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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Suspected Murder. a Man Arrested

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

Last Sunday a man named Broken, borough, who had been engaged in shooting for sport, reported to the police that the body of Mrs Smith had…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, June 25, 1907. (Before Mr. Geo. Brown, J.P.)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 3

Elizabeth Masierson, charged with drunkenness in Vincent-st on 22nd June, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, in default 21 hours, Time was…

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Singleton Police Court. Friday, June 28, 1907. (Before Mr A. T. Cochrane, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 6

Ebn. Benjamin Bridge appeared upon a warrant charging him that he did, on 12th January, 1906, at Singleton, falsely pretend to Henry…

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Court v. Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 5

The present Arbitration Act expires by effiuxion of time in June of next year, and the Government now proposes to substitute for the measure in…

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The Melbourne Murder. an Adventure on the Stairs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 7

In connection with the murder of Mr. Bauer, in Melbourne, the lady who met the supposed murderer on the stairs at Modern chambers has furnished the press with additional state…

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Alleged Bomb Outrage. Explosion at a Police Station. Bathurst

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 5

Information from Wattle Flat, 20 miles from here, states that an attempt was made to blow up the police station there carly on Saturday morning. The officer in charge,…

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Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 5

A desperate assault and robbery case occurred on the St. Kilda-road, Melborne, shortly after 7 o'clock on Saturday night; Mr. L. Woods, a well-known citizen, while…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 8

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and Messrs. E. Bowden and R. Scobie, J's.P. LICENSING COURT…

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Queensland Sensation. Murder by a Mad Afghan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 5

News received from Richmond, North Queensland, states that on Saturday night Chumpter, an Afghan hawker, went mad, and from his caravan shot indiscriminately at everybody in…

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Coal-lumper Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

At the police court to-day. Peter Thompson, coal-lumper, was sentenced to two months' hard labour for unlawfully using violence to John Hunter in order to…

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Assault and Robbery. a Sportsman Attacked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

An assault and robbery took place on Saturday night on the St. Kilda-road. Melbourne, the victim being a follower of the turf…

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Murder by a Mad Afghan

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 2

News received from Richmond, North Queensland, states that on Saturday night Chumpter, an Afghan hawker, went mad, and from his caravan shot…

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The Melbourne Murder. Assassin Still at Larger

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

Investigations into the murder of Mr Beruard Bauer, the Melbourne diamond merchant, are practically at standstill. The detectives have no expectatioh of…

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Riot in Ireland, Police Escort Stoned. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

Thirteen out of 17 defendants who were charged with removing cattle from a grazing farm at Birr, King's Country, Ireland, were ordered to find bail in the…

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Tragedy at Hillston. Attempted Murder. Suicide of the Assailant. Hillston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

The local police have been informed that Robert Wheatly, an old resident, visited the house of a married woman named Amelia Hussy about 12 o'clock last night,…

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Wilful Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 5

At an inquest on the body of a newly-born infant, found in a parcel at Redfern, the Coroner returned a verdict of wilful murder against…

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Coal-lumper Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 4

Peter Thompson, a coal-lumper, was at Sydney Water Police Court on Tuesday convicted on a charge of using violence towards John…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 3

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

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Police Chief's Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 3

Colonel Balabansky, Chief of the Tiflis Police, has committed suicide, owing to his being reprimanded for his lack of energy in connection with the terrorist outrage and…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 3

Mr. Jas. H. F- Waller appeared in support of the transfer of a colonial wine license at Sawyer's Gully from John Farrell to George Edwards, which was granted…

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