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Courts & crime, 1912

626 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 32

"Starvation" Doctor Charged with Girl's Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 5

London, Sunday.— A "starvation" doctor in Washington State has been placed on trial on a charge of causing the death of a wealthy English girl…

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Brutal Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Mrs. Kernahan, postmistress at Ki Witea, New Zealand, was brutally assaulted by a burglar, who entered her bedroom and demanded…

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The Bingara Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Further particulars of the Bingara tragedy, in which a man named William Ball is alleged to have murdered his wife at Pallal Station, near…

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Murder at Hillgrove

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

News was received in Armidale on Tuesday morning that a man named Samuel Watson had been murdered near Hillgrove on the previous night…

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Two Tragedies. the Bingara Murder

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

Further particulars are now available regarding the murder of Mrs. Ball, on Pallal Station, near Bingara, on the [?]6th inst., and which was…

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Queen Mary's Court Train

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

The statistics of the Queen's new court train are appalling. If Queen Mary had not been in her own time, responsible for a million or so of…

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To Mane Court Plaster

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

Soak a sufficient quantity of isinglass in warm water for twenty-four hours; expose it to heat over the fire till the greater part of the water is dissipated…

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Ethics of Bookmaking. Police Inspector's Opinion

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 3

The New South Wales Totalisator Commission heard the evidence at Welligton (N.Z.) on Friday of Police Inspector Ellison and Mr…

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Murder and suicide by Boy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

VIENNA, Jan. 18.—A schoolboy, 17 years of age, attending the Grammar School at Suczava, fired four shots at and fatally funded M. Mokranski,…

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Armidale PoIice Court. Tuesday, Jan. 23.—(Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and G. W. J. Hip grave, Js.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

AN aboriginal pleaded guilty to being found drunk in Brown-street the previous day. Constable Jones stated that the…

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Gruesome Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

The murdered body of a man named Reid, son of a millionaire, has been found on a-bunk at Seatle railway station…

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Before the Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 2

Accused was brought before the Water Police Court on Wednesday, and charged with the murder of his wife. He was remanded to appear…

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To Make Court Plaster

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 4

Soak a sufficient quantity of isinglass in warm water for twenty-four hours; expose it to heat over the fire till the greater part of the water is dissipated,…

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The Murder Cases

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

There is nothing definite to report in either the Pallal or Hillgrove murder cases. In connection with the former, Sub-Inspector Butler of…

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The Glebe Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 4

The Glebe murder trial was resumed to-day. For the defence, Dr. Chisholm Ross, brain specialist, deposed that be had examined Moir, and came…

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A Bush Murder. the Hillgrove Tragedy

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Samuel Watson, who was found murdered near his home in the vicinity of Hillgrove on Monday, January 22,…

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Glen Moan Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The trial of Laurence Lawless, a middle-aged man, for the murder of Una Lucy Cover, 17 years of age, at Glen Moan, near…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 1. — (Before Mr. E. M. Cohen.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

JOHN MORSON, 32, laborer, was charged with drunkenness and using indecent language in Beardy - street the previous night. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s. or 24…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. E. M. Coben, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 3

J. Morson pleaded guilty to being drunk in Beardy-street the previous night, and also with using indecent language on the same occasion…

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Ex-inspector of Police

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

M. Reich, ex-Inspector of Police, has been sentenced at Essou, Germany, to eighteen months imprisonment for esnionage…

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