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Courts & crime, 1906

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Affairs in Russia. Treason Among Police Servants Arrests at Peterhof. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

Revolutionaries having been discovered among the Palace servants at Peterhof, near Croustadt, the Russian Court has decided to…

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Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 1

Patrick Quinlan, an old-age pensioner, was proceeding to his home at Granville last nigh, when he was knocked down by two men, gagged, and then robbed of a sum of…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, the bench was occupied by Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. Thomas James Stevens was charged on the…

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West Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

There was very little business to engage the attention of Mr. E. A. L Sharpe, P.M.. at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. There was not even the proverbial drunk, in fact of late…

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The Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

The July issued of the Magistrate is to hand and should prove of special interest to the police, whose attention is drawn to their rights in the matter of the Police Superannuation Fund. It also draws…

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Singleton Police Court Tuesday, July 3rd. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.m.). Tenancy, Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

Castlemaine Brewery v. William Twoomey. Mr Cragg for Plainriff firm There was no apearenco of the defendant…

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Our Singleton Letter. Court Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

Only a light list was presented at Tuesday's sitting of the Police and Licensing Courts. In the Former, the Castlemaine Brewery Company applied for an order to…

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Singleton Licensing Court Tuesday, July 3Rd

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

(Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M.) Mr W. J. Cragg appeared' in Support of. an application of the transfer of the license of the Porcy Hotel from James…

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"The Magistrate."

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

The July issue of this useful magazine is to hand. Municipal matters continue to be fully noticed. The " Digest of Cases " is beginning to assume handsome…

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Russian Police Mistakes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 3

At midnight in Petersburg an innocent peace loving professor stood on a bridge, staring down into the sluggish water of the Nova. He was thinking of a rival professor…

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What Is a Place. The Police Baffled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 7

Some time ago the keeper of a certoin betting house in King-street, Sydney was prosecuted for keeping gaming house, and betting therein…

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More Police Murders Military Men Punished LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 4

The murders of police by terrorists at Warsaw continue The revolutionists declare that the murders are intended to prove the futility of…

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Stealing Trade Secrets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

Dishonest workmen are sometimes the cause of serious loss to business firms, [?] strategy succeeds twice where bribery [?] once…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning STONE THROWING…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

William Maloney applied for the transfer of hs license of the prince of Wales Hotel, Greta, to Thomas Scully.—Mr. W. J. Enright appeared in support of the application, which was grated…

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Police Court.—tuesday (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., R.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

Faulkner, and C. W. Doyle, Js.P. Indecent Language.—Edward Alford, charged Philip League with using language towards him on 15th June, 1906. Mr. Shaw…

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Licensing Court.—tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

(Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. (Chairman), R. Faulkner, and C. W. Doyle, L.Ms.) The quarterly report of the licensing…

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Ozhdestvensky's Court-martial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

trial of Admiral Rozhdestvensky and officers of the Russian torpedo-boat de[?]er Biedovy on a charge of surrendering boat after the battle of Tsu-shima is…

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Russian Court-martial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 5

The court-martial acquitted Admiral Rozhdestvensky of the charges brought against him, but found four of the officers guilty of premeditating the surrendering of the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 3

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Henry Crothers, and Robert Scobie, Js'P., occupied the ben[?]t the West Maitland Police Court this morning…

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