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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. E. C. Brecht and W. Clendinning, J's.P., H. Bloustem sued Sydney Speight (Sydney) for n…

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Burgess Before the Court Charged with Larceny Toowooraba (Q.) Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

At the Police Court this morning Richard Burgees, on remand, Appeared before Messrs. H. W. Galloway, and A. Munro, J's.P., charged with larceny. Prisoner was brought up half an…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

While a resident of Paddington was walking through a lane off Flinders-street yesternight two men approached him in a dark spot, one of whom made tho usual request for a match, whilst the…

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Burgess Before the Court Charged With Larceny. Toowoomba (Q.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 2

At the Police Could this morning Richard Burgess, on remand, appeared before Messrs H. W. Galloway and A. Munro, J's.P., charged with larceny…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 19. (Before Messrs. G. P. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 4

INEBRIETY.—A person whose taste for alcohol had got the better of him, was fined 5s, or 24 hours. INDECENT LANGUAGE.—William Doherty, a youth, for using very offensive language, was fined 10s…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, January 17th. (Befor Mr G. P. Scott, P.M., and Mr R. T. Blaxland, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 2

FRANK OSWALD LYNCH pleaded guilty to shooting wild ducks at Broke during the "closed" season. The Bench inflicted a fine of 2s 6d, with 4s 10d…

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The Queensland Horrors The Work of the Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 2

So far the police have been unable to trace the ownership of the article found under the culvert near the sliprails. It is most important that this…

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A Scene in a Park. Alleged Indeceet Assault by Four Men. Some Edifying Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 3

Three young men named Edward Cox, Frederick Johnston, and Frank Ward, were charged at the Police Court this afternoon, with criminally assaulting Minnie Dunne, in Victoria Park, last Friday…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 17Th. (Before Mr G. V. Scott, P.M., and Mr R. T. Blaxland, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 2

ATKIN BROTHERS obtained verdices against the following defendants for the amounts stated, with costs:— Albert, £3 17s Id; W. Seumenicht,…

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A Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

Two men named James Boyd and Dunca McDonald were sentenced to six months' imprisonment each at the Court to-day for brutally assaulting Robert Douglas. It appears accused…

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The Yarra Tragedy. the Three Accused in Court. Police Suspicions. Melbourne, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

A great crowd assembled around the City Court and its approaches to-day, when Madame Olga Radalyski, Thelka Regina Dubberke, and Travace Alexander Tod were brought in a cab from…

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The Gatton Tragedy. Activity of the Police

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

THE police continue searching and collecting evidence in connection with the Gatton murders, and the wells and waterholes in the locality are being…

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Latest Particulars the Police More Hopeful. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

A WIRE from Gatton states that the authorities are busy preparing the Crown case. It is reported on good authority that…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, January 20th., 1899. Before Mr. F. A. Parbury and Dr.H. J. H. Scott, J's. P.

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

G. M. GARDNER v. Thos. Jones (Gundy); claim, £1 5s 7½d. Mr. J. A. K. Shaw, who applied for defendant, applied for a postponement,…

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The Gatton & Oxley Horrors. the Force Hold a Council of War. the Case Against Burgess. the Suspected Man's Clothes. Police Confidence. Are the Murderers in Each Case Identical? the Missing Link. Gatton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

Accompanied by Mr. C. Morris, solicitor, of Brisbane and Sub-Inspector White, Mr. Percy okeden, Chief Commissioner of Police, arrived here by lastnight's train. Chief-Inspector Urquhart then…

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Gatton Tragedy. Burgess Before the Court Charged with Larceny

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 1

AT the Police Court Toowoomba on Wednesday morning Ricard Bu[?]gess, on remand, appeared before [?] H. W. Galloway and [?] P…

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Proportion of People in Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 9

A return which Mr. Lee, Minister of Justice, has had prepared shows that the proportion of the population that finds its way into gaol is steadily decreasing. For example, the number in prison on…

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The Gatton Tragedy. Burgess Before the Court Charged with Larceny. Toowoomba (Q.) Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

At the Police Court this morning Burgess, on remand, appeared before Messrs. H. W. Galloway, and A. Munro, J's.P., charged with larceny. Prisoner was brought up half an…

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How a Prisoner Escaped from Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

A correspondent writes:—Jack Sheppard's imitators are, happily, few and far between, and the recent remarkable attempt to escape from one of the British prisons has on…

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Decrease in Crime. What the Gaol statistics Indicate

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 6

THE steady decline iv the prison Population of New South Wales may be taken as a tribute both to the improving morality of the people and…

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