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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Police Court. Dec. 27Th. (Before Mr. J. Lanagan, J.P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 2

J. O'Sullivan was fined 1s or "the rising" for drunkenness. DEC. 29TH. A. Macdonald was fined 2s 6d or…

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Small Debts Court. Dec. 31St. (Before Messrs. Lanagan and McGregor, J's.P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 2

W. Power v. J. McManus. Claim £7 7s 1d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount and 3s costs…

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Assault

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 4

AT the Police Court on Tuesday, Wong Joe proceeded against William Eckersley for assault. Defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Abbott, for plaintiff, stated plaintiff was…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

Monday, January 2nd, 1905—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.) Minnie Jarrott, aged 21, was charged under the Vagrant Act with having…

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Walcha Police Court. Saturday December 31St. (Before Messrs. M. J. Walsh and C. Se[?]kold, Js.P.)

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

Reuben Cramp, charged with selling [?] without being the holder of a license, pleaded guilty. Mr. Blomfield appeared for accused…

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Walecha Police Court. Saturday, December 31. Before Messrs M. J. Walsh and C. S. ckold, J's.P. Selling Grog at Glen Morrison. £30 FINE

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

Reuben Crump,a shearer, was charged with selling liquor without bring the the holder of a licence. He pleaded guilty…

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Wilson's Downfall. Police Court, Before Mr. R. H. V. Allautt, P.M.

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 3

S C. Crisp was charged on the information of Mr. Acting Inspector Scott with importing stock from other colonies contrary to the Act No.27, 1901, sec 154. He…

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Secret Police of France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 7

SKILLED in all languages, able to enter any society the agents of the brigade des recherches (the secret police) have their fingers on the…

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The Supreme Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 4

MR. JUSTICE A. H. SIMPSON is to be commended for his outspoken condemuation of the long vacation at Christmas time, during which cases…

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Court of Petty Sessions, etc

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 5

WE are indebted to Mr. E. M. Cohen, C.P.S. and Registrar of the District Court, etc., Armidale, for the following return of all business transacted and all moneys…

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The Leytonstone Murder Arrest and Confession

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

A man walked into the police station at Dover recently, and save himself up for the murder of Helen Walden, the woman who was found with her head…

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Saved by the Court Records

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

At the Old Bailey, in September, 177[?], writes a contributor to St. James's Budget," a barber's apprentice named Male was accused of robbing one Mrs. Ryan on…

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Small Debts Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

ON Tuesday last, before the P.M., the Glen Innes Hospital (by its treasurer, James Henley) proceeded against Eucalai St. Elmo Murray for the recovery of £8 8s., due for…

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The Arbitration Court. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

AS a special sitting of the Australian court, to-day, the Att[?] General was granted leave to promises the [?] whereevers, and [?] who [?]…

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Was There Foul Play? Police Officer's Sensational Statemesn

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

A telegram received from Charters Tourers 2½ on monday, satates that at the re-opened inquiry into the death of a eras [?] who…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 4

Tuesday, l7th Januaryj[?]— (Before Mr. W. C[?] La[?], Public Magistrate.) W. [?] proceeded against John Beek[?]se [?] a charge of unlawful [?]…

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

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 2

Charles Heine for drunkenness was fined 5s, in default 21 hours in gaol. On a second charge of using obscene language in Evanst., fined 40s in default one month's…

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Guyra Land Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

16th January, 1905.—(Before Messrs. F. G. Finley, chairman, J. B. Fitzgerald, and H. W. Lane). Thomas Schaefer, [?] 123a. Confirmed,…

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Bogus Police Sergeant. Remarkable Imposition

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 7

One of the most originally-planned and [?]ciously-exe[?]ted robberies which have ever been recorded in South African crime was recently…

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Police Court. Tursday, Jan. 17,—(Before the P.M.) Alleged Assault

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 3

WILLIAM ROOKE proceeded against John Beckhouse for assault and battery, alleged to have been committed by defendant on complainant on the…

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