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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Small Debts Court

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

Evratt & Co. v. Edward Jones, senr., claim £12 14s 9d. Service continued. P. Ryan v. John O'Brien, claiming…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P. M. Thursday, February 22nd

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

Kenneth Mychael, was charged with stealing 13 head of cattle, the property of Mr. J. K. Mackay, on or about the 11th January 06…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, Before the P. M.

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

Licenses were granted to the following:--Mrs. S. Moore, for a booth on the Showground, March 7th and 8th; Mr. A. Jones, for a booth on the…

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Small Debts Court. Before the P. M.

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

Erratt and Co. v Edmund Jones, service continued, (defendant sick.) Patrick Ryan v John O'Brien. Claim for wages due, and for a bridle…

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Wednesday, February 21, 1906. (Before the P.m.) Licensing Court

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

A booth license was granted to Mrs. S. A. Moore for the Show Ground on 7th and 8th March. A booth license was also granted to…

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Postmaster Sentenced

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

Sydney Lancelot Moffit, late postmaster at Coraki, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Lismore on Saturday for embezzling nearly £777. The Judge said it…

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Wholesale Cattle-stealing

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL cattle-stealing case at Winton, Queensland, in which four young men, Walter Farrell, Ernest Hewitt, William Lilley, and Charles Williams, were charged…

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Armidale Police Court. SATURDAY.—(Before Mr. Corbett Lawson, Police Magistrate)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 3

Michael O'Brien was charged with deserting his infant child, Clarice O'Brien. Mr. D. P. Claverie appeared for…

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Police Court. Monday--(Before the P.M.)

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

William Scanlon was charged with being drunk and was fined 5s or 24 hours, on a second charge of using obscene language was fine I 20s or seven days in goal…

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Arbitration Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

A large number of claims were struck out at the Arbitration Court to-day owing to the inability of the claimant Unions to establish…

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Honymoon in Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 7

EFFORTS to reclaim a girl merringe have signally fatted in the casec of Sarah Ti[?] aged 20 of Newcastle-on Lyme. A few week's…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday-(Before Mr. W. Carbett Laweon Police Magistrate)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

The Stock Inspector (Mr. Proctor) proceeded against John Frith, a drover, under the Pastures Protection Act, for not travelling 306 head of cattle the requisite mileage…

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Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 6

At the Hillgrove Police Court on Thursday, W. T. Moffatt, of Hillgrove Station, proceeded against R. Lambert, L. Morrow, and E. Biffin for…

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Assault and Robbery

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

D. M'Laren, surveyor, was garrotted by two men near Saltwater River, Victoria, and robbed of £3 worth of jewellery…

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Complete Story. the Burglary at Tatton Hall, Copyright

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 3

HE was a plausible scoundrel, certainly. I noticed his thin white…

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Hillgrove. Warden's Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 6

On Thursday, at Hillgrove, before the Warden (Mr. Corbett Lawson), an important raining case was proceeded with between the Baker's Creek Gold…

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Walcha Police Court. Monday Before Messrs. C. Seek-old and J. N. B. Watts, J's P.

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

John Joseph Hammil was charged with hating money in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen…

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Walcha Police Court. Monday, February 26, 1906. (Before Messrs. C. Seckold and J. N. B. Watts, Js.P.)

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

Jas. Hammill, charged with having possession of money supposed to be stolen, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Nash appeared for accused…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

AT the Police Court on Friday, before Messrs J. Healey and A. A. Veness, Js.P., a woman was charged with deserting the hired service of Mrs. W. Bates, of the Great Central Hotel She pleaded…

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