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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Lunatic Convicted of Murder. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 7

A Verdict of murder has been retained against Herman Popplcton a patient of Oallan Park Asylum, who killed an attendant named Bunney…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Alleged Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

A girl named Ger[?]de Pendergast was attacked at Om[?]o (Victoria) by an aboriginal, who [?]shed from the bush and struck, her on the head…

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Larger Police Cases for 1908

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

The report of crime for 1908 at [?] shows that the number of [?] was 257, as against 306 [?] showing a decrease for the…

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The Armidale Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

A report was freely circulated in town on Tuesday to the effect that a Chinaman had given himself up to the police in Armidale, and had…

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Warden's Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

At the Warden's Court on Tuesday, Samuel Pennell was granted authority to enter, for tin-mining purposes, the property of Henry Grob,…

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Alleged Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

A married woman named Johanson aged 45, was fonnd dead in a house in King-street. Melbourne, last night, with a fearful gash over the left eye…

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Armidale Police Court. THURSDAY—[Before Messrs. E. M Cohen and C. G W[?]a, J P)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

A man was before the Court, supposed to be of un[?]nd mind. [Some time before the opening of the Court a large [?] had…

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The Armidale Murder Sensational Episode

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

In connection with the armidale murder [?] Government has offered reward of £ 100 for information leading to the [?] and…

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A Photograph in Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

People who keep noisy dogs in their back yards are often a cause of offence to their neighbours, who are at times driven to appeal to the law…

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Riots at Broken Hill. Two Police Injured. Tom Mann and Others Arrested

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

The Broken Hill industrial trouble developed on Saturday afternoon into riots. In the morning the delegates from the combined unions saw Mr…

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The Magistrate's Dilemma

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 6

A man had been brought up in court charged with travelling on a train without a ticket. "Where were you?" asked the…

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Living on Ninepence Per Week. Tragic-comedy in the Coroner's Court

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4

The London "Daily Mail" of October 10 writes:— A pathetic scene—the sequel to an inquest held a few days ago—was…

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Armidale Police Court Thursday, Jan. 14 — (Before messrs. E. M. Caberi and J. b. F[?] gerald, J.sp.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

The Young man who had been remande[?] for medical observation on Thursday last, on suspicise of being of [?] mind, and who told…

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Another Queensland Murder. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Another, tragedy has occurred in Queensland Mrs. Evitts, living with her parents at Nundah, has been found deaf, and foul play is…

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Elects to Go to Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

A woman socialist, for addressing a meeting last Sunday, in Bourke-street, and causing an obstruction, was at Sydney, on Wednesday, fined 14s. or…

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Nundah Murder. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5

Kismark, the [?] arrested on the charge of [?] Mrs. [?] at [?] has been remanded for eight days…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

In the Licensing Court on Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. A. J. Dodd, J.P., S. J. Carberry applied for a booth license for a January 26 and…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 19. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.). Drunkenness

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

William Noble, for being drunk in Bourko-street, was fined 26 or 15 minutes' Imprisonment. John Mulholland was fined 5 or,…

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How Clever Criminals Baffle the Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

DURING the past few years many mysterious murders have been investigated by the smartest detectives in the country, but a large number of…

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