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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Court Changes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

There will not be any of the ordinary business at the Singleton Court House to-day, the Court sittings having been changed to the following…

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The Southsea Murder. Crumpe's Career in Australia. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

John Crumpe, who has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering a widow named Crumpe at Southsea, told the police that in the…

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An English Murder Mystery. Suspect Committed for Trial. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

Richard Brinkley, 53, a carpenter, has been committed for trial at Croydon for th murder of Mr Richard Beck and Mrs Anne E. Beck, and the attempted…

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Murder and Suicide. Terrible Domestic Tragedy. Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 5

A shocking domestic tragedy occurred at Black Range, three miles from Albury, last night, when a young woman named Mary Ann Livermore was shot by her husband in…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 2

At the Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Mr A.[?] Cocbrane, J.P., a solitary drunkard was fined 2/6, or the rising of the Court. Whether owing…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. IMPROPER LANGUAGE…

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Police Court—thursday. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 3

John Joseph Fletcher was charged by Emily Fletcher, his wife, with neglecting to contribute towards her support.—Mr. Cragg appeared for the complainant, who stated that she…

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Football and Fight. Police Ill-Treated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 3

After the South melbourne Geelong football match had finished on Monday, at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground, several rival barrnc[?]rs…

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Our Singleton Letter. New Court Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 3

Under the new arrangement made by the Justice Department, the weekly police court sitting was hold to-day, instead of on Tuesdays, as heretofore. The presiding…

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Police Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

In the local Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. B. Gibson. J.P. James Smith was charged with drunkenness in Mayne Street, and was fined 5s. or…

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New Police Magistrate. Court Courtesies

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 3

Prior to the business of the Singleton Court commencing on Thursday last, the day now fixed instead of Tuesdays, Mr C. H. Gale, the…

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Died in Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

Annie Batten, a nurse, who was at the Central Court, Sydney, last year sentenced to death, which sentences was afterwards commuted to…

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Murder in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a sensational tragedy took place in Melbourne, when Bernard Bauer, a diamond merchant, was brutally murdered in an office on the sixth floor of chambers in…

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Murder and Its Sequel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 12

An unusual scene was enacted at the Central Criminal Court on the 30th ultimo, when Richard Riley, formerly a steward on an American mailboat, and latterly a pantryman in…

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Murder and Suicide. ALBURY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 7

A shocking domestic tragedy occurred at Black Range, three miles from Albury, last night, when a young woman named Mary Ann Livermore was shot by her husband in…

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Court Alterations

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

At the conclusion of the police court proceedings at the Singleton Court House on Thursday Inst, Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., and Messrs D…

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Police Court. Tuesday. June 4, 1907, (Before Mr. O. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 8

JAMES ALFRED DUNN was charged with that he did on or about the 27th May steal one spotted heifer, 2½years old, branded JL over bar, the property…

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Murder in America. Unionists on Trial. Sensational Allegations. London. June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 5

Further sensational evidence was given at the trial of Tom Moyer (president), William Haywood (secretary), and Pettibone, an official of the Western Miners'…

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Police v. Wallace. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 2

Dear Sir—Your comments in last Saturday's Chronicle re prosecution for offering diseased cattle for Bale I consider them very unfair to me, knowing that you had…

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Supreme Criminal Court—friday, May 29. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 12

Patrick Venables was indicted for the wilful murder of Margaret, his wife, at Cooke, on the 5th of May last. Guilty, of man-slaughter…

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