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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Meagher's Case. the Promise of the Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 2

The application of Richard Denis Meagher for re-instatement on the roll of attorneys continnes to occupy the attention of the Full Court…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, June 4. (Before Mr. F. W, Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

Dalton Bros. v A. E. Austin; claim, £12, amount due on sale of bicycle. Verdict for plaintiffs for amount claimed, with 6/9 costs…

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The Police Force

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 7

"The Magistrate" in its issue of June 1st prefaces its contents with a eulogising article on the efficiency of the police force of this State, reviewing…

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The London Police. How They Ark Trained and Organised

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 7

"Every London policeman is a [?]man," said a [?] who had bad the [?] of the police of many hands. The…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday, June 5. (Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 4

Kate Byron, a stranger, pleaded guilty to a charge of indeoent language, and also, to being drunk in Marsh-street, the previous evening…

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Telegrams Sydney. Tuesday. Willis and Daley. Thomas Daly Charged. Sensational Evidence

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 4

Thomas William Daly was charged as the Central Criminal Court to-day with proposing to W. N. Willis to abstain from printing and publishing certain…

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Police Court Tuesday, June 8. (Before Mr. Allnutt, P.M.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 6

Norman O'Brien and Frederick O'Reilly were charged with travelling on the railway without having previously purchased a ticket…

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Wee Waa Murder Case

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court this morning, Stanley Williams was charged with the murder of Harry Johnson, at Wee Waa…

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District Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

B. C. Besley v. P. W. Griffiths. Defendant bankrapt. M. H. Girle v. J. T. Rambling, claiming £9 4s 6d for goods supplied…

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The Gayndah Murder. Execution of Ross

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 6

Arthur Ross, who was convicted of the murder of James K. Muir, bank clerk, at Gayndah on October 18, was executed on Monday morning in the…

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Victorian Outrage. Sentenced to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

James Cosgrove has been sentenced to death at Beechworth for an offence against a girl over 16 years of age. Prisoner declared that the girl was a…

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, June [?] (Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 3

A local resident, for being found drunk in the Government Savings Bank the previous day, was fined 10s or three days. The fine was paid…

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Scenes at a Murder Trial. Shrieks for Mercy

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 8

Seldom have such distressing scenes been witnessed in an English court [?]f justice as those which occurred at the Old Bailey recently, when two brothers…

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Wee Waa Tragedy. Stanley Williams Sentenced

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

Stanley Williams, who was convicted for the manslaughter of Harry Johnston, has been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, June 14. (Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

A colored gentleman pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 1s or the "rising." Arthur Pigott, for whom Mr…

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Murder in a School

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 6

At the Seine Assizes three men and a woman are being tried for a brutal murder committed at Antony, a suburb of Paris, in July last (said "Lloyd's Weekly…

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Japan's Court Ladies. Their Life Described. Many Restrictions

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

A most interesting description or the life of the ladies about the Japanese Court is given by the "Jogaku-Sekai," and translated by the "Japan Weekly…

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Licensing Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

The Licensing Court sat on Tuesday. the Bench being occupied by Messrs. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., D. M'Grego r and A. J. Dodd, Js.P…

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Deepwater Land Court

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 8

A DAY'S sitting was held at Deepwater on Monday last, before Messrs. McLean (Chairman) and I. Whereat, M.B., when the following applications were dealt…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Jons 15. [Before Mr. R. H. Allnutt, P.m.] "Jumpino the Battles."

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

Norman O'Brien and Frederick O'Reilly, who were remanded from the previous Tuesday to enable the police procure additional evidence…

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