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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 72

The Steinheil. Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 4

Madame Steinheil has been committed for trial at Paris on a charge of murdering her husband and her stepmother, Madame Japy…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 16th. (Before Mr. W. Bailey, j.p.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

Harold Ward was charged with being drunk in Elizabeth-street, Singleton, on Monday night, March 15th, and was fined 5/-, or the rising of the Court…

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Centenntial Park Fatality. Cyclist Charged with Manslaughter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 1

At the Darlinghurst Criminal Court on Monday, before Judge I toners and a jury. Ernest Edward Braden. a youth, was indicted on a charge of having…

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Powers of tie Presbytery. Clergyman Sent to Gaol for Contempt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 4

The first witness was the Rev. Patrick John Murdoch, clerk of the Presbytery of South Melbourne. He was asked to produce a press copy of the letter sent…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. Jas. E. Wolfe, J.P., Thomas Moylan, a stranger, who was in a state bordering on delirium tremens, was fined 10s, in default 7 days, for…

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Branxton Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

The following cases were disposed of at the Branxton Police Court on Friday, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P. M, viz.,; Wm. Hayes, for riotous behaviour, was fined 10s…

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Daring Burglary at Inverell. £500 Stolen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

Further particulars of the sensational robbery, perpetrated at Inverell on Wednesday night, show that over £500 in money and valuables were stolon from the safe of the…

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The Bad-tempered Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 6

A London magistrate of my acquaintance, noted for good temper and courteous urbanity, was one morning in a very unpleasant frame of mind…

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Local and General News. East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 4

The bench att he Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Messrs. James Wyllie and W. B. Pryor, J's.P. John Preston was fined 2s and 6s costs for being drunk in High-street, Largs,…

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Forest Murder. Death of Miss Re-enacted. Land Persists in Guilt. Refuses to Withdraw confession

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 6

At Essen on Monday began the trial of Alfred Land, the young German clerk who is self-accused of the murder of Miss Madeline Lake, at Essen, last year (says…

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A Pawnbroker's Verses. Poetic Love Letters Read in Court. The Sweetest Words

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

The love letters of a pawnbroker's assistant who in addition to the diary habit was afflicted with a tendency to drop into poetry, supplied amusement in the Kings…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning, James Toohey, an old offender, was fined £1, in default 1-1 days, for drunkenness, while on a charge of vagrancy he was…

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Police Court. Thursday March 18th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.) Charge of Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

Alfred Kenny was charged with having at Singleton, on March 16th. stolen a buttonhole punch, valued at 1O/-, the property of James Charles Killalea…

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An Assault Case

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Joseph Lyons, a miner, was at Broken Hill on Thursday night, after a hearing lasting two full days, convieted of assaulting in company with others, F. W…

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A Doctor Charged with Manslaughter. An Acquittal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thursday, before Judge Rogers and a jury, John Hamilton Foley, a Maitland doctor, was charged (1) with…

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Alleged Conspiracy in Sydney. Journalist Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

Wilfrid Thomas Young (32), journalist, was charged at the police court this morning with conspiring with Frederick Young on August 2, 1895, to chest and defraud Alphonse Brown…

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Cessnock Police Court. MARCH 15, [?] (Before Messrs George [?] and William Pinc[?] J’s.p)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

William Morgan was charged with using indecent language at the [?] of Castlemaine and Vincent [?] Cessnock about 10 p.m. on the [?]…

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Cessnock Police Court. MARCH 15, [?] (Before Messrs George [?] and William Pinchen, J’s.p)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

William Morgan was charged was [?] indecent language at the [?] of Castlemaine and Vincent [?] Cessnock, about 10 p.m. on the [?]…

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Another Paris Murder Mystery. a Banker's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 13

When the great mystery of the Stenhill case was a week old, and all Paris was obsessed with it, there occurred another crime, not dissimilar and not less…

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Plots of Russian Police. Lost Terrorist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 7

[?]the stage one sees the first act of a [?] first; in real life, it is generally [?]st act which indicates the drama [?] before. And so it is in…

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