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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, July 26. (Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 2

G. Borland was charged with being drunk in Jessie-street on Saturday night, and also with using "language" on the same occasion…

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Armidale Police Court Saturday, July 24. (Before Mr. P. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 4

Thomas Brady, on a charge of drunkenness, pleaded not guilty. Constable Sutherland deposed that at about 9.10 a.m. on Friday he saw…

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Our Institutions. Darlinchurst Gaol

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 3

Clang! Bang! and Hie big iron gates of Darlinghurst Gaol shut upon us, making us voluntary prisoners pro tem. We were shut in hard and fast…

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A Novel way of Stealing

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 6

A market gardener named W. H. Harris, residing near Cuelten[?] reported to the Danden[?] police (Vic.) that a quantity of Swede turnips had…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

John Thorley, William Thorley, and Albert Handcock, on bail from Uralla, were charged with stealing at Uralla on June 3, one maiden…

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Local and General. Inverell Police Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Two first offenders in the " drunk" line were arranged before Mr. John Flynn, J.P., on Monday morning and fined 2s 6d or 24 hours each…

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Lyons Released from Gaol

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Joseph Lyons, a Broken Hill unionist, who was sentenced to six months for assault on a mine official last January, and was subsequently, on two…

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Court Clubs

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

At the Quarter Sections on Saturday--old and break without mr. Cannon: "Let as crystalise these [?]…

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District Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 5

In the District Court yesterday, fore Judge Schools, P. P. Abbott secured a verdict of £27 16s. 10d against W. Herman for professional services…

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A Uralla Case. Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 3

At the Glen Innes Quarter Sessions on Friday, John Thorley, William Thor ley, and Albert William Hancock ire re charged with that on 3rd July, at…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 3. (Before tee Police Magistrate). - Travelling Without Tickets

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 4

Robert Hargreaves, Cornelius Sullivan, and John Held were charged with travelling on the railway, from Tamworth to Stonehenge, without…

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District Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 4

The case, Duck V. Noble, claim for wages and goods supplied, was not heard in the District Court on Monday, the Judge referring it to…

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The Diamond Ring. the Romance of a Theft

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 4

Mrs. Ward, of Galesburg, U.S.A., had lost a diamond ring. She was confident that the ring had been lying on her dressing-table, amongst…

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Powers of the Police

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 2

An interesting law point as to the rights of the police in entering a man's house was decided by Mr. Justice Sly in Sydney. When the police sergeant…

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Armidale Police Court Friday, August 6. Before Messrs. C. G. Wilson, and G. W. Hipgrave, J.'sP.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 4

W. A. Allen v. A. O'Dell, claim £3, for goods supplied. Plaintiff announced that the £3 had been paid, hut the costs of the case…

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Police Court Saturday, August 7th. (Before Messrs. J. Lanagan and J. A McGregor, Js.P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 2

R. H. Norman pleaded, guilty to being drank and was fined £1 or 14 days. Fine paid Patrick White was charged with…

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Miscellaneous Articles. Railway Train As a Law Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 1

Sir Horatio Lloyd, who recently celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday, is noted for his practical, if unconventional, methods of dealing out the…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, August 9. (Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 4

Claude Solomons pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent behavior on Saturday afternoon last. The arresting constable explained that the offence…

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Murder and Suicide Chinese Kills His Companion and Hangs Himself

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

Information has reached Carcoar that a tragedy had taken place at Gallymont, a small mining township about 13 miles away. It appears that two…

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Candidate's Hat. Rival Summoned for Assault. Election Night Scene

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 4

Extraordinary scenes occurred at Sheffield Police Court on May 24 (says the "Daily Mail") during the hearing of the summonses obtained by Mr Muir…

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