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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, May 4Th. (Before Mr D. M'Dougall, J.p.) Charge of Vagrancy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 5

David Curry (38) was charged with not having sufficent lawful and visible means of support. Sergcant Whitfield deposed that on…

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Supposed Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 3

The body of a female infant was found in the stormwater channel at Rushcutter's Bay yesterday in circumstances which point of murder. The child was wrapped up in some…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 8, 1905. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

Drunkenness.—An inebriate for being drunk on Sunday was fined 10s, with the alternative of 7 days' imprisonment. Municipal Casus.—A youth was charged with…

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The Deptford Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

Alfred and Albert Strotton, brothers, have been sentenced to death for the murder of Thomas Farrow and his wife in an oil shop at Deptford, England. Finger prints were…

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Stealing Tgbaccg. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

For some time past a big city tobacco manufacturing firm has been losing a quantity of tobacco. Detectives yesterday arrested three men in…

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Police Court. MAY 4th. (Before Mr A. D. Donnelly, J.P.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

Alfred Struttles, drunkenness and disorderly conduct—Fined £1. A second charge of being illegally on Royal Hotel premises was…

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INFANTICIDE. Verdict of Wilful Murder. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The body of a female infant was found in the Stormwater Channel, Rushcutter's Bay, yesterday. The child was wrapped in paper, and a strong…

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Scone Police Court. Friday, 5Th May, '05. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Dr. Scott, L.M.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

JAMES FLANAGAN, of Bunnan, was charged with illegally detaining a quantity of waste timber, comprising about 200 slabs and a quantity of…

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Small Debts Court. May 5. (Before Mr G. Atkin, P.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

M. A. Dark v. Belmore Forster, balance due for goods sold and delivered, £5, 1s 10d—Verdict for amount claimed, with 13s costs…

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German Court's Censure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 5

The Supreme Court at Berlin has indirectly censured the methods of the Prussian Ministry of Justice in the Konigsberg lese majestic trial…

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Police Court—tuesday. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Robert Faulkiner, and C. W. Doyle, J's.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 3

Breaches of the Education Act.—Eight Charges were preferred against parents for neglecting to send their children to school the requisite number of days, as provided by the…

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Our Singleton Letter. Licensing Court—tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 3

In the Licensing Court yesterday there was a ful attendance of the Bench—Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. (chairman), Robert Faulkiner, and C. W. Doyle, licensing…

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Police Court Proceedings

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

Tuesday was quite a field day at the Singleton Police Court, one or two cases lasting a cons[?]uerable time, while quite an array of witnesses gave…

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Alleged Violent Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 3

Henry Jackson, a laborer, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of assaulting patrick Munday at North Sydney. Prosecutor swore that accused and another man…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 11. (Bofore Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. and H. Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

Alleged Sly Grog Selling.—The adjourned case in which Alice Teece was charged with having, on the let instant, in a house situate at Weston, and known as "The Grand Central Workman's Club,"…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, May 9Th. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Messrs R. Faulkner and C. W. Doyle, Js.P.) School Attendance Cases

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

The following parents and guardians were fined for neglecting to send their children to State schools for the necessary number of days for the half year…

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Singleton Licensing Court Tuesday, May 9Th. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Messrs R. Faulkner and C. W. Doyle, Js.P.) Application for a Conditional Publi Can's License

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

Hermann Joseph Sattler, applied for a conditional publican's license at Green Hollow. This was a case postponed from a former court, Mr Shaw…

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West Maitland Police Court. Alleged Sly Grog Selling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. E.A.L. Sharpe and H. Crothers, L.M.s., the case of Alice Tecce charged with sly grog selling, was continued…

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Insanitary Police Courts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 3

Excellent progress has been made in Introducing the sanitary method of administering the oath in courts—namely, by substituting for kissing the oft-kissed…

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Contempt of Court. an Application Refused. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 4

The solicitor Mimna who some days ago. was committed to Darlinghurst Gaol for contempt oF Court, for not paving some money as directed,, to-day…

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