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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

562 stories in New England's papers · page 15 of 29

City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 4

TUESDAY, JULY 7.—John Williamson appeared before Mr. S. B. Gunn, this morning, charged with insobriety and also with using obscene language in Faulkner-street the…

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Murder by Law

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 6

IN Scotland burglars can be shot in the following circumstances:—(1) In defence of property where violence is inferred; (2) in cases of housebreaking…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 6

ON Tuesday the Licensing Bench granted a renewal of the publican's license to A. M. Fletcher, Glencoe Hotel…

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Small Debts Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 6

THERE was quite a field day in the Social Debts Court on Tuesday, when Mr. F. G. Adrais, P.M. of Parramatta, adjudicated. A WAGER CASE…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 4

FRIDAY, July 10.—An inebriate appeared before Mr. S. B.Gunn, this morning, charged with the usual offence of insobriety. He pleaded guilty, and, having appealed on…

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Warden's Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 5

On Thursday, More the Acting-Warden, the cue War Kee v. Bradshaw, was dealt with Mr. P. P. Abbot appeared for complainant. It…

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Police and Fleet Week

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 4

I[?] is expected that during the time of the visit of the American Fleet to Sydney the metropolitan police force will be strengthened considerably. Although arrangements…

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Guyra Police Court. a Llangothlin Case

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 7

On Monday last, at the Guyra Police Court, before Messrs. T. N. Rae and John Pringle, Patrick Hayes was charged with stealing one black…

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Local Option Court

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 7

The sittings of the Local Option Court for the Bingara electorate were concluded last Thursday at Bingara. His Honor Judge Gibson presided,…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 5

In the Police court on Tuesday (before A. A. Veness and J. E. [?] the decision in regard so the [?] Davy v. Paul" was gives, with…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 4

TUESDAY, JULY 14.—A well-known veteran inebriate, with a nasty looking wound on the side of his head, appeared before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M., this morning and…

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Mall Debie Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 5

[?] was presided [?] P.M., on Tuesday, [?] announced the [?] as…

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Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. D. M. G. McGregor and J. E. Asher, Je.P., James Owens, charged with refusing to pay for…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M., and Mr. J. A. McGregor, J.P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

Thos. Smith, a youth engaged in carrying the mails to and from Warialda and Moree via Pallamallawa, was charged with cruelty to dumb…

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Industries Sentenced to Death. How Shares Inventions and Fashions Have Attached Trades

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 3

You have money to invest and you are told that such and such an industrial is being [?]nbly well. You buy shares or an interest and…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs H. Malone and J. A. McGregor, L.M's.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

A transfer of the license of the Gravesend Hotel from Mrs. Green to her husband, Sydney Robert McKenzie Green, was applied for…

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Theft of Jewellery

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 4

George Coleman and Robert Walton have been committed for trial on a charge of stealing jewellery valued at £510 from the residence of Harry…

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Murder Panic in Paris

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 5

The mysterious murdeo of M Remy, the aged ex-banker in Paris last month, has caused a veritable panic in Paris. The terror caused by the…

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Police Dogs

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 6

In their docks at Hull, the North-Eastern Railway Company have been making an experiment in the employment of dogs as police auxiliaries. So satisfied…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 8

TUESDAY, JULY 21.—Two inebriates appeared before Mr. Corbett Lawson, P.M., this morning, charged with drunkenness on the previous day. Both pleaded guilty,…

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