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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Burglary

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

A burglar entered the Hargraves Hotel at Murrumbarrab, and stole £149 from the safe in the bar…

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, Frb. 5.—(Before Mr. F. W. Garstang)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

A youth was fined 2s 6d, or six hours' hard labour, for being "found drunk" in Beardy-street. The P M. remarked that the charge of being…

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Small Debts Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

W Clutterbuck v. R. Clutterbuck, claim,£2 for work and [?] Mr Proctor, who appeared for defendant, asked for costs. R…

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Armidale Police Court Friday, Jan. 5 —(Before Messrs. E M. Cohen & C. G. Wilson, J.'sP.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

S.H. Dudley, alias Thos Hooley, on remand, was charged with false pre tences. Constable Sutherland deposed that…

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Unwritten Law, Murder, and its Sequel. New York, December 14

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 8

The selection of a jory for the t[?] of Mr. Toornton J. Hains, the novel ist and magazine writer, for complic ity in the murder of Mr. William…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, Feb. 3.—(Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

W. Doyle applied for permission to transfer the license of the International Hotel to Mrs. Patterson. Senior-Sergt Rank said there were…

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Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 4th. (Before Messrs. J. Lanagan, and J. H. Newman, J's P.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

John O'Sullivan, on a charge of drunkenness was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Tamworth gaol…

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A Realistic Assault

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 3

The following story, says the "Pelican," is not true, of course--it couldn't be, could it ?--but it hears telling, nevertheless…

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An Overcrowded Gaol

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

Singleton ''Argus" says:--"The Singleton gaol, with its three cells, had no fewer than eleven occupants one night during the week. As the…

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CityPoliceCourt. Friday, Feb. 5.—(Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and C. G. Wilson.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

S. H. DUDLEY, alias Thos Hooley, on remand, again appeared before the court on an allied charge preferred against him in Queensland…

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Armidale Police Court Monday, 8th February.[?](Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 5

Duncan E. Warren, a stranger, on bail, was charged with attempting to use, at Armidale, on Saturday, a defaced railway ticket…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 11. Before Mr. L. Whereat, J.P. Petty Larceny

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

Wilfred Cross, Frederick Thompson, and William Kellar, three strangers, appeared in custody charged with stealing three cabbages, the property of Mr. John…

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Land Appeal Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 4

At the Land Appeal Court to be held in Sydney on February 22 the appeal by F Kiehne, jun.. against the appra[?]ed capital value of lands…

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Presented at Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 9

How we got out of the carriage without unfolding our tremendous trains I don't know. The quadrangle was ablaze with electric lights…

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Malicious Assault

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Laurence Stack, on bail, was charged with assaulting John Joseph Donohue at Tenter held on December 26, 1908, thereby Occasioning him…

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Charged With Forgery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—An American, who had £300in his possession, was arrested on his honeymoon on board the steamer Suevic from Australia on her arrival…

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District Court. [?], February 13

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Mackenzie v. James Fraser, claim for money for timber supplied. Defendant, who is a sawmill owner, stated that he had paid £31111…

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Systematic Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

The detectives have arrested a young man on a charge of stealing a large quantity of miscellaneous goods, the property of Mark Foy. His…

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Police Court. Monday, Feb. 15.—(Before Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

A "humorous" drunk pleaded guilty to being intoxicated on the previous night: He explained to the P.M., with a certain degree of eloquence,…

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An Assault Case

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

Robert Percival Hobson was charged with assaulting Alec Callinon at Glen Innes on February 15, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm…

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