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Courts & crime, 1908

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Newcastle Mining Court. Will it be Re-established

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

The Voluntary Coal Milling Court, consisting of Judge Heydon (president), and Messrs Forsyth and Bowling (representing the coal owners and the…

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The Roughs of Paris. Canine Police Aids. How They Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

In spite of frost and snow there was a fair attendance of interested persons on the Vincennes racecourse on Monday, 6th January, when a…

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Singleton Licensing Court Thursday, April 2. (Before Mr C. H Gale P.M., and Messrs R. Faulkner and A. Pentland, Js.p.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Senior-Sergeant Whitfield presented his quarterly report upon licensed hotels and wine shops in the police district of Singleton. The report was of a…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday. April. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 4

Tho bench" at the West Maitland police Court this morning was occupied by messrs T.H. Wilkinson, P.M. and Elias Bowdon, J.P…

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Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 4

Two lads were brought before the Police Magistrate in the Childrens court charged with being untrollable children. They were subsequently released on probation for six…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 2

The Maitland Circuit Court will be opened at the Courthouse, , East Maitland to-morrow (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock. The list is a heavy one, and the court may last all the work…

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Moensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 4

Inspector Sykes presented his customary quarterly licensing report which was received by the bench as satisfactory the Police Magistrate stating that judging…

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An Island Tragedy. Murder and Attempted Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

The Dumben which: arrived in Sydney from New Caledonia on Sunday, brought news of a. tragedy. On the night of March 27 Madame Soulard shot her three…

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Murder at Boulder City. Miner Kills His Wife and Commits Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

On Saturday night a miner, peter Cromeri, employed in the Ivanhoe mine residing at King-street Boulder City, (W.A.) murdered his wife with a recolver shot and afterwards committed suicide in…

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A Chaffeur Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 5

At the police court to-day William Kutnewsky, aged 20, a chaffer was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodify April 6. An application was made for a…

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Murder ana Suicide

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

ON Saturday night a miner named Peter Cromeri, employed in the Ivanhoe Mine, Kalgoorlie, and residing in Boulder City, shot his wife dead with…

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A Desperate Prisoner. Escapes from Gaol

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 3

A prisoner named William Johnson, who was sentenced at Cooma Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last to five years penal servitude for burglary at…

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The Mining Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

The establishing of the Mining Court, at Newcastle, and its after disruption, on account of the refractory attitude of some of the ruining…

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A DeSperate Prisoner. Escapes From Gaol. [?]Ma

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 4

THE prisoner William Johnson, who was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday to five years' penal servitude for burglary at Wilson's store,…

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Murder and Suicide. Miner Kills His Wife

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

On Saturday night a miner named Peter Cromeri, employed in the Ivanhoo Mine, Kalgoorlie, and residing in Boulder City, shot his wife dead with a…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Before His Honor Justice Sly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 5

The sittings of the Maitland Circuit Course opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, this morning, before his Honor, Justice Sly. Mr. G. S. Waller, Deputy-Sheriff, and…

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Newcastle Coal Court. Another Ballot to be Taken

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 3

Mr H. S. Forsyth (colliery proprietors' representative on the Special Arbitration Court, respecting the coal mining disputes in the northern…

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The Goal Crisis. Miners Anxious for Court's Return. Period of Peace and Prosperity. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 4

THE executive committee of the Miners' Federation is anxious that the Coal Court should return to Newcastle and resume its labors. At…

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Fearful Tragedy in New Zealand Attempted Family Murder. Husband's Suicide. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 5

A seel merchant at Inveregill N.S. after attempting to murder his wife and family this morning, committed suicide by exploding a detonator cap. There of his…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (Before His Honor Justice Sly). Alleged 'Arson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 5

Thomas Ball was arranged on an indictment charging him with having on March . 29, 1908, at Newcastle, maliciously set fire to a certain dwelling house, well knowing…

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