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Courts & crime, 1906

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Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Messrs. E A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and B. Faulkner, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

Breaches of the Liquor Act.—A Colonial wine licensee pleaded guilty re allowing three persons on his licensed premises during prohibited hours, and was fined £3, with 6s costs. The three persons also…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

Matters were again quiet at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. The bench was occupied by Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P. The court…

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Sentenced to Death. a Greek Assassin. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 3

Gherakaris, who' assassinated M. Delyannis, Premier of Greece, on June 13th last, has been found guilty of murder at Athens, and has been…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 13th March, 1906. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Mr R. Faulkner, J.p.) Indecent Language

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

Herbert Waters, aboriginal, was charged with, using indecent language at the Redbournberry Bridge on 5th March…

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To Legalise Murder

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

Dr. Gregory has introduced into the Iowa (U.S.) State Legislature a Bill for legalising the painless killing of hopelessly incurable persons at the instance of the…

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Royal Hotel Tragedy. Quinlan Sentenced to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

Evidence was taken at length at the Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thursday, in the case in which the boy Thomas John Quinlan was charged with having murdered Mrs…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

It is notified in another column that the Quarterly Licening Court for the Licensing District of Murrurundi will be held at the local Court House on Wednesday,…

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Royal Hotel Tragedy. Quinlan Sentenced to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Evidence was taken at length at the Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thursday, in the case in which the boy Thomas John Quinlan was charged with having murdered Mrs…

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Royal Hotel Murder The Death Sentence

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court, in Sydney, on Thursday, the boy Thomas John Quinlan was charged with having murdered Mrs Mary Gregory, at…

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Cessnock Police Court. Saturday, March 10. (Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharps P.m.) Cutting Timber Without License

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Assistant Forest Sanger J. D. Hay pro[?]eeded against Waiter Henry and Valentine Hall, Ellalong, for cutting timber on Crown lands without…

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Scientific Burglary. Nitro-glycerine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 3

It is stated that since January 1 there have been over 400 burglaries in Greater London, the total including, of course, all the miner cases of housebreaking. And this…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

E. Hitchins, licensee of the Family Hote, censes for the race meeting at Rutherford on the 24th instant…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

Thomas Lockwood Cooper proceeded against James McMahon, jun., West Maitland, for £3 16s 6d, goods sold and delivered. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers. J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

Drunkenness.—Two inebriates were fined 2s 6d, with the option of the rising of the court, whilst, a third, defendant, for being drunk on the High-street railway station…

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The Royal Hotel Murder

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

THE trial of Thomas Quinlan for the murder of Mrs. Mercy Gregory at she Royal Hotel, on the night of January 31, took place on Thursday at the…

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Charge of Murder. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

The case against Mrs Annie Johnson, charged with causing the death of Henry Diamond, lasted all day at the Criminal Court. The jury are…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 3

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. Gale P.M., John Smith and Edward Oakes were, proceeded against under the Diseased Animals and Meat Act, for having sold to James McMahon, a…

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Innocent "Murder."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 6

By no means a new idea is that which, according to our cable messages, a United States legislator seeks to pass into law. That legislator. Dr. Gregory, copying…

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Killing No Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 6

The proposal made by Dr. Gregory, a member of the Iowa Legislature, is not new, but that fact does not mitigate its inhumanity. He suggests that all persons suffering from…

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Harry Diamond's Death. Annie Johnston Sentenced. the Morphia Habit. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

Annie Johnston, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of Harry Jarvis Diamond, was brought up to-day for sentence. Prisoner, on being asked if she had…

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