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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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The Gordon Tragedy Man Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

Taliessen Griffiths, 31, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously murdered Mountford Cook, at Gordon, The n[?]used was…

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Youth Court Death to Win a Wager

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 2

The following, taken from a city paper, will do doubt interest many of our readers, particularly those acquainted with Dr. MacKinnon…

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Armidale Police Court. Monday, 3rd April.—(Before Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P.). Youth Charged with Vagrancy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Eric Whyte Tracey, 17, laborer, a respectable looking youth, was charged with having insufficient visible lawful means of support…

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Police Court MONDAY.—Before Mr. F. Potts, P.M. Police Charge Fails

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Frank Bussel, aged 17, was charged with, on February 15, stealing a whip, the property of Arthur Dean. Mr. Boyd appealed for the defendant…

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Charge of Alleged Murder. Accused Remanded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

A man named Griffiths, 31, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having feloniously murdered Mountford Cook, at Gordon. The…

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Small Debts Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

At a sitting this morning of the Small Debts Court, William Victor Cole sued Benjamin Dawson, of Sapphire, for the recovery of a sum of…

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Profiteering Court. Patent Medicines Decontrolled

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

In the Profiteering Prevention Court, Judge Beeby an order, to take effect from to-day, decontrolling all patent medicines…

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An Impudent Theft

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

That luggage thieves are a menace to travellers is shown by the misfortune which befel Mr. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., one of the recently elected…

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Uralia Police Court Tuesday, 4th April.—(Before the P.M.) Unreg[?] Guns

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

Police v Stanley Hopley for being in possession of an unregistered gun. Fined 10/ and 8/ costs or 7 days. Police v F. G. Williams, do. Same…

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, 5th April.—(Before the P.M.) Insufficient Means of Support

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

Bert Gray, 46, was charged with having insufficient means of support. Sergt. Jones stated that the charge had been withdrawn…

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Gun Alley Murder. Ross's Appeal Refused

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 8

The High Court has refused leave to appeal in the case of Co[?] Campbell R[?]s. Mr. Justice Isaacs dissented, expressing the opinion that there should be a new…

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A Faulty Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

The Police Magistrate here, Mr. F. Potts, is as patient a mortal as could be imagined, and, even in the most protracted cases, never shows the least…

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Armidale Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

In the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr. H. H. M'Dongall, P.M. Henry Post was proceeded against by the impounding…

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Salisbury Court Sale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

The subdivision sale of the Salisbury Court estate duly took place at the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday afternoon. There was a large…

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Small Debts Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

In the Armidale Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before Mr. H. H. M'Dougall, P.M., the following business was disposed of:—…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

The quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court was held in the Court House yesterday before Messrs. F. Potts, C. C. Loxton, and P. C. Campbell, licensing…

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"Police Tried to Hang M[?]." a Demented Youth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 2

At the Tenterfield Po[?]ice Court last week, before Messrs. A. D. Donnelly and E. W. Whereat, Js.P. Roland Clarence Smith, aped 19 years, was…

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Profitable Law Breaking. [Published by Arrangement.] Millions in Illicit Liquor. Police Take a "Cut."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 5

Tho special correspondent of 'The News of the World' (London) informs his paper that, onder the extraordinary "dry" lawes of the United…

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Melbourne Murder Case. Ross to Hang

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

The Victorian Executive Council has accepted the recommendation of the State Cabinet that Colin Ross should be hanged on Monday, April 24…

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Gun Alley Witnesses Sentenced

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 4

Sydney Harding, a prominent witness in the Gunn Alley murder trial who was found guilty at the Melbourne Criminal Cort with receiving…

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