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Courts & crime, 1909

1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 72

Marine Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

The Marine Court decided that the circumstances attending the loss of the steamer Narooma, was not such as to justify the captain being called on to show cause…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. John Enright, J.P., Bede Kline was fined 10s, in default seven days, for having made use of indecent language at Campbell's Hill last night…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday before Mr. James Wyllie, J.P., John Conlon, charged with having disobeyed an order for the maintenance of his wife, was remanded to…

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Chinese Gambling Raid. Police Capture 35 Men

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

The Sydney police on Sunday night raided two houses at Botany, and arrested 35 Chinese for alleged breaches of the Gaining Act. In one of the…

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Stealing in Shops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

At the Sessions to-day a young married woman named Mary McGrath was convicted of purse snatching in a city shop, His Honor said stealing from shops was going…

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Superintendent of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

Superintendent Saunders, who has charge of the North-eastern Division, has just returned to Maitland after a tour of Inspection of the Kempsey, sub-district, which…

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Mr. Dick Wootton Bound Over. Summoned for Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 7

R. W. Wootton, the well-known owner and trainer of racehorses and father of the celebrated boy-jockey, Frank Wootton, was bound over by the Epsom Bench recently…

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Colliery Officials' Status. Application to the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

The question of whether colliery officials, deputies, shot firers, and waste inspectors come under the Industrial Deputes 'Act, as far as the constitution of the Wages…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr D. M'Dougail, J.P., Ah Ton. a Chinese, was charged by 'warrant on suspicion of deserting from the s.s. Talyuan…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

Mary Jones, a boarding house keeper, aged 60, was committed for trial on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Mary Moore, aged 60,…

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West Maitland Police Court Thursday, February 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. DRUNKENNESS AND LANGUAGE…

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The Santiago Murder. Cold-Blooded, Deliberate Deed. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 1

Renter's agency at Santiago (Chile) reports that the investigation into the charge against Herr Beckert, Chancellor of the German Legation there—who was…

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The Singleton Argus. Thursday, February 25th. Notes of the Day the Police at Broken Hill

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

Charges of an alarmingly serious character have been promiscuously hurled at the metropolitan and other members of the poliec force now doing duty at…

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Additional Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

Additional police were here as a special proviso for the racing period, but fortunately their presence was not required…

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An Overworked Official. Charged with Larceny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, Adelaide, Pieter Gerardus Bernhard was charged with the larceny of £16 the property of the Postmaster-General. According to the evidence for the prosectution, defendant was…

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Late News by Cable. London, Feb 25. Murder and Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 5

[?] to the National Gallery were startled self-dressed man suddenly shooting and kill[?] woman companion and then committing [?]. The man and woman were indentified…

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Paris Murder Mystery. Mme. Strinhfil's New Confession." "I Did Everything." Paris, Jan. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 7

The Steinheil mystery is a mystery no more. So the "Matin" declares this morning, in headlines sretching across four columns…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court tills morning, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., William Smith was lined 5s, in default 24 hours, for drunkenness, and 20s with the…

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Cessnock Police Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 3

On the 23rd inst., before Mr V. B. Cox, J.P., Joseph Hall pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness on the 21st inst. Defendant was fined 2[?] 6d,…

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Police Court. Thursday February 25th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Stealing a Coat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 3

Thomas Ross, an old man, was charged with stealing at Singleton on February 24th a coat, valued at 25/-, the property of Arthur Alford…

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