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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Police Attacked. Brisbane Episode

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

Two policemen were badly maltreated by a gang of hoodlums while escorting a prisoner to the Brisbane watch house on Saturday night. The…

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Spacious Fire. Police Inquiring. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

The police are investigating a suspicious outbreak fire which occurred on the premises of Hallstrom Ltd., bedstead and wire mattress…

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At Labor Meeting. Police Called in SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 6

Lively scenes occurred at a meeting of the Marrickville branch on Saturday night. During melee someone struck Mr. C. C…

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Wholesale Car Stealing. £43,000 WORTH

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Charges of stealing motor cars valued in all at about £21,000 were mentioned in the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Friday. It was alleged that John…

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Sentenced to Death. Conflicting Medical Opinion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

An Auckland message says that after a trial lasting three and a half days, Higgins, who was charged with the Kaikano school murders, has been…

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Police Court To-day, Tuesday. Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M.

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

Norman Cecil Reid was charged with using insulting language to Constable Nagel. Mr. Avern asked for an adjournment…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. an Array of Cases. Committed to Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

In the Glen Innes Police Court, last week, the case in which George Michael Joseph Nash is charged with the theft of certain cattle was begun…

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Mr. Herron's Resignation. Prominent Citizens Charged with Animosity. (To the Editor)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 8

Dear Sir,—The bandsmen are greatly perturbed over the circumstances surrounding the resignation of their conductor, Mr. Herron…

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Armidale District Court. Monday, 18th February.—(Before his Honor, Judge Mocatta.) Four cases were listed. To Show Cause

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

In Hardaker and Co. v William Wall, jun., to show cause why attachment should not issue, was struck out, there being no appearance of the parties…

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Woman Arrested Charged with Misappropria. Tion. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

A woman, for whom the police have been searchin [?] years, has boon arrested at Hornsby in connection will the alleged misappropriation…

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Acquitted Wine Cafe Murder. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

John James Richards, charged with tile murder of Albert Johnson, in the wine cafe, was acquitted…

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Horrible Find Bodies of Man and Woman. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

What appeal's to be a case of murder and suicide was discovered in house 311, New South Head Road, Edgeeliff, to-day, Mr. and Mrs. Wade were…

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Malicious Prosecution Alleged Claim for £300 Damages. Case in Armidale District Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 8

Robert Lloyd, the plaintiff, said that he was a gein-cutter prior to the war. He was at the war for throe years, and returned to Lightning Ridge. He…

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Armidale District Court HARDAKER & CO. V. J. Wall, Jr. £97 for Meat

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 3

Before His Honor Judge Mocatta, in the Arimdale District Court on. Monday, Hardaker and Co. r. Wall, jr…

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Malicious Prosecution Alleged Claim for £300 Damages. Case in Armidale District Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 3

In the Armidale District Court on Monday, before Judge Mocatta, Robert Lloyd claimed £300 damages from W.A. Hutton, for alleged malicious…

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Malicious Prosecution Alleged Claim for £300 Damages. Case in Armidale District Court

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 5

In the Armidale District Court on Monday, before Judge Mocatta, Robert Lloyd claimed £300 damages from W. A. Button, for alleged malicious…

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Poison in Medicine. Daughter Charged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Beatrice Newman, aged 16, was charged at Portsmouth with having administered poison to her widowed mother. She admitted she put poison in her…

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Police Court Tuesday, February 19. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M.)

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Edward Douglas Ogilvie was charged with having driven a motor-car in Otho Street to the danger of the public…

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Insulting Language. Justice of Peace Convicted. Magistrate's Strong Comments

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

At the Dorrigo Court of Petty Sessions, on Friday last, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., much interest was taken in the hearing of cases against a local…

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Gruesome Discovery. Three Weeks Dead. Murder and Suicide Suggested

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

Another gruesome tragedy was discovered in Sydney on Tuesday, when the police found in a house at Edge[?] the bodies of a man and his wife—Mr…

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