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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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The Melbourne Murder. Arrest in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

The mystery of Modern-chambers, Melbourne, is still, apparently, as much of an enigma to the police as it was on Friday last, when Mr. Bernard Bauer, diamond…

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American Murder Trial Further Confession by Orchard London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

At the trial, of Charles E. Meyar, (president), William Haywood [?] tary), and Pettibone, an, official of the Western Miners Federation of the…

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A Desperate Man. Ten Years for Shooting at Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Wednesday Thomas William Vaughan or Cant, who escaped from Berrima Gaol on April 7, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, at…

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Alleged Serious Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

Thomas Murray, a coal-lumper, was charged at the police court to-day with assaulting police-Constable Hussey. It was stated the assault was a very serious one, that…

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Cables. LONDON, Wednesday. Firemen charged with Incendiarism

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

Members of the Fire Brigade in Saxony have been arrested for numerous cases of incendiarism. The members delared that they…

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The Melbourne Murder. an Important Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

An important statement in connection with the mysterious murder of Mr. Bauer in Melbourne has been made by Miss W. Prinsent, a young lady who is engaged as clerk in the…

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Detained by the Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The Sydney police have detained a man in custody whose description in some measure tallied with certain suspicious men who are wanted…

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The Shearing Question in the Federal Arbitration Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 7

THE hearing was resumed in the Federal Arbitration Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice O'Connor, President, of the dispute filed on behalf of the Australian…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Assoclation. Sydney. Pugilist in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

Sidney James Ryan, commonly Known as "Chiddy" Ryan, an ex-pugilist, was again before the Judge in Divorce to-day under a writ of attachment for non-payment of £193…

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Berrima Gaol Escapee. Ten Years for Shooting at Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

At Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Thomas William Vaughan, or Cant, who escaped from Berrima Gaol on April 7, pleaded not…

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A Malicious Assault

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 6

At Adelaide, August Wertanen, aged 1S, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for maliciously wounding Henry Robinson at Port Adelaide…

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Murder in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 6

On Friday 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 of a Diamond Dealer

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

A brutal murder was committed in Melbourne last week. A diamond dealer, named Baner, was attacked from behind while engaged in his…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, June 11, 1907. (Before Mr. Geo. Brown, J.P.)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 3

William McCrae pleaded guilty to two charges preferred against him by the police— (1) found drunk in Main street, Cessnock, on the 7th inst., and…

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The Melbourne Murder. Questions and Theories

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 3

The further inquiries are pushed in the murder of Mr Baner the Melbourne diamond merchant, the more certain it becomes that Mr Bauer's assailant…

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The Melbourne Murder. the Sydney Arrest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

In Melbourne further evidence is now forthcoming, in the light of which the time at which Mr. Bernard Bauer, the diamond merchant, was murdered in his office…

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The Melbourne Murder. . A Lady Clerk's Statement

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

An important statement in connection with the mysterious Collins-street murder in Melbourne has been made by Miss W. Prinsent, a young lady…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, June 13th, 1907. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Maintenance Case

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 3

Thomas Henry M'Gaurin was charged with disobeying an order for the maintenance of his wife and child. There was no Appearance of the…

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Suspected Murder in Victoria. Incineration of a Girl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

A deputation from Bunyip waited on Mr. MacKinnon, M.L.A., honorary Minister, and presented a petition, signed by 200 residents of Bunyip, praying for further and closer…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

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

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