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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

989 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 50

Goulburn. the Recent Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 3

The Coroner's jury at an inquest on the body of Henry Schoor, the victim of the Goulburn murder, returned a verdict that deceased was murdered by some person or persons unknown. The evidence…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr G. Addison.' J.P., a young man named Christopher Flynn was charged with stealing clothes, to the valuo of £7, from a…

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The Goulburn Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

The Government offer a reward of £100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the portion who murdered Henry Schnoor at Goulbourn…

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The Bowen Murder

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

The man Beekmann, who was condemned to death for the murder of his made near Bowen (Queensland), was executed in the Boggs Road Gaol on Monday morning. Up…

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A Queensland Murder. Execution of Beckman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 16

Beckman, who at Townsville was sentenced to death for the murder of a man named Anderson, near Bowen, was executed at Boggie Road gaol on Monday in the presence of a number of gaol officials,…

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He Called the Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

At a certain draper's shop they employ a small boy to run errands. The other day while he was waiting in the shop a young lady came in and…

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Friendly Appeal Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 3

After the conclusion of the business of the Borough Council, the Aldermen afterwards eat as a Friendly Appeal Court, and considered the appeals…

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The Goulburn Murder. a Mystery Still. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 5

AT the inquest on the body of Henry Schnoor, who was murdered at Goulburn recently, the jury found a verdict of murder by some-person or persons…

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A Tragedy of the Sea. a Newcastle Barque' Wrecked. Murder and Cannibalism

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 12

About the middle of last year the barque Angola a Nova Scotia-owned vessel—sailed from Newcastle, bound for Manila. She carried a cargo of coal for the foreign warships at the Philippines. Taking the…

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A Baby From the Sea. [All Rights Reserved.] [Being a narrative of adventure, compiled from the diary of Richard Brige, Esq., H.M.S. Consul at Malaga, to the Court of Spain.] Contraband of War. Part.—how We Stole a March Ok the Enemy. (Continued.)

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 6

The Spanish commander, Don Guzman de Values Puen, was a [?]s tyrant, and his course along the coast, when he came across…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1901 · page 3

W. A. Terry v. Miss Fletcher, Sydney, goods sold and delivered, £1 1s 8d. Defendant did not appear, Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s cost. F. Clynes v. Patrick Rohan, witnesses' expenses,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 20. (Before Messrs G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1901 · page 3

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Peter Ormrod pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in High-street on Saturday night. He was fined 5s, or 24 hours. The fine was paid…

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Dungog Police Court. May 17th and 18th, 1901

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

Before G. Atkin, P.M., and Messrs G. A.Mackay, E. Piper, Esqs., Js P. Police v. G. Paff—Cattlestealing. Mr. J. Carlton appeared on behalf of…

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The Chinese Crisis. Court Troops Meeting. Russia to Evacuate. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

A CHINESE official who left the Court at Hsianfu on May 1 arrived at Shanghai on Friday. He declares that Kang-yi, who was…

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Ex-maitlanders in Court. Birkenhead v. Webb for Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 3

George Finery w[?] aged 29, dentist, was charged at the police court to-day with assaulting Richbard Carlyle Birkenhead. Prosecutor who described himself as a dentist's assistant residing at Strathfield,…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 3

A man named Herbert Hayes was committed for trial at the police court to-day on a charge of assaulting and robbing David William Alone in Market-street…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 6

At the Courthouse on Tuesday before Mr.G. F. Scott, P.M., a court was held for the purpose of hearing appeals against the assessment for this year of property within the…

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Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Messrs. Geo F. Scott, P.M., and A. C. Robinson, J. P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 6

PROHIBITION ORDER.—Ellen Cusick applied for an order to restrain licensed publicans from supplying liquor to her John Cusick, who was endangering his health and…

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Our Singleton Letter. Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 6

W. H. Bartrop and Sons V. R. Jones, Hamilton. Claim for £4 goods sold. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount claimed with 6s [?]osts…

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