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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

554 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 28

Police Court. (Before Mr. W. to Brun Brown, P.m.) Monday, January 29th. a Drunk

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 7

A local resident pleaded guilty to celebrating the crowning of Delungra's Queen well, but not wisely. He stated he could not understand…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday, January 22. (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr. R. T. Vyner, J.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 5

Ernest Sparks, a member of the Armidale Military Camp, pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct on the previous day. He…

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Charge of Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 6

Charles Speechify was committed for trial on a charges of allowed breaking and entoring the [?] of Edwin [?] bookmakers at Randwick…

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Police in Petticoats

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

London has long been famous for its policemen, but the policewomen is a new departure. Clad in a trim blue coat and skirt with a silver…

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Warden's Court

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

A sitting of the Mining Warden's Court. held at the Court House; Tingha on Friday last, before Mr. W L Perry, District Wardern…

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Deputation to the Supt. of Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Ad putation, consisting sting of Ven. Archdeacon Johnstone,. Rev Father Foley, Rev, H. S. Buutine, and Bev. WnL Stewart waited on the Snpts of Police (Mr. Roche) yesterday…

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Tingha Police Court. Monday, January 27, 1916. (Before Mr. W. le Brun Brown P.M., and Mr. H. Anderson J.P.) Illegally on Licensed Premises

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Three local residents were charged with being found on the premises of the Commercial Hotel during prohibited hours, viz, Sunday, December 12. 1915…

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A Wild Man Sent to Gaol

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

Peter Muscorie a shaggy unkempt wild-eyed man known as O'Connell's hairy man was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at bathurst…

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Drinking on Sundays. Deputation to Police Superintendent

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon superintendent Eoache, of Armidale, received a deputation from the representatives of the Churches in the City, who…

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Police Court. Saturday, January 29. (Before Mr. Perry, P.m.) Alleged False Pretences

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

At the police court this morning, before Mr. W. L. Perry, P.M., William Harpid Stacey (24), allas H. Coffee, alias W. H. Herschall, was charged…

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Armidale Police Court. [?], Jan.— [?] a Question of Profa[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

CHAS. Hy. Jackson, 43, soldier, was charged with being drunk on the 30th inst, (Sunday), further that he was found on the premises of the Empire Hotel at 4 o'clock on…

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Police Court. Monday, January 31st. (Before Mr. W. [?] Brown, P.m.) a False Alarm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

A tall strapping country youth, named Roland Hughes, was charged with being of unround mind. When the charge was read out…

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Central Court Scented

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 3

A novel incident occurred at the Central Summons Court in Sydney last week (says the 'Evening News'). The air was suddenly filled with a strong…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, Jan. 28.—(Before Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M, and R. T. Vyner.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

A SHEARER, 24, appeared before the court on a charge of drunkenness. Defendant said he was a soldier in camp at Armidale, and sought…

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Drink and the Soldiers. Clergymen Deputationise the Supt, of Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 6

As briefly noted in last issue a depuc[?], comprising the Ven. Arch[?] Johnstone, Rev. Father Foley, and the Revs. H. S. Buntine and W…

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Police Court. Wednesday, FEB. 2nd, 1915 (Before Mr. Le [?] Brown, P.m.) Drunkenness

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

"Waiter [?] was [?] in the [?]…

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Hillgrove Police Court. a Charge of Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 10

Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., at the Hillgrave Police Court, on Wednesday, Otho B. T. Mowle, on hail, appeared on a charge of allegedly…

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Returned Soldier Sentenced

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Charles Lee, a returned soldier, was sentenced at the Sessions on Thursday to five years' penal servitude, for an attempted serious offence on a girl…

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Narrabri Assault Case

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

At Narrabri on Monday morning, George Carter, charged, on remand, with unlawfully assaulting John Richard Kennedy, on the 11th January, was…

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, 2nd February. — Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and S. J. Kearney)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

Ernest Parkes, 23, soldier, was charged with attempting to travel, on a railway carriage without having paid the prescribed fare…

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