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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

562 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 29

Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 3

Walter Turner was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of C. M. Wright, at Wollomombi, on Sunday, 10th May…

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Alleged Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

A married couple named Stevans, who have been arrested at Cootamungdra for the alleged murder of their tea months-old child, left Mandraman…

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District Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

The District Court opened at 3 p.m. on Thursday, before His Honor Asting Judge Edmonds, when the following cases were heard:—…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

At the Police Court on Friday J. M. Patterson was charged, before W. D. Stafford, J. P. with larceny, as a bailee of a marr, the property of Norman McDonald…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

FRIDAY, 5th June.—Before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M., this morning, the case Gulley v. Gulley, alleged wife desertion, was announced as settled. In the Small Debts…

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Charge of Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 5

MELBOURNE Monday.—James Rosier, who is alleged to have shot his brother-in-law (H. Dunn) dead at Melbourne, last week, is to be charged with…

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District Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

THE District Court proceedings opened on Thursday afternoon. In the case of Browning v. Wells, an adjournment was made till the following day…

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Murder and Dissection

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 4

A man who murdered a youth in Berlin and then dissected the body, has been sentenced to tea years' imprisonment…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

TUESDAY, JUNE 9.—Edward Searle was charged, before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M., this morning, with being drunk and disorderly, in Beardy-street, on Saturday night…

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The Allendale Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—The case of Frederick Davies Green, charged with the alleged murder of Lilian Bridge, at Allandale, was continued…

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Allandale Murder. Accused on Trial

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

THE trial began on Tuesday of Frederick Davies Green on a charge of having murdered Lily Bridge at Allandale on April 14. The girl was found murdered in a…

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Our Police Station

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

POLICEMEN are soldiers who act alone—and in Glen Innes, by the fact that the, nation is under manned, it is absolutely necessary for the man in blue" to act…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Harris Freeman, an elderly man, fired at his wife with a revolver in Forbes street, Bendigo (Vic.), yesterday. The woman escaped injury,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. The Allandale Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

At the Sydney Criminal Court last night, Frederick Green was found guilty of the murder of Lily Bridge, with a strong recommendation to…

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Big Jewellery Theft

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 5

A man named Saunders, formerly in the employ of Messrs. Abraham Bros, jewellers, of Bingham, and another [?]man, of Jam[?] have been arrested at Pittaburg…

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Allandale Murder. Green Found Guilty

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

At the Sydney Criminal Court on Thursday night, Frederick Green was found guilty of the murder of Lily Bridge, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on…

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Alleged Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

The trial of Jane Baikie, for alleged poisoning of Alexander Brow[?], was resumed at the Central Criminal Court to-day. Detective, Gallagher gave…

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A Queensland Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

An aboriginal has been murdered at Ingham, Queensland, by three other blacks, who afterwards took to the bush…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, 15Th JUNE—(Before Mr W. Corbett Lawson, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

Two ordinary drunkards were dealt with, one being fined 2s 6d, while the other was cautioned and discharged…

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Sentenced to Death

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 7

Frederick Green was, last week found guilty of the murder of Lilian Bridge at Allandale, near Maitland, with a strong recommendation to…

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