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Courts & crime, 1906

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, July 10th, 1906

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 4

(Before Messrs B. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., R. Faulkner, and C. W.- Doyle, Js.P.) TENANCY CASE…

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Licensing Court

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

William George Moore, license of the Royal Hotel, applied for permission under Section 89 of the New Liquor Act, to make material alterations to his licensed premises so as to bring them within…

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Charge of Stealing Committal of a Youth SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day a youth named Adolphus Thomas, aged 17, was cominitted for trial upon a charge of having stolen a…

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Court House Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 1

Statement of revenue received at the local C.P.S. and Land Office during the quarter euded 30th June,…

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The Russian Court-martial

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

[?]sian newspapers describe the naval [?] martial as a farce, the subordinate [?] who risked dishonour to save their being made the seapegoats for the…

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Quarterly Licensing Court Tuesday, July 10th, 1906

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 4

(Before Messrs E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., R. Faulkner, and C. W. Doyle, Js.P.) WINE LICENSES…

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A Russian Court-martial [By Calbe.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 2

A Russian court-martial has acquitted Admiral Rozhjestvensky, but found four of his officers guilty of the premeditated surrendering…

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Police Court. Wednesday, July 11th. Before Mr. C. H. GALE. P.M.

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 2

William Webb, Traffic Inspector on the Government Railways of New South Wales, proceeded against John Perkins on a charge of using insulting words to one…

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Anarchy in Russia. Murder and Robbery. Jews Fleeing From Warsaw Mutineers Surrender. London, [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 5

Lawlessness, murder, and robbery continue rife in Russia. A sailor, hiding in the bushes in the garden of the houses of Admiral Chukhini, shot that officer in the lungs, and then…

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Theft at North Sydney. What the Constable Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

Annie Smith,domestic servant, was charged at North Sydney Police Court, on Thursday, with stealing in the dwelling-house of Joseph Boulton, on…

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Maitland Licensing Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 3

At the Licensing Court, West Maitland, on Thursday, a renewal of a colonial [?] license was granted to Mrs. Margaret O’Brien, Bishop’s Bridge. Roland J…

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Tsu-shima Disaster Court-Martial a Farce. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

Russian newspapers describe as a force the court-martial at St. Petersburg, which requitted Admiral Rozhdestvonsky on a charge of…

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Death of the Admiral. Three Traitors Shot. The Police Killed. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

Admiral Chuklmin, who was recently shot through the lungs by a sailor, in Russia, who hid behind some bushes, has died from Jiis wounds…

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Illness of the Police Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 4

The friends of Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., will regret to learn that he was yesterday morning taken suddenly and seriously ill. He suffered from an epileptic seizure, and for four hours afterwards…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. Henry Crothers and Thos. J. Ribee, Js.P. ALLEGED IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR…

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A Fearful Tragedy. Triple Murder at Ballina. Assault with an Axe. Ballina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

There was much excitement in Ballina and Lower Richmond this morning, when it become known that a pioneer and respected cane-farmer named Daniel O'Keefe, his wife,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

Joseph Bridge was granted a renewal of his colonial wine license at Ellalong…

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Alleged Murder

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

[?] Kruger Smit, grandson of the late [?] of the Transvaal, has been arrested shooting Herman Davies at Daspoort, are both were searching for bullion worth…

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New York Murder

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

Mr. Harry Thaw, a Pittsburg millionaire, [?] shot and killed at New York Mr. Stan[?] White, a millionaire architect, in re[?] for the ruin of his wife, has dismissed…

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Flemington Tragedy. Police Puzzled

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

Nearly the whole of the criminal investigation branch was kept hard at work on Monday inquiring into the tragedy which occurred at the flat at Flemington on…

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