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Courts & crime, 1905

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Armidale Circuit Court. ARMIDALE

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 2

The Court, expected to open before Mr. Justice Walker this morning, will not open until to-morrow, owing to a long list at Maitland…

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Assaults on the Police. Remarkable London Figures

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 3

It was stated by Mr Wontner, at Marylebone, on January 13th, during the haring of a charge of assault upon a policeman, that in 1903 there…

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Burglary at Benalla. BENALLA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 5

A MASKED burglar entered St. James' post office, Benalla, Victoria, yesterday morning, and stole £30…

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Assault and Robbery. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 5

Two men felled Mr. Muir, the manager of a store at Collingwood, Victoria, by striking him on the head with a bar of iron, inflicting severe injuries. They…

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Triple Murder. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 5

A GHASTLY crime has just been brought to light at Kensal Rise. In a furniture repository at that place today a tin trunk was found, which was…

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Armidals Circuit Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 4

THE Circuit Court at Armidale opened at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. Mr. Justice Walker presided, and his Associate was Mr. N. Walker…

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Great Names in Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 4

It is quite natural that persons who are arrested by the police for little slips from the path of propriety, and, maybe, upon the footpath, should give…

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Horse Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

Arthur Robert M'Kenzie, aged 25, was charged with stealing one gelding the property of Percy Geo. Jarman, at Gunnedah on 7th January…

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Alleged Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

Frank Murdock, on bail, was charged with assaulting Albert Arndell at Armidale on 3rd February, thereby occasioning actual bodily…

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Indecent Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

Edmund Reid Jones, aged about 60, was charged with assault, with intent, on a young girl (aged 5½) at Armidale in March. A second count…

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A Brutal Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 5

Alice Gapper, aged 22, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital last night with her throat cut. She stated that a man named Mathieson entered her…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 5

The grocer Rasmus Wilson was today committed for trial on a charge of attempting to discharge a loaded revolver at Elizabeth,M'Intosh, with…

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Circuit Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

The half-yearly Circuit Court opened at Armidale on. Saturday, 15th inst., before His Honor Mr. Justice Walker…

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Armidale Circuit Court. Monday, April 17. (Continued from page 3)[?] Alleged Larceny

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 4

Jas. J. Nash, land agent, was charged with stealing £2, the property of Rd. Law. lor, at Walcha, on 5th January. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was…

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Armidale Circuit Court

The Inverell Times · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 5

The Circuit Court opened on Saturday before Mr. Justice Walker, Mr. F. Lyons acted as Crown Prosecutor. Arthur Robert M'Kenaie pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Gruesome Murder

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

MEMORIES of the " Boot-box" tragedy were revived at Melbourne last week by the discovery at Tatura of a sack containing the body of a man, cut up and packed closely together…

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The Louth Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

HIS HONOR (Mr. Justice Owen) in summing up in the above case at Dubbo said the jury must understand the many difficulties that lay…

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Circuit Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

AT the Armidale Circuit Court on Tuesday last, Frank Murdeck, found guilty of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, was sentenced to 18 months hard labor. John James Nash, found…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

AT the Quarterly Licensing Court on Tuesday renewals of colonial wino licenses were granted to Wong Chee and Joseph Bennett, and a publican's license to A. J. Martin, Railway Hotel. A booth…

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Diplomacy at Court

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 3

If often seems but petty business, the gentle art of saying nothing prettily, but little things count in diplomacy. Careers have been ruined and politics…

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