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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Cowardly Assault on a Boy. Wholesale Injuries Inflicted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 1

Patrick Keating, a farmer, residing at Compbell's Forest (Vic.), was fined £10 at Eaglehawk police Court on Friday for having unlawfully assaulted…

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The Mysterious Ballarat Murder Dress Basket Discovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 3

The most important work accomplished by the detectives engaged in investigation the Male-Park mystery has been the tracing of Mary Graham's missing dress basket (says…

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Official Correspondence. Scone Police Station

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

MR, W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter:—"Public Works Department, "Sydney, 1st February, '08…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

The police Magistrate (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson) occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. An inebriate was fined 5s, with the option of the…

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Assault on Indian Agitators

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 3

A number of Patahans and Punjabis at Johannesburg assaulted Mr Gandhi and other leaders of the agitation against registration by means of finger…

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Monte Carlo Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 5

[?] sentence of death passed on Mrs. Goold the murder of Madame levin at Monte has been committed to penal servitudo for [?]…

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Fight with the Police. Exemplary Punishment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 2

William Scale, 25, and William James Orr, 30, describing themselves as laborers, were charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday with…

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Singleton Police Court Wednesday, February 12. (Before Messrs P. E. Eldershaw and F. A. Bennett, Js.P.). Alleged Insanity

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 2

Peter Baldwin, deemed to be insane, and not under proper care and control, at Singleton, on the 11th inst., was remanded to the Reception House at…

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Bigamist Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

Hyne, a German Jew, who was alleged to have gone through the ceremony of marriage with 100 women, and who was arrested at Aberdeen on a charge of defrauding at…

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Monte Carlo Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

Vere Could, the Monte Carlo murderer, will shortly be sent to Cayenne, where his wife is imprisoned…

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Women Martyrs. Gaol Before Peace. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

women who were arrested when at[?]ing to storm Parliament House on [?] to enforce the question of woman [?] on the attention of members of…

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Franz Von Veltheim Convicted. Sentenced to 20 Years. London. Feb. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

The trial of Franz von Veltheim on a charge of demanding £16,000 from Mr. Solly Joel with threats, was concluded at Old Baliey yesterday…

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Scientist's Crime. Seized with Murder. Wife's Heroic Struggle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 6

From New York on 17th November the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—Mr Lucian Marcus Underwood, an…

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The Venice Crime. 'A Charge of Murder. Countess Tarnowska

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 6

The trial (writes "Lloyd's Weekly" or 24h November) begins shortly [?] Venice, of Countess Maria [?]rovers, Tarnowske, who, with two…

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Abortive Conference. Special Court May Be Dissolved

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 8

This afternoon the miners' district officers and members of the management committee assembled at the proprietors' offices, but the proprietors…

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The Mining Trouble. Dudley Pit Again Idle. General Cessation of Work Feared. Special Court Powerless. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4

The mining situation to-day was much more critical than yesterday. Dudley Colliery, which is the key to the whole position, is on strike again to-day, making the…

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Pearl As Murder Clue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 9

A strange clue has since come to light in regard to the murder. It is now known that a pearl found on the floor of the compartment where the death struggle took…

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Arbitration Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

Mr. Spencer has been reelected employers representative on the Arbitration Court…

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Theft of Turkeys. Owner Values Birds at £100

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

A case of interest was before the Narrabri Police Court this week. Ellen Johnson, a selector's wife, was charged with the theft of 49 turkeys, for which…

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The Ballarat Murder. Dress Basket Discovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 15

The most important work accomplished by the detectives engaged in investigating the Vale-park mystery has been the tracing of Mary Graham's missing dress basket (says…

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