charged with stealing a hat, the property of James P Bonnar, of the Exchange Hotel, on evening of…

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