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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Contentious Clergymen. Police at Church Service

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

The Rev. G. Gladstone and tile Rev. J. W. P. Oates. of Nathalia. (vic.). are both advertised to preach in the Narjoka Church or England at the same time…

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Glenahiry Outrage. Altered Police Report. London March [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, in the House of Commons last night made statement in regard to police reports on the Glenahiry outrage, reports upon which…

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Colliery Trouble Special Mining Court Adjourns Sine Die. Judge Heydon Returns to Sydney. Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

The Special Mining Court appointed to hear the disputes which have arisen between the Colliery Employees' Federation of the District and the…

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Death in Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

Arthur channing a middle agod man undergoing a sentence for conspiracy to defrand in 1905, died in Darlinghurst Gaol yesterday, from the effects of puimonary…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday March 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

The bench at the west Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Brutal Assault on a Woman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

John, Devlin, labourer was sentenced to six months' hard labour to-day for assaulting Margaret Ratheford. The latter deposed that Devlin returned home on saturday night and…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

The bench at the Police Court this morning, was occupied by Miessrs. J. E. Wolfe and H. Wadell, Js.P., who dealt with a case of lunacy. Accused was ordered to…

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Public Meeting. Re Police Magistrate and Brisbane Mail

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

ON Thursday evening last, a public meeting, convened by the Mayor in response to a requisition, was held at the School of Arts, firstly,…

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Singleton Police Court Monday. March 23. (Before Mr P.E. 12. Eldershaw, ,J.P.). Charges of Stealing, Breaking, and Entering

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

William Howe (18), labourer, was charged with stealing a salt cellar, on 2nd January, the property of Richard Lamplough, valued at 3/6. Upon the…

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Died in Gaol (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

Yesterday a middle aged man named Arthur Charming died in gaol from a pulmonary complaint. He was under going a sentence for conspiracy to…

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The Day Dawn Murder. Execution of Smith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

Henry smith was executed in Fremantle Gaol on Monday morning for the murder of a man named Clinton, at Day Dawn, on January 5. Clinton's body was found at the…

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That Special Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

Judge Heydon's patience has been exhausted at last. The Special Court over which he presided, and which was to settle the miners' dispute at…

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Riflemen Charged for Reboring

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 3

In the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Mr Watkins (N.S.W.) complained that soon after the rifles had been…

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The Belmont Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 2

The trial of John Arthur Moore upon a charge of having murdered Delia Clark t Belmont on November 23 lost, was continued before Mr. Justice Booth and a jury at…

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The Rydalmere Case. Alleged Serious Assault

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court Sydney, on Friday a middle-aged man named Thomas Mullane appeared to answer two charges, the first of which was that…

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The Arbitration Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 3

When the Arbitration Court met this morning, Mr. Nathan, on behalf of the Sydney. Stevedores and Wool Dumping and Lighterage Association mentioned certain…

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The Belmont Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 5

The trial of John Arthur Moore, charged, with having wilfully murdered Delia Clarke at Delmont on November 23 last, was continued before Mr. Justice Rooth and a Jury…

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Murder in the Philippines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 5

By the German mail steamer Prinz Sigismund, which arrved from the East yesterday, particulars were received of a tragedy in the Philippines Islands. The murder…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 5

Thomas Mullane pleaded not guilty at the Sydney Central Criminal Court yesterday to two charges, the first of which was that, on september 18, 1907, at Rydalmero, he maliciously…

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Singleton Letter Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 8

The local police court sat yesterday (Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., on the bench) from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., the greater part of the sitting being occupied in dealing with a series…

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