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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

784 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 40

Alleged Stealing. Accused Remanded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 1

Frederick James Williams (34), was charged at the local Police Court on Friday morning, before Messrs. Oram and Cohen. Js.P., with stealing, at…

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Alleged Abduction. Young Man Charged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

Harold Hawkins was remanded at the Gosford Police Court, on a charge of having abducted Margaret Lagettie out of the possession of her father,…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne Detectives Busy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

Melbourne detectives have not yet succeeded in elucidating the mystery connected with the death of the youth William Beat…

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Murder Charge Man Arrested. Sydney-

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

Frederick M[?] has been arrested as Christ[?] (New Zealand) on a charge of murdering his wife. He was discovered in a brick kiln at Cashmere…

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Assault of Girl Man Gets Two Years, Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

[?] A man named Griffin was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of haring Indecently assaulted a girl of…

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Paisesed Grapes' Police Investgating. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

The police are investigating a mys[?] poisoning case at. Vanifera. Mrs. Pe[?]. wife of a farmer, with her three children and a maid. who…

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Hobbs Declared Grily Sentenced to Two Years Hard Labour (Reuter's Cable). ondon

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

The evidence has been concluded in the Hobbs case, at the Old Bailey p[?]. Bee Court. Hobbs was sentenced 'to two years' hard labour…

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Trespassing Stock Prosecutions. Cases Struck Out. a Matter of When the Court Opened

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 10

To yesterday's local P.P. Board meeting, C. O. Wray, solicitor, Armidale, wrote reporting that he accompanied the Stock Inspector to Bundarra on…

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Redfern Murder Sensational Arrest Likely. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 4

A man named Smith, said to be the husband of the woman who was murdered at Bedfern yesterday, was located at Woy woy last night, and will…

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Theft of Dead Wool

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 4

At the local Police Court, before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M., on Friday morning, Samuel William Bourke and David Hellier were charged with…

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The Redfern Murder. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 4

The police found a silk shirt bearing ft number of bloodstains among bed[?]ing on which Mrs. Quirk, and her daughter were found in a…

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Buried the Kittens. Woman Charged with Cruelty. PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 4

An unusual ease was before the local Police Court yesterday, when Katherine Donohue was charged with having ill-tr[?] three kittens. As a…

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Dispute Over Alleged Mortgage. RIDING v. Lackey and Another. (In the Equity Court, March 10, 1925, before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Harvey)

Guyra Argus · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

This was a suit in which John William Riding asked, among other things, that the defendant, Edward Joseph Lackey, be restrained from…

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Warden's Court

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with at the local Warden's Court on Monday last by Mr. W. I. Perry (Warden):…

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Melbourne Police Commissioner. Mr. Nicholson Angry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

Mr. Prendergast. leader of the State Parliamentary Opposition, is angry over the re-appointment of Mr. Nicholson as Chief Commissioner for…

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Murder of the Sirdar Arrest Man's Confession. (Reuter's Cable). Cairo

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 4

A railway workshop employee has been arrested, who has confessed to participation in the murder of the Sirdar. He also confessed to an…

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Killed by Motor. Alleged Confession. Brothers Before Court. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 4

A message from Goulburn states that information which has come into the possession of the police regarding the killing of two people by…

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Alleged Stealing. OF 11 Guinea Overcoat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 8

A middle-aged stranger, named William Cherio, was charged at the local Police Court yesterday (Monday) morning, with stealing, on March 22, one…

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Could You Pass It? a Police 'Test.'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 6

Because a man fails to stand on one leg with his eyes shut, and cannot say distinctly 'truly rural' and 'Methodist Episcopal,' is it…

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Later Murder Charge Preferred

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, Joseph and Patrick Boland (brothers were charged with havingseriously! slain John and Mary Gurry. The…

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