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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

606 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 31

A Brutal Assault

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 9

Henry Morehouse. fruit merchant, was the victim of a brutal assault in his office at the fruit markets, Sydney, the other morning. He was…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, 20Th MARCH.—(Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.m.) Devotees of Bacchus

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 3

DORIS SIMISON, 27, married woman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Beardy-street the previous night…

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Anzac Assault

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 6

Bapaume, the unattained goal of the six months British offensive on the somme is less than two miles from Sir Douglas Haig's most advanced lines…

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Member of the I.W.W. Death Sentence for Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 7

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, a young man, James Wilson, was charged with the murder of George [?]…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 20th. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 3

The adjourned case Mungatah v. Kemp, was called, but the solicitors for the parties announced that the case had been settled out of court…

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Military Officer Charged. Howell-price Found Guilty. Sentence Deferred Till To-day

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 6

The hearing of the charge preferred against David Clayton Howell-Price of having uttered certain forged documents--one relating to the alleged…

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Lieut Price Sentenced

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Sydney Monday Afternoon—Lieut. Price found guily of uttering two forged cheques was this morning sentenced to four years on each charge the terms to be…

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Guilty of Murder. Prisoner's Persistent Plea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 3

[?]PLEAD guilty said James Wilson when charged at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday with having murdered George Peppageorgi keeper of the Allies Cafe in…

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Brilliant French Assault. Enemy Driven Back Near St. Quentin. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Between the Sonate and the Oise our troops with defernunation and dash carried out a completely successful offensive. The enemy, despite…

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Armidale Police Court. Alleged Negligently Riding. Friday 22rd March.—(Before Messrs. G. Atkin P.M., and R. T. Vyner J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 6

Minnie Morton was charged with that she did at the Intersection of Leardy and Faulkner streets at Armidale on the night of the 19th…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

In the local police, court yesterday morning, before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and F. W. Garstang, Js.P., Austin B. Kenny was charged with wife…

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Theft of Money

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

Two men, Archibald Hughes and George Cunningham, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing 160 ten shilling bank notes…

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R.s.a. Secretary Before Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

Thomas Leslie Bathurst, Secretary of the Returned. Soldiers' Association, was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing the sum of £10, the…

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Alleged Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 3

Thomas Leslie Bath[?] secretary of the Returned Soldiers Association was charged at the police court, Sydney on Tuesday, with stealing the sum of…

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Howell-price Sentenced

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 6

David Howell-Price was brought up for sentence in Sydney on Monday morning for [?]mberdement of military funds Mr. [?] pleased for [?]…

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A Mean Theft

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

Whilst Harry Edmonds, caretaker of the Rifle Range was absent on Wednesday last a sneak thief broke into his dwelling, and collared all his…

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Armidale Police C[?] Tuesday, 27th March.—(Before Messrs E. M. Cohen and F. Garstang)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

Austin B. Kenny, 34, drover, was charged with wife desertion. Constable Young gave evidence as to arrest. He applied for a remand…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 10

The Armidale police Court yesterday (Mr. G. Askin. P.M., presiding) disported of the following business:— DRUNKENNESS…

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Charge of Assault

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 10

Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. Atkin on Wednesday morning. Benjamin Maguire mas charged with assaulting a school girl, aged 15 years, near…

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Murder and Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 9

A dreadful domestic tragedy, in which Thomas Andrew Thorley shot his wife dead, and then took his own life, occurrod at Luskintyre, a farming centre,…

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