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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Armidale Police Court Garbage Prosecution

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 9

In the Armidalo Police Court on Wednesday, before the P.M., Mr: F, W Fletcher, G. Comino was charged by the Health Inspector, Mr…

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Brother Charged. Verdict of Guilty

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

Petes Leslie Short was charged with having been in possession of property reasonably suspected of having. been stolen. Tho articles mentioned in the…

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Arson Alleged Woman Charged. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

A charge of arson has been laid against the proprietress of a shop in Oxford-street, Woollahra, which was severely damaged by are last night…

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War Pension Frauds Young Couple Charged. [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

War pension frauds amounting [?] nearly £500. were charged against Nicholos Peters and Olive Peters, a young married, couple in the City…

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"I Am Very Sorry." Man Charged with Embezzlement. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day, Henry Ambrose Lewis (24) was committed for trial on a charge, of having embezzled £41 13s, belonging to A. H…

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Illegal Possession. Brothers Charged A Case from Exmouth. P.m. Not Satisfied with Explanation

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

John Short was charged, before the P.M., Mr. Fletcher, at the Armidalo Police Court on Wednesday, on two counts of having been in possession of…

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Frightful Assault

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

At Greenmount Boarding House, Coolangatta, in the early hours of Thursday morning, a young woman was brutally [?]sulted by some unknown…

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Telegrams. [Through our Sydney Representatives.] SYDNEY. Monday Morning. Woman's Throat Cut. Intent to Murder

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

In connection with the case in which a woman named Irene Rutledge was found in a house at Paddington with her throat cut, the police last night…

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Rough! Church Strongroom Burglary. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

An attempt was made during the night, to blow open the strong-room at the office of the Church of England Trustees at the Rookwood Cemetery…

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Brutal Assault Alleged Young Girl the Victim. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

A thirteen-year-old girl was the victim of a brutal assault at Sans So[?] yesterday. Later in the day three members of the police force,…

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Murder in India. Was Wrong Man Killed?

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 8

The man who shot Mr. Ernest Day has been identified as a Bengalesc. He is about 20 years of age, an inhabitant of Scrampore. a suburb of Calcutta,…

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Nurse Mitchell Appears in Court. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

At the City Court to-day, Nurse Hannah Mitchell. fashionably altired, was charged with the alleged murder of Mabel Hodgkinson. The accused,…

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Gaol Plots. Another Warder Relieved. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

following the discovery of a plot at the Melbourne gaol to aid the escape of a motorist prisoner, supposed to be Argue Murray, another…

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Girl Sentenced to Seven Years

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

Una May Wills, aged 23, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Crisp, at the Hobart Court, to seven years' imprisonment for the theft of a diamond ring, valued…

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Melbourne Gaol Plot. Another Warder Suspended. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

Following the discovery of the plot at Melbourne Gaol to aid the escape of a notorious prisoner, supposed to be Angus Murray, another warder has been…

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Was It Buckley? Melbourne Gaol Episode. Close Friend Inside

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

Was Buckley in the scheme for the release of a notorious prisoner from Melbourne gaol last week-end? is the question raised by the Melbourne…

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Double Murder. Bodies Burned. Man's Fjendish Crime. (Reuter). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 8

By arresting Warren Lincoln, secmid cousin of President Abraham Lincoln the Chigago police on Sunday solved one of the strangest cases of…

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Death of Stipendiary Magistrate Son of First Premier of New South Wales. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

The death occurred at Neutral Bay this morning, of Mr. L. S. Donaldson, late Stipendiary Magistrate. Deceased was the son of Sir Stuart Donaldson,…

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Contempt of Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 4

Because a witness in an Armidale Police Court case asked a spectator who came out of court, "How's the case going?" the P.M. threatened to…

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Girl Sentenced to Seven Years

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 3

[?] Wills, aged 23, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Crisp, at the Hobart Court, to seven years' imprisonment for the theft of a diamond…

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