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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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Surry Hills Assault. Battered Victim Found

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

William Morris, 82, was found lying on the footpath at Surry Hills, shortly after midnight. He was bleeding from a severe cut…

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Japanese in Broome. Threaten Whites with Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

A Broome telegram reports that certain citizens who look a prominent part in the suppression of the coloured riots on Wednesday night complained that…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. C.Loxton, J.P., Norman Charles Campbell, aged 39, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Oliver Street…

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Police Court. Vagrancy Charge

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

Before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and A. Purkiss, J's.P., Joseph Ryan was charged at the local Police Court on Monday morning with having no visible…

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Police Court. Inebriates Dealt With

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

In the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P., a man, against whom a prohibition order had been taken out…

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Licensing Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

The Licensing Court sat at Armidale on Thursday morning. The Bench was constituted by Messrs. R. T. Vyner and A. Purkiss, J's.P…

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Small Debts Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P., on Wednesday morning, the Municipal Council of Armidale sued Florence Bracken to recover rates amounting to…

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Lindfield Tragedy. Murder Charge Against Mrs. Mort

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 4

Mrs. Mort was visited at the hospital yesterday by a magistrate, and again charged with the murder of Dr. Tozer. The hearing of the charge has been…

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Another Illusion Gone. (Published by arrangement). Dry Norway Keeps Wet. Police Cannot Kill Illicit Trade

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 1

Norway is a country which prohibitionists claim to be "dry" by legal enactment but according to a correspondent of the London "Daily…

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Petty Thefts Penchant for Door Mats. Cases at the Police Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M. Harry Forrester a carter, was arranged on seven charges of having received stolen goods…

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Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

[?] Williams was granted a renewal of the license of the Royal Hotel. Tim assessment was fixed at the same rate as last year viz [?] and the…

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Police Court. Monday, January 10th. Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M. Driving Without Lights

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

Norman East was charged with driving a motor car in Otho Street on the night of 18th December, without a light…

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Fair Rents Court. Last Year's Transactions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

The transactions of the Fair Rents Court during the past year show 812 Applications were lo[?]ged, and the rent was reduced in 146 cases, while the…

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Crime in America (Published by Arrangement.) Riot of Robbery and Murder. Prohibition's Startling Sequel

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

We have it dinned into our cars with exasperating repetition from every Prohibition platform that drink is the mother of crime. America is a…

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Police Court. Tuesday's Cases

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 3

The monthly bitting of the Petty Sessions Court took place on Tuesday inst, when in the absence of Mr. H.H. Maedougal, [?] Mr.W.I…

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Up for chicken stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

Arthur Doyle was charged at the Tamworth Police Court yesterday, with stealing 9 Game chickens and one Orpington chicken at Glen lnnes…

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Court House Returns

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

Sergeant Campbell has handed us a copy of the Court House returns at Bundarra for 1920. Summarised they are as follow :—Cases under…

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Trial Bay Gaol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 6

The old gaol at Trial Bay, on the coast near Kempsey, which was used during the war as an inter[?]ment camp for Germans, and a very old landmark of…

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Mr. Holman and Federal Arbitration Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—Some little time ago it was reported that Mr. Holman was likely to accept a seat on the Arbitration side of the Federal Bench. The…

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(Published by Arrangement). Crime in America. Riot of Robbery and Murder. Prohibition's Startling Se[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 7

We have it dinned into our cars with exasperating repetition from every prohibition platform that drink is the mother of crime. America is a…

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