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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 2

Alice Francis 'Clive alia[?] Wilson was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support. Constable Vizzard and Sergeant Cowie gave…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday.—(Before Messrs. C. Lawson, P.M., and B. M. Cohen, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 4

William Jamas Axtell, a boy 12 years of age, was charged with stealing 1 compass, 1 chain, and 1 magnifying glass, rained at 10s the property of James Rutledge,…

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Criminals Sentenced

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 4

At Bendigo Ernest Leonard was sentenced to 10 years and periods of solitary confinement for burglary. John Coleman, for assault and robbery, was sentenced to five…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 21.—[Before Mr. C. Lawson, P.M.]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 8

INSPECTOR of Nuisances v. H. W. Curtis, for breach of municipal by-laws, in driving round Beardy and Falconer streets corner at a pace greater than a walk. Defendant…

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Wife Murder. Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Oswald O'Hara was found guilty yesterday of wife murder, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Sentence of death was passed…

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Police Court. March, 25Th

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

F. Ashton was proceeded against by the police for performing without the requisite license. Fined 5s and 5s 6d costs…

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The Broadmeadows Sensation. Indications Point to Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

As briefly recorded in Friday's issue, the dead body of a miner named Wm. M'Aullay was discovered last week by a child near Masskey's farm, some 50 miles east of Glen…

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Supposed Murder

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 3

A telegraam from Glen Innes says —Dr. Wrigley has just returned from Newton Boyd, bringing the head of William M'Aullay, whose body was…

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Police Attacked

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 4

Constables Farrell and Rews Were severely handied by a number of young men while endeavouring to make an arrest at St. Peter's last night. The…

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Armidale Police Court. MONDAY.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 4

Edward Morton and Robert Johnstone, youthful travellers were in custody charged with stealing from the local railway station on the 27th inst…

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Man Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 6

AT the Central Criminal Court onThursday, Oswald O'Hara was charged with having, at Sydney, on the 19th November, murdered his wife, Mary…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 28. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Vagrancy

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

A "VAG," who came under the notice of the police on Monday, appeared before the Bench, and was ordered to retire to "durance vile" for 24 hours…

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The Broadmeadows Murder. an Arrest Made. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

THE police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of M'Aulay, the miner, at Broadmeadows, between Graf[?]ton and Glen Innes. The murdered…

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Armidale police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

Tuesday.—(Before Mr. E. M Cohen, J.P.) James Burns pleaded guilty, to charges of drunkenness and indeoent language. The veteran appealed to the Bench for leniency…

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Walcha Police Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

On Monday, before Mr. Seckold, J.P. J. Riley, charged with riotous behavour, was fined £2…

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The Arbitration Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

The term of office of the present members of the Arbitration Court expired to-day. The president, Mr. Justice Cohen,…

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Police Court

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

AT the Police Court on Friday, two young fellows named Edward Merton and Robert Johnson, on remand, were charged with stealing in company from the local railway…

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Slattery in Court. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 5

AT the Criminal Court, to-day, Mr. T. M. Slattery, M.L.C., was charged, before Justice Pring, with fraudulently converting to his own use £6958, the…

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Police Court. Before Mr. Alluutt, P. M.

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

A local ratepayer was proceeded against by the Inspector of Nuisances, under the Municipal by-laws, for not conforming with sanitary by-laws, and…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 4

AT the Licensing Court on Tuesday an application for a booth license by Thomas Williams for coursing meeting on Wednesday was refused on the ground that it had not been lodged in time,…

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