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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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A Lucky. Young Medico. Surgeon to the Court of Spain

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 7

Dr. Bryden Glendening, surgeon to the Court of Spain, and who shook the lately-born Crown Price by the hand before anybody else had a…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 4

The "bench at the West Maitland Police Court tins morning was occupied by Mr. T. I. Wilkinson, kinson, P.M. VAGRANCY. Michael William Howe was charged with have,…

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An M.p. Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 3

Mr. Burnyeat, a member of the House of Commons, was summoned to the London Police Court to answer a charge of drunkenness. He pleaded that he was suffering…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 4

Francis St. Clair Townsend v. Tommy Chong, claim for £2 12s 6d, breaking, training, and shoeing a horse Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Jas…

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The Melbourne Murder. How the Crime Was Committed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 3

The murder of Mr. Bernard Bauer, diamond merchant, who was battered to death by an unknown assailant in his office, in Collms-street, Melbourne, loses nothing of its…

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Alleged Burglary. a Finger Print Case

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

At the paddington Police Court on Thursday, Allan Moore, a labourer, 18 years of age, was charged with bur[?] breaking and entering the…

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Bedroom Theft. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

A visitor from Moss Vale, maried Albert Dawson, went to a Georgestreet resturant on Saturday night. Upon awaiking yesterday morning he…

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Assault on a Mother

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

For assaulting his mother by hitting her on the eye, Charles Franklin was at Broken Hill on Saturday bound over to keep the peace for 12 months. The…

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Peculiar Assault Case. His Girl's Letters

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 1

An amusing case was before the Parramatta Court concerning the letters of a lover to his sweetheart and their capture by an unsympathetic…

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Dungog Police Court. Friday, June 7th., 1907. Before G. Atkin, Esq., P.M.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

R. Berry, jnr., proceeded against William Tonks for alleged unlawful assault on June 3rd last. Mr J.H.F. Waller (Elliott and…

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Court Official Changes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

Mr D. G. Paterson, Relieving Assistant C.P.S. at Singleton has taken his departure for Braidwood, and his place will be filled this week by Mr…

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The Melbourne Murder. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

Information, has reached the Sydney police that seems to point to the theory that the murder of Bauer, a diamond merchant, in Melbourne, was the work…

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Execution of an Afghan. a Murder at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

This morning Peter Sadesk, who was sentenced to death for the murder of May Jewson at White Cliffs on January 29, was executed in Broken Hill Gaol…

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The Melbourne Murder. Clue As to the Assailant. Departure in Sydney Express

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

Public interest in the sensational murder of Mr. Bernard Bauer, the wealthy diamond merchant, has been worked up to fever heat by a succession of rumours, which were…

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The Melbourne Murder. Substantial Reward Offered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

The Melbourne police are indignant at the premature disclosure in Sydney of the information that they were tracking the man who, two hours before the Collins-street…

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The Earl's Court Wheel. the Work of Demolition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 4

The demolition of the Great Wheel at Earl's Court, which for 12 years has formed so spic[?]ous a feature of the London landscape, is now practically completed, and the last of…

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The Melbourne Murder Detectives Indignant

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

The description of the man. who is alleged to have visited Bailor, the diamond merchant, prior to the murder of the latter, corresponds with…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 4

The only business in the summons and police courts was a case against Thomas Henry McGauron for disobeying an order for the maintenance of his wife. On the application…

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A Quiet Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

A gratifying feature in connection with the West Maitland Police Court of late has been the fact there has been little business of a criminal nature to engage its attention. For…

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The White Cliffs Murder Peter Sadeek Executed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 1

Peter Sadeek, who was sentenced to death for the murder of May Jewson at White Cliffs, was executed on Tuesday morning in Broken Hill…

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