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Courts & crime, 1906

1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 60

Bankruptcy Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 3

The Registrar in Bankruptcy delivered judgment to-day in the matter of granting certificate on application of Jas. Ceerel Rawkin. He said that, bankrupt, who was a company promoter, estimated…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

Attention is directed to an announcement which appears in another column to the effect that a court for hearing appeals against municipal assessments in connection with the borough of West…

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Singleton Small Debts Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

At -the Singleton Small Debte Court, on Tuesday, before Mr E. A. L. Sharpc, P.M., in the case of V. Heaton and Co. v. Charles Atkin, Mr…

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The Federal Arbitration Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

One would have thought that the lessons already derived from the matters connected with our present Arbitration Court in this state should…

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Divorce Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 3

Justice Simpson bud before him in the Divorce Court this afternoon a suit in which Ann Adah Emily Yates, formerly Chin, petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Robert Hopkins Yates…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 10.(Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Henry Crothers and Robert Scobie, Js.P.)SMALL Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

Frances Elliott v. Mary Johns, claiming £10 damages for alleged slander. The case was heard on Monday last, and the Bench reserved its decision. This morning the Bench awarded plaintiff…

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Murder at Staten Island Shot by a Burglar LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 3

Mr Charles Speir, a leading member of the Standard Oil Trust, has been shot through, the heart by a burglar at bis home in Staten Island, New York…

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Burglary at Ashfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 5

The residence of Mr. Frank Lowrie, of Ashfield, was entered by burglars during the night and about £20 worth of jewellery stolen…

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Divorce Court. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Justice Simpson had before him in the Divorce Court this afternoon a suit in which Ann Adah Emily Yates, formerly Chin, petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Robert Hopkins Yates…

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A Charge of Murder. Woman Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3

The Sydney Coroner on Thursday resumed the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Lily Mabel Woodworth, which occurred at the Royal…

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Crime in Big Cities. Police As Abettors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

For some time past Chicago has easily surpassed all other cities of the civilised world in its record of crime. This is admitted by the Chicago press, and proved by official…

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Dramatic Mutiny Trial. Officer's Wife in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 6

The Odessa-correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 21st February:— The trial of Lieutenant Schmidt, the…

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"The Magistrate."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

We have received the May number of "The Magistrate," which is of especial interest from land, municipal, and police points of view. "The Municipal Notes," by Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 8

The Bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Messrs. E. A. L. Sharps, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P. DRUNKENNESS AND LANGUAGE…

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Military Court of Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

This morning, Colonel the Hon. Rupert Carrington, Major Wallace Brown,. and Lieutenant L. C Brunei conducted a Military Court of Inquiry at the headquarters in…

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The Very Latest. London. Sunday afternoon. Murder at Odessa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 5

A boy, [?] years of age. Killed a policeman [?] for having knocked down a firl [?] he deiceted throwing a bomb…

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Stealing Gold

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

A sensational case of gold stealing from the Golden Pole Mine, Kalgoorlie, has been brought to light. It appears that for some time past there…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

Mr. A. C. Robinson, J.P., president at the Police Court this morning, when the only business set down for hearing was a case for alleged illegal detention of property. The plaintiff did not appear,…

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Gaol at Seventy-two

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

At the Beechworth (Vic.) Criminal Court last week an old man named M'Waters, 72 years of age, was found guilty of shooting at John Woodside,…

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Father Capon's Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

[?] was found in an empty villa at [?] a summer resort near St. Feters[?] has been indentified as that of [?] capon…

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