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Courts & crime, 1920

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Armidale Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 23.—(Before Messrs. A. Ormonde Butler, P.M., and C. A. Jackes, J.P.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

The following licenses were renewed, there being nom police objections R.W. Holmes Railway Hotel, Armidale Mary Williams Sydney Hotel…

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A Contemptible Impostor. a Plausiblle Gaol-bird

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 1

A remarkable story of impudent imposition was told at the Darlinghurst Sessions, when a young man named George Henry Ratcliffe was found…

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"Send for the Police!" Ratepayers and Aldermen

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 1

Scenes of the wildest excitement occurred at a meeting of the Toowong (Brisbane) Town Council, when a number of the ratepayers attended, and…

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Supreme Court Judge

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 2

An chart will be made today to conclude arrangements for the appointment of a Supreme Court judge to conduct the Lands Department…

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Theft of Silk

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

John Henry Rogers, broker, was arrested in Melbourne and charged with being in possession of a quantity of silk customer and blouses, valued at…

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Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

At the [?] a renewal of the license of the Royal Hotel, Tingha the assessment being…

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Ashford Court. Friday, June 26. Loitering with Sheep

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

D. M. Sinclair proceeded against Frank Gough on two charges of loitering with travelling sheep. A plea of guilty was entered…

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Attempted Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 4

Gertrude Sexton, the English bride of a soldier farmer at Turriff, Victoria, while sitting in her kitchen talking to her mother-in-law, was wounded in…

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Police Form a Union

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 4

A section of the members of the N.S. Wales Police Force decided to form a Union, which would probably apply to the State Industrial Court for…

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Stealing Blankets

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 10

Before Mr. G. Ormonde Butler, P.M., at the Tamworth Police Court on Monday, Patrick Lee, alias Paddy Lee, of Guyra, was charged with that, on May…

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A Lady Magistrate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 10

Sworn in at Perth, as a justice of the peace, Miss Haldane, of Cloan, is the first woman magistrate in Scotland. Miss Haldane has long been interested…

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Armidale Police Court. Thursday, 1st July.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.). Drunk and Language

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 11

Harry Joseph Cook, 24, cook, was charged with being drunk and using indecent language in Rusden street the previous evening…

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Beautiful Swindler Victim of Romantic Birth. Offered Marriage in Gaol

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 6

Romance has dealt unhappily with a pretty woman of several aliases who was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment in the High Court, Edinburgh…

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Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, 29th June.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.). Drunk and on Licensed Premises

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 3

Timothy J. O'Keefe, 50, laborer, was charged with being drunk the previous evening and was fined £1 or 14 days. Defendant was further charged with…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 6

On Tuesday morning, before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and H. C. Kelly, J's.P., Thomas Joseph O'Keefe was charged with being drunk and with…

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Ashford Court. JUNE 26th. Loitering with Sheep

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 2

D. M. Sinclair proceeded against Frank G[?]ngh on two charges of loitering with travelling sheep A plea of [?]uily was entered…

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"Murder Will Out." Sequel to an Exhumation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 7

Remarkable evidence has been elicited as the result of the exhumation of the remains of Mabel Greenwood, who died in June, 1919…

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Masquerader Arrested. Charged With Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 4

Eugene Falleni, aged 45, was arrested in a hotel at Annandale, charged with having, in October, 1917, murdered Annie Birkett, or Crawford…

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Supreme Court. K.C's. Elevation

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 4

It is understood that Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., will be given a permanent Supreme Court judgeship…

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Arrested For Alleged Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

A young man named Robert Pretorin Chrishiolm was before the court this morning charged with stealing a rum of £110 from the till of Ping…

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