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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

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A Broken Bond Gaol for 12 Months. "A Base Deceiver."

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 6

Arthur Westland Robertson appeared at the Darlinghurst Sessions because he had broken the [?]enditions of the bond under which he was released in…

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Police Court Friday—Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M. at a Gilgai Dance

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 6

Robert Cornelius Byrnes, for whom Mr. A. F. Avern appeared, was charged with stealing a bridle, the property of Harold John May, of Gilgai, on…

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Sequel to Yarra Tragedy. Three Women Charged. Murder Alleged Against Nurse

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 8

The sequel to the Yarra tragedy was provided on Saturday last, when three women were charged at the Melbourne Court…

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Assault and Language. a Racecourse Incident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 1

Before Mr. H. H. MacDougal, P.M., at the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday evening, Sidney Barrett, 28, was charged with having unlawfully…

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Armidale Police Court. Wednesday, 7th February.—(Before Mr. H. H. MacDougall, P.M.). P. P. Board Prosecutions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

Stock Inspector Fielder charged Charles Behrend with, "being A drover, he did not travel the requisite distance in 24 hours."…

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Our Pacific Police. Murder by Bribe Stories of [?] MALAINA

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 8

Mr. [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] bar [?] sjSo vis jseeesve ibe Itir sad s-ier is…

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Protecting Pastures. Prosecutions at Police Court. Several Defendants Fined

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 9

Prosecutions for breaches of the Pastures Protection Act were successfully brought against several offend res by Mr.C.L.G.Fielder, Stock…

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Racecourse Episode. Ends in Police Court. Policeman and Quarry in Holts Protestations of Innocence Unavailing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 10

Several visitors at the Armidale races made their acquaintance of the' Police Magistrate during their sojourney on Wednesday evening, Sidney…

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Death Sentence Must Be Carried Out. Murder of Afghan. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

The west Australian Executive Council decided that the law wast take its course in the case of Frank Matemin A. Malay, who was sentenced…

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Disappeared Mother and Three Children. Police Investigating. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

Mrs. Johnston, wife of a well known Wilcannia grazier, accompanied by her three children, left Orange on January 10, with the stated intention of sit…

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Hired aCar and Ends in Polic Court. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

Greta Massey, alias Dr.Grace Norton, aged 43, was fined £10, in-default three months imprisonment, at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of…

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Alleged Theft of Iron

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

The police proceeded against Edwin Robert Bertie Parker, who was charged with stealing 41 sheets of burnt iron, the property of the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 6th. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, R. M.) Prohibition Order

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

The first business of the court was on application by Ella Low for a prohibition order for 12 months against her husband, E. Low…

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Missing Whisky Forty-Three Bottles Disappear. the Tattersalls Theft What Boys Found on the Reserve

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

Great interesting was taken in the hearing of the "whisky case" in the Police Court last Saturday, before Mr. L. perry, P.M. Thomas Clement Carroll appeared [?] answer a charge of stealing 43…

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Police Court [?]day—Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M. Prohibition Order

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Hanshaw applied for a prohibition order against her brother-in-law, Alexander James Hanshaw, and stated the latter was…

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Local and General Small Debts Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court yesterday, Alfred Newman proceeded against J. J. Cupitt for the recovery of £7/15/5. Mr. J. A. Boyd appeared for plaintiff…

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Police Court. Drunk on Licensed Premises

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 3

At the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and P. C. Hipgrave, Js.P., Thomas Henry Murphy was charged (1) with…

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Brutal Assault Girl Knocked Down and Kicked. Victim in Serious Condition. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 4

Doris Rosenberg was walking along a street in Kensington, when she was attacked without warning by a man, who felled her with a blow, then…

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"Fire" Dramatic Incident in Ireland. Leader's Ruse to Murder Succeeds. (Reuter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 4

Dr. Thompson O'Higgins, brother of the Minister for Home Affairs, and brother-in-law of Mr. Timothy Healy, was shot dead at his home at…

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Police Court. Tuesday's Cases. Claim for Wages Shannon Vale Girl Succeeds

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 4

Clara Shorter, of Shannon Vale, for whom Mr. Abbott appeared, proceeded against George Pobje, of Tenterfield, to recover a sum of £3/8/, wages due…

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