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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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New York Murder Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

Four hundred jurymen have been summoned in the Thaw murder case. Only 11 jurors have yet been selected…

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Murder Approved. a Jury's Verdict

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

The aquittal of a dock laborer named Jalba on a charge of murdering, his employer, M. August Mendl, at Braila, practically means that…

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Police Chief Murdered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

A band of terrorists assassinated M. Gruen, chief of the secret police, of Warsaw, while he was driving in a cab. The terrorists escaped…

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Affairs in Russia. Gaol Director Killed LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

M. Gudina, the director of the prison at Dorjabra, near St. Petersburg, where most of the political prisoners are interned, has been…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide. London, Jan. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. William Whiteley, the Westbourne Grove universal provider, was shot dead by a man in the presence of his assistants and customers. The assassin afterwards attempted…

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Train Murder. Kaiser Suggests Reforms. Arrest of the Criminal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 3

From Hamburg, on 13th November, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—The murderer of Dr. Claussen, the…

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West Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

There was very little to engage the attention of the Acting Police Magistrate (Mr. J. W. Fletcher) at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. One inebriate was…

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New York Murder Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

The jury in connection with the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder or millionaire White has been completed. The names of all the younger men were eliminated…

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Chief of Police Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

Colonel Brieski, Chief of Gendarmes, was shot in the street at Windeberg, His murderer escaped…

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Murder of an Infant. a Demented Mother. Clifton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

At about 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, a young married woman, Elizabeth Smith wife of Frederick Smith, miner of South Clifton, appanently went mad, and…

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A Short Honeymoon Amusing Police Court Evidence

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 4

A case possessing unusual features was heard at North Sydney Police Court, in which Michael Bleen, 61, years of ago, a ganger, of Folly Point,…

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Local and General. East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. J. S. Brown, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, an old-age pensioner pleaded guilty to being found drunk in Melbourne-street. Defendant was fined 5s, or 48 hours…

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Sentenced Forgers London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Alfred Oatley, 28, formerly of Sydney, and Charles Martin, an American, have been sentenced to four and three years respectively at the 0ld…

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Singleton Police Court Monday, February 4th, 1907. (Before Mr A. T. Cochrane, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

MONDAY, FEBUARY 4th, 1907. (Before Mr A. T. Cochrane, J.P.). Vincent Stanilans Murnane was charged with being drunk in John…

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New York Murder Trial London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

The jury huve been at last empanelled, in connection with the trial of Hurry Thaw, the New York millionaire, for the murder of white, another…

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Police Court—tuesday (Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

John Deas Thompson pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and indecent behaviour in Burdekin Park. For the first offence, he was fined 5s, or 24 hours, and 16s, or 48 hours, form this misbehaviour…

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Police Court—monday. (Before Mr. A. T. Coch[?]aone, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

Vincent Stanislaus Murnane pleaded guilty to-charges of drunkenness and assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. For the first offence he was fined 10s;, and for the second £2…

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Court Congratulations

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

At the conclusion of the police court proceedings on Tuesday, Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.M., said that he had learned that Sergeant Whitfield, who…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

In the licensing division at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Messrs. J W. Fletcher (Acting Police Magistrate) and Robt. Scobie, J.P., Richard Wood was granted a…

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Singleton Police Court Tuesday, February 5th, 1907. (Before Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Drunkenness and Indecent Behaviour

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 1

John Deas Thompson, a young man, pleaded guilty to a change of drunkenness in George-street, and was fined 5/ or 24 hours…

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