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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Assault on a Constable

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

The police wore busily engaged yesterday making investigation into the matter of the assault on Constable Kennedy the previous night, but the assailants got so clean…

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Bankruptcy Court

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

A sitting of the above court was hold in the Court House, Cessnock yesterday at 11 a m, when the [?] (Mr. V B. Cox, J P) examined…

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Mr. Dick Wootton Bound Over. Summoned for Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 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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The Hyde Murder. Proceedings Not Likely

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 2

In connection with the arrest of suspects in Sydney (referred to in another page), believed to he connected with the Hyde murder, the Commissioner of Police…

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Murder and Suicide. Sensation in London. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 5

Visitors to the National Gallery in London yesterday were startled by a well-dressed man suddenly shooting and killing his female companion. The man…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

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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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday last, before Mr. W. Bailey, J.P. Herbert Charles Jackson, alias Watson, alias Jeffries, was charged with obtaining…

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Paterson Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

At the Paterson Police Court last week the following cases were dealt with :- M. McNamara, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s or 21 hours…

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Floggings Fob. Assault

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

In the Melbourne Criminal Court on Friday, Mr Justice Cussen ordered two men to be flogged. Patrick M. Lynch had been found guilty of an assault…

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Craughwell Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

[?] arrested in connection with the [?] (Galway) murder, on January 22, [?] men, under the protection of…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon n youth named William Page was set upon by four men in Crown-street and robbed of four £10-notes. Page was badly knocked about, his eyes…

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Sussian Police Zeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

[?] a former head of the secret [?] has been accused of [?] execution of five innocent men, and [?] of 24 others, by means of…

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Religious Game in America, SENSATlONAI MURDER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 6

Dr. Teed, who called himself Koresh I, is dead (writes the Melbourne "Argus" correspondent at Now York), and his followers have waited in vain for his promised…

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Charge of Fraud. Mining Expert Sentenced to Three Years. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Frederiek K. Smythe, a mining expert, and late ledger-keeper at the Government Savings Bank, Moore-street, was to-day found guilty of obtaining…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning, before Mr. J.E. walter Reid was fined 20% 14 days, for being drank and disorderly 3. or two months, for making use…

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The Finest Police Force

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 2

The well being and contentment of such a large and important branch of public servants as the police force is a matter of considerable public Importance and concern…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 5

Another arrest has been made in connection with the assault and robbery, of which a youth named Page was the victim, in Sydney, on Monday night…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

The Bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P. M. ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE,…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

At the sittings of the Townsville Supreme Court on Tuesday Billy Wilson, an aboriginal, was charged with having, on September 28th last, at Carpentaria…

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The Craughwell Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

The suspects arrested in connection with the Cranghwell (Galway) murder, on January 22, have been released. Two emergeney men, under the…

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