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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

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The Transvaal War. Rebels Sentenced. the Concentration Camps. Confiscation. Capture of Boer Laagers. General Botha. the Dutch Consul at Pretoria. Exile of Boer Leaders. Proposed Boycott of British Shipping. Mr. Chamberlain's Speech—protest From the German Press. Cape Colony Campaign. Threatening Transports. London, Oct. 28

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

Two rebels at Vryburg have been sentenced to transportation for a period of ten years for having served with Boer commands. Dr. Percival the Bishop of Bereford, Canon Gore…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before the P.M. and St. Thomas Loder, J.P. Arthur Foster was charged with absconding from his hired service with J. R…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 3

The man charged with an assault with intent on a woman at Surry Hills was further remanded to-day for a week. Bail was allowed…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

At the Licensing Court, before the P M and St. Thomas Loder. J.P. a renewal of publicans license was granted to Patrick Henry, of the Sedgefield Hotel. A renewal…

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Land Board Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the Land Board Court will be held in Singleton on November 1[?]th next…

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The Currabubula Tragady. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 1

AN irquest in to the circustances in connection with the mysterious death of a girl at Currsbubuin, particulars of which were given by telegraph in our…

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The Clerkenwell Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 3

At the London Old Bailey to-day, Martial Fangeron, aged 23, a Frenchman, described as a hairdresser of Soho, was found guilty of the wilful murder of Herman Francis Jung, a jeweller, by…

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The Currabubula Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 4

AN inquest into the circumstances in connection with the mysterious death of a girl at Currabubula, some particulars of which were, given in our last…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court—tuesday. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and St. Thomas (Loder, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 4

ABSCONDING.—Arthur Foster, a State School boy, was chargen with absconding from his indentured apprenticeship. The boarding from his indentured communicated with, and advised the boy's transfer…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 3

Sir.-When the business hour at the Police Court, [?] Maitland, struck yesterday morning there was [?] How is it that in a circuit town [?] East Maitland with quite a number of resident…

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Alleged Murder and Suicide [By Telegraph]. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 5

A BRISBANE man named Richard Henderson, is reported to have shot a woman named Tracey, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mingana, and…

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In a Wild West Law Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 4

Judge Fitzgerald, of Arizona, on coming to Tueson, found that formality was almost unknown in the court room. If the days were…

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Fiendish Outrage at Queanbeyan Prompt Arrest by the Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 9

There little girls two aged about 5 and the third named Violet Oldfield about 9 years, whilst in the bush on the Bungendore-read on Thursday about noon were surprised by a man who carried the child…

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An Extraordinary Case. Death of a Young Girl. A Verdict of Wilful Murder

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

The Tamworth police were last week informed that Kate Laffey, 14, had been missing from her mother's farm near Currabubula, 30 miles from Tamworth, for some time, On…

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The Transvaal War. the Convention of 1881. Prince Arthur of Connaught. a Boer Defeat. Successful Night Matches. This Block Houses. Murder of a British Scout. Casualties. London, Nov. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 3

Mr. Herbert Maxwell, M.P., Conservative staves Unit the late Queen Victoria in 1881 told the members of her Cabinet that in their method of dealing with the Boers they were all wrong, that…

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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 Ii.—at the House of the Sorceress. (Continued.)

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 6

"I am surprised at the way you persist in jumping at conclusions, old man, he responded reprovingly. "I was thinking in English, Brice, and…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 4

Compton and Sheedy v. William Frederick Beattic, goods sold, £2 1s 11d. This case had been adjourned from the previous court. Mr. T. A. Hill, on behalf of plaintiffs, said the matter had been settled.—Mr…

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Court's Return to Peking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 3

Preparatory to the Imperial Court's return to Pekin the tower which led to the Forbidden City, and which was destroyed by the Allies operations, has been replaced by wood and cloth representing…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., H. Crothers, and Alex Wilkinson, Js.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 4

DRUNKENNESS.—Two first offenders were admonished and discharged. VAGRANCY.—Denis Fitzpatrick was before the court, charged with having no visible lawful means…

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The Transvaal War. the Court-martilled Victorians. Australian Officers. Casualties. Successful Night Marches. Determined Fighting Near Bethel. Heavy Losses. London, Nov. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 3

A youth named Elfric Kearney (son of a clergyman at Geelong) noticed the agitation in Victoria in egard to the court-martialing of three members of the 5th Victorian Contingent. He thereupon…

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