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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Police Court. Monday, May 14, '06. Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

A YOUNG man, Norman Roger Jones, was charged with having forged a certain paper, to writ, an order to pay £1 15s, with intent to defraud. After…

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High Court Judgments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

There judgments of considerable importance were delivered in the High Court yesterday, and in each insance the decision appealed from was reversed. In the cast of Langley v. Foster, the question raised…

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Police Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 5

[?] Campbell Bannerman has prom[?] to appoint a Royal Commission to in[?] into police methods in the West End, [?] with disorder [?] streets at night,…

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The Alleged Cattle Stealing Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

A number of persons interested, as well as the accused, in the alleged cattle stealing case, reported in the "Mercury" last week, left here by train yesterday to be present at the hearing of…

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Another Police Raid Over 100 Arrests SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

During dinner hour to-day the police raided premises in Sydney at a [?] in Pitt-street, near king-street, better known as Wren's One hundred…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharp, at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, George Hoskins was charge with travelling between Newcastle And East Maitland in a vehicle on the railway, not intended…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 4

At the notice court on Wednesday the bench was occupied by Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. Jane Knott pleaded guilty to a charge of having used indecent language in Aberdare-street…

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Inducements by the Police. Censure by the Full Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 6

In the case of an appeal to set aside the conviction of two young men, named respectively Grundy and Hoole, who were found guilty…

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Secret Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

The Russian police service is said to be now the largest and best organised in England. Next to London, Hull and Newcastle, especially the former, are the chief…

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Police Court. MONDAY, 14th MAY, '06. Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

NORMAN ROGER JONES was charged with having forged a certain paper, to wit, a certain order for £1 15s, with intent to defraud…

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The Missing Clergyman. the Police Theory

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Latest developments regarding the Rev. T. A. James, of Albany, Western Australia, go far towards clearing away the mystery…

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Police Methods. Blackmail, Crime, and Prearranged Convictions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 4

By an Ex-Policeman, in the "Express." When I was in the force—and I know that exactly the same conditions obtain now—a kind of blackmail was levied…

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Our Singleton Letter: Friendly Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

The [?] Council sat last night as a Friendly Appeal Court to decide appeals lodged against the assessment for the current year. In the following cases reductions were…

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Calamity at 'Frisco. Latest Particulars. Scenes of Murder and Violence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

The mail steamer Moana, which arrived at Auckland to-day from Vancouver, brings graphic details of the awful earthquake at San Francisco. All attempts at looting were…

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Dungog Police Cout Friday, May 18th. (Before Mr Fletcher, P.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 6

Walter Cluley pleaded guilty to a charge of obscene language, and was fined £1 and 6s-costs of 24 hours imprisonment. Fino paid…

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Friendly Appeal Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

The Singleton Borough Council sat as a. Friendly Appeal Court at the Council Chambers on Thursday night. Twenty-five appeals were listed, and…

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The High Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

Three judgments of considerable importance were delivered in the High Court on Monday and in each instance the decision appealed from was reversed In the case of Langley v. Foster the question raised…

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Cessnock Police Court. Saturday, May 12, 1906. (Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharp. P.m.). on Bail

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

William Jeffries, on bail, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, on April 15th. Fined 2s 6d, or 7 days’ lockup…

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Innocent Man Guillotined. a Police Error

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

The London "Express" of 22nd February writes:— Louis Renault, while on trial at Rouen yesterday for attempted murder,…

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Police Officer Killed. A Grand Duke's Escape. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

Another Russian police officer has been assassinated in the street, in revenge for the alleged brutal treatment to which he had subjected a…

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