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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

989 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 50

Beer Threats of Retaliation. Scheepers Captured by Australians Will be Charged, with Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 3

THE Beer loaders are taking steps to carry out their threat to retaliate upon the British in consequence of the execution of rebels…

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The Divorce Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 3

The Judge in Divorce has granted a decree, returnable in one month, in the suit Ellen Elkin against Rueben Elkin, on the findings of Justice Cohen at Maitland. Seven other marriages were…

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Police Court.-tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 5

[?] James Power and Sarah Power [?] charged with stealing 4s 6d, the [?] of Charles Harris.-Senior-Sergeant [?] gave evidence that on searching the…

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Daring Burglary in Chicago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 3

Burglars dug a tunedl into a post office at Chicago and from it stole coin and stamps to the value of 76,000 dol. (£15,200.)…

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Theft From a Bank

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 3

It is reported that the teller and the book keeper of the Merchants' National Bank, Lowell, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), have absconded with 115,000 dollars (£23,000). They have, however, restored to the bank…

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Tragedy in a Police Cell. A Prisoner Shoots Himself

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 4

SHORTLY before 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a prisoner shot himself in one of the cells at the Central Police Station. The would-be suicide is a…

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Police Court. Tuesday, October 22Nd

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 October 1901 · page 2

(Before Mr G. F. Scott, P.M, and Mr St. Thos. Loder, J. P.). ROBBERY IN COMPANY. James Power and Sarah Power were…

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The Very Latest. Boers Smuggling Arms. Another Rebel Sentenced. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 October 1901 · page 3

Commandant-General Botha declares that the Boer case is hopeless unless they can get arms and ammunition…

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Melbourne. a Girl Charged with Vagrancy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 3

A girl under 16 years of age, but womanly in appearance, was before the City Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy. The girl, who had run away from her home at Numurkah, in the north-eastern…

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A Licensing Magistrate at the Gay Gordons

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 16

At the Paddington Police Court, James Gowan (33) hotelkeeper, John Quinn (23) clerk, George Major (24) signwriter, and May Gowan (27) married, were charged with in company stealing agent's double…

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Police Magistrates and Public Utterances

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

CERTAIN remarks made by Mr N. C. O'Neill, P.M., at a Roman Catholic gathering in Bathurst recently, were brought under the notice of tho…

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The Queanbeyan Outrage. Accused Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 3

The young man Joseph Campbell, who arrested for the outrage at Queanbeyan on Thursday, has been identified by Walter, the Sydney detective, as, the man for whom he has lately been searching in…

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A Ruby from the Sea. [All Rights Reserved.] [Being a narrative of adventure compiled from the diary of Richard Brice, Esq., H.M.S. Consul at Malaga to the Court of Spain.] in Port at Manila. Part I.—auld Lang Wyne., Continues.)

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 6

"No thanks If I wanted a lucky number for a lottery ticket, I don't think I could improve upon 23, the date of our meeting. I have been…

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The Murder of a Kentucky Senator

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 3

The man Cubeb Power, ex-State Secretary of Kentucky, has been finally sentenced to imprisonment for life on a charge of complicity in the murder of State Senator Goebel on 30th January,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, October 28. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 2

THREE MONTHS' HARD.—William Hill was charged with being a habitual drundard, with being three times convicted of drunkenness during the last twelve months, and with behaving in a riotous…

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The Transvaal War. the Court-martial on Victorians. Proceedings Quashed. Policy of the Government. Casualties. Fatal Gun Explosion. Scouring for Boers. Lord Milker in Natal. This Pro-boer Party. London, Oct. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 3

The War Office has quashed the proceedings of the Court-martial on, and has ordered the immediate release of three members of the Fifth Victorian Contingent…

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A Witness Sent to Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 3

A witness named Owen in the Allen Bankruptcy case was committed to seven days' gaol for persistent evasion and prevarication throughout the examination…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, Oct. 28. (Before Mr. G.F. Scott, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 4

UNREGISTERED DOGS.—Each of the following persons pleaded guilty, and was fined for keeping an unregistered dog:—Frederick William Mears, Michael Sullivan, Williams Winch, John Flanagan…

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Land Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 3

The Land Appeal Court to-day resumed the\ hearing of appeals. In the Mercadool cases, argument was continued by Mr. Canaway for the Crown…

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