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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 60

Staircase Murder. a Paris Factory Mystery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 3

From Paris, on 15th March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— An extraordinary murder has been…

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"Looping the Loop." a Music Hall Feat. Discussed in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

Amusing disclosures concerning the startling feats with which music-hall audiences are entertained were made on 13th March in the King's Bench…

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Murder Suspected. an Afghan Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 3

At the Lismore Police Court on Saturday an Afghan named Zarnt Khan was charged with the murder or Rock Mattilla, another Afghan, about May, 1902, at Woodlawn, six miles from Lismore. On the…

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Court Martial of Rozhdestvensky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 3

Vice-Admiral Rozhdesvensky and 11 officers will be tried by court-martial on a charge of surrendering to the Janpanese the torpedo boat. Biedovy, to which the Admiral…

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A Lismore Tragedy. Afghan Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

An Afghan, named Zarut Khan, apppered at Lismore Police Court on Saturday morning, charged with the murder of a Hindoo, Rock Mattills,…

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Inadequate Police Court Accommodation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

FROM the very outset the Governmental authorities have manifested the most outrageous—we are almost disposed to say criminal—inertness in the matter…

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Police Reports.—windsor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 6

Thomas Morrow was charged ny a constable, that he had apprehended off his master's farm, between nine and 10 o'clock at night. The prisoner had been found in the…

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Madrid Outrage. Murder of a Policeman. Moral's Suicide. London, June 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 5

Moral was the son of a wealthy manufacture of Subadell, and was party concated in Germany. He inherited in January 10,000 pesetas (£400). On Saturday Moral entered an inn at…

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Supreme Court. the Scone Grammar School Case. Alleged Wrongful Dismissal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

IN last issue, was given the evidence taken on Thursday in the above case in the Supreme Court, and also a telegraphed report of Friday's…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 3

At the police court, on Tuesday, before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. James E. Beck charged Ross Pryor with assaulting him at Gloorangoola on the 25th…

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A Chemist Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 3

Thomas John Maccardale, chemist, charged at Paddington Police Court with attempting to procure a certain event on. Annie Hall. The latter stated that she…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

At the police court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe. P.M. Constable Drew proceeded against James Frazer for indecent behaviour in Hall-street,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. E. A. L. Sharp, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P. ALLEGED WIFE DESERTION…

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Murder of an Artist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 3

at the inquest on the body of Archibald [?] artist, who was killed at his cham[?] Westbourne Grove, London, on May a verdict of murder against some person…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

Richard Dennis Leggo was grunted two booth licenses, one for the grandstand enclosures, and the other for the leger reserve, for the Heddon-Greta races on Saturday next, the 9th instant…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 5th June, 1906. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.m.) Drunks

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

James Patrick M'Mahon was fined 10/, with costs 6/, for drunkenness, or the alternative of seven days. Charles Zeims was fined 2/6, and…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

At the Quirindi Police Court on Satur­day last, before Mr. E. Joues, P.M., Robert David Ryan was charged with having on the 31st March, 1906, at Werris…

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The Land Scandals. W.P. Crick and Charles Bath Arrested.charged with Con­spiracy

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

At the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, William Patrick Crick was charged by warrant that, at Sydney, on or…

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Police Reports.—windsor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 12

Thomas Morrow was charged by a constable, that he had apprehended off his master's farm, between nine and 10 o'clock at night. The prisoner had been found in the…

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Alleged False Pretences. a Clergyman Charged. Melbourne, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 5

Charles Phillip Nye, a Church of England clergyman, who was minister at Hillgrove (N.S.W.) from 1896 to 1900, was charged at the City Court to-day with obtaining money…

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