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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 60

Murder on a Russian Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 5

A woman who was returning to Russia af[?] leading a high life in Harbin was mur[?] in a railway train and robbed of £10,000. Her body was thrown on the…

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Insurance and Crime. Murder As a Means of Making Money

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 3

Murders in which the criminal has sought to profit by insuring his victim's life, as did Basson, the Cape murderer, who killed himself on the discovery of his last victim…

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A Dastardly Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 5

Particulars of a dastardly assault have just been reported. It appears that R. A. Macfarland, a member of the Typographical Society, who was employed in the…

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Burglary and Arson. Two Men Implicated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

Two men, named Joseph. Richards and Thomas Jackson, were on Tuesday arrested at Melbourne on a double charge of burglary and arson…

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A Serious Assault Man Severely injured SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

A dastardly assault has been reported It would seem that R. A. Macier. land, a member of the Typographical Society, employed at the Government…

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A Quiet Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

Very little business was set down for decision at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, the proceedings of which were dull and uninteresting. The bench was occupied…

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Affairs in Russia. Murder and Outrage. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

A Cossack officer has been murdered in the streets of Borisogylebsk, a small town 163 miles south-east of Tambov, in Central Russia, for…

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A Record Raid. Demonstration Against Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

The police raided an alleged gambling house in Engine-street, Sydney, on Saturday night, and arrested 169 men. A large crowd made a…

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A Record Raid. Demonstration Against Police

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

THE police raided an alleged gambling bouse in Engine-street, Sydney, on Saturday night, and arrested 169 men. A large crowd made a demonstration…

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Assault on a Tram Car Comments by the Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

At Newtown Police Court on Wednesday, Henry George Lockman was charged with assaulting Andrew Macualay in a Newtown tram-car…

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Strange Crime. Youth Convicted of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

The Circuit Court sat till 11.22 at Goulburn on Thursday night, und resumed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. George Hembrow (aged 18) was charged with shooting David…

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Raymond Terrace Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., at the Raymond Terrace Police Court on Wednesday, Arthur Palmer was charged with maliciously wounding Thomas Joseph Toohey,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 23. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 4

Municipal Cases.—For allowing a horse to stray, a ratepayer was fined 2s 6d, together with 3s 6d costs in default seven, days. Drunk and Disorderly.—For being drunk…

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Roughriders' Antics. Professor Kemp and Wife at Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 5

To-day at the police court Walter Kemp, aged 35, a rough-rider, was charged with assaulting Ellen Grant on April 21. He was also charged with unlawfully…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court—tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

James Victor White applied for a prohibition order to retrain hotelkeepers from supplying liquor to William White. The order was granted for a period of twelve months…

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A Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 2

R. A. Macfarland, who was brutally assaulted at Marrickville a fortnight ago, hus recovered his souses. He says he was set. upon by three men in the dark on his way…

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Shooting with Intent. Youth Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 1

George Hembrow, aged 18, was charged at Goulburn Circuit Court, before the Chief Justice, with shooting David Monroe on February 7, with…

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Police Court. Friday, April 21st, 1906. Before Mr Fletcher, P.M.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 3

The following Municipal appeals were dealt with:— R. W. Alison, against assessment of £30 for old maizena mill site, on…

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Wardens Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 3

G. T. Osmond made application for the suspension of labor conditions at the Eclipse mine, but on its being explained that the transfer of the sale of…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 3

In the absence of the other L.M's., Mr Fletcher formally opened and adjourned the Licensing Court…

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