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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

562 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 29

Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 4

AT the Licensing Court on Tuesday, G. Larkin was granted a publican's license in respect of the Dundee race meeting to be held on Easter Monday. A satisfactory…

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Tingha Police Court, FRIDAY, April 3rd.(Before Acting-P.M. Jamieson and S. Dunstan and Jos. Parker, J.’sP.)

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 1

TIMOTHY BROSNAN was proceeded against by the police for slaughtering a beast without giving the required 12 hours’ notice…

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Warden’s Court. FRIDAY, April 3rd.(Before the Acting-Warden)

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 1

MOO CHAN v. Robert Aleorn, for an injunction to restrain him from trespassing upon or interfering with his tail-race…

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City Police Court

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 10.—An ordinary inebriate appeared before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and J. B. Fitzgerald this morning, charged with insobriety. A fine of 2s. 6d., in default 24…

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Burglary. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 5

A SAFE containing £149, the cash takings of Saturday's excursion train, was blown open at Cooma Railway station, and the money stolen. The…

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Glenelg Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

The Adelaide police think they are on the track of the Glenelg murderer, Joseph Coleman. Late on Friday night a man answering his description was noticed at…

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Train-wreckers Sentenced. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 5

THE trial has just been concluded of six men who attempted to wreck the train in which the Governor of Bengal and party were travelling. The…

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Telegrams a Terrible Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

A TERRIBLE case of murder and suicide occurred at Dobie, 4 miles from Araraf, Victoria, yesterday, when Charles Henry Deutschman, about 40 years of age, shot…

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Burglary

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4

Burglars catered the Art Gallry at Wellington (N.Z.) and stole a picture worth £500…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, April 13.—(Before Mr E M Cohen, J.P)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4

J. Bower, ju, charged with durnken ness and [?]ing indecent language, was fined 5s or 2 days on the first and 20s or 14 days on the second…

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Attempted Wife Murder. Wounded by a Constable

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 7

Stephen Despoges, a comparatively young man, described as a cook, and a native of Mauritis, fired three shots at bis wife, Lawaina Maud Despoges,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, April 15. BEFORE the Police Magistrate

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

Coan v. Murphy, throwing down a gateMr. Harris for complainant, no appearance of defendant. Mr. Harris said his client was willing to let the matter stand…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday. April 15. Before the Police Magistrate

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

Messrs. Alcock and Gray, executors of will of the late Mr. Prescott, brought an action for £10 damages against Mrs. Kelly for trespass of cattle, and damage…

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CityPolice Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 3

Tuesday, April 14th. — John W. Gardiner proceeded against John S. Bower for unlawful assault, before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and it…

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Oriental Financing. the Sultan Found a Way of Selling Bonds Profitably. Dr. Frank of Bostwick, official dentist to the Sultan and Court of Morocco tells this story:—

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 5

"Orientals are queer. Here is a story that, came from Constantinople to my Gibraltar office by way of a missionary. It sounds as if it came…

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Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

Desperate attempts were made at Berlin to lynch a man who had mardered a youth and afterwards diasected the body…

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The Maitland Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

Farther details of the murder of the girl Lilian Bridge, at Allandale, near Maitland, show that her assailant, after inflicting the first blow, ragged…

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City Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 4

SATURDAY, APRIL 18.—George Henry Forster was charged before Mr. E. M. Cohen, this morning, with having left his wife, Annie Forster, without means of support,…

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The Allandale Murder. West Maitland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 5

THERE are no fresh developments with regard to the Allandale murder. The police are still searching for the weapon with which the deed was committed, and may, if…

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Murder and Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 6

The Oakleigh, Victoria, police telephoned to the Detective Office on Saturday night that Capt. William Henry Lee, late of the New Guinea…

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