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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Insufficient Jury Accommodation at the Court

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

On the first jury returning into Court on Wednesday, the foreman of the jury. Mr. W. Lockett. after, delivering the veridict, addressing his Honor, said that he and his…

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Shot Her Lover. Desperate Murder by a Girl. Suicide of the Murderess

Mullumbimby Star · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

Another of those "drames passionne[?]s' which are of such frequent occurrence is Paris, says the "Daily Telegraph" correspondent, has resulted in the deaths of…

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Police Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

On Tuesday befor Messrs. J. T. Tandy and A. C. Simpson, Js.P., L. Vesper was charged with having in his possession a pipe, value 7s 6d, alleged to…

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Lismore District Court

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 9

The following case tried before his Honour Mr. Acting-Judge Hamilton on Monday is of local interest:—JOHN GREENLAND v. RAILWAY…

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A Protracted Court Sitting

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 5

The Quarter Sessions and District Court on tins occasion have extended to nine days which most be a record, seeing that at times the Court lasted until 11 p.m…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many iritations, and one case was just tried in…

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Reserved Court Decision. CARLTON & BELSON v. Cogan Bros

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

On Friday his Honor delivered his reserved judgment in this case. He said:—The law in these cases is no different to that of any other agency matter—that is, an…

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Lismore District Court. Before His Honor Acting Judge Hamilton. Tuesday, February 27, 190[?]

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 5

Robert Marshall v. De[?] Singh. Claim for £8 15s for work done. Mr. McIntosh appeared for the plaintin and Mr. Holman, instructed by Mr. Champion (for Mr. N…

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Lismore District Court. (Before His Honor Acting Judge Hamilton.) Delph Singh v. Kesteven

Mullumbimby Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 7

The particulars of the case, briefly, were that in October, 1904, Dr. Kesteven leased Delph Singh's house in Mullumbimby. In September last,…

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Lismore District Court Monday, February 26, 1906. Before His Honor Acting Judge Hamilton. Undefended Cases

Northern Star · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

Joseph Robinson v. Campbell Cupitt claim for £20 for waggon, horse, and harness, sold and delivered. Mr. Champion for the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff…

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Forty Years in Gaol

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 5

Henry Primrose, alms Andrew White, Andrew Ferguson, and George wilson, who was before the Albury Court on Friday, on a charge of false pretences, has a…

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Auctioneers in Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

ACTING-JUDGE Hamilton, during the Quarter Sessions and Distract Court just finished, was surprised at the number of auctioneers in Lismore…

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Lismore Police Court. Monday, March 5, 1906. Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M. Drunk

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

John Lock, 39, a bricklayer, for being drunk in Woodlark-street on Saturday, to which charge he pleaded guilty, was fined 10s, the alternative being imprisonment for…

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Lismore District Court. Wednesday, February 28, 1906

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 7

Delph Singh v. Kesteven —Claim for £15 for rent. Mr. Holman, instructed by Mr. Champion appeared for the plaintiff,and Mr. Brwoing intructed by Mr. Wi[?]gall…

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A Burglary in Vain

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

A daring burglary wan last week perpetrated at the office of Arthur Prentice, solicitor, at West Maitland, the office being broken into and an iron fire-proof…

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Coraki Police Court. Thursday, 6Th March

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 10

BEFORE Mr. F.G.Adrian, P.M., and Mr. J. M'Kinnon, J.P. Michael Enwright was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Thomas…

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Paid to Murder

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 8

A MAN named Orchard, arrested in connection to twenty-six murders. He delares that he received from Mr. Mayer,…

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Charge of Child-Murder

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 8

THE City Corner resumed the adjourned inquest in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the death of a newly-born female child, whose body was found in the…

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Taking Down the Police

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 8

MR. T. GARVIN, Inspector General of Police, tells the following amusing story of what happened to him years ago at Armidale. He was stationed at this…

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