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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Placed in Chains. Amazing Treatment of an American Merchant. Russian Police Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 6

The following facts have been elicited writes the St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Central News" on Friday, October 22 with regard to the extraordinary…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, January 7th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 7

The following hawkers' licenses were granted:—Edwin Gladwin. Sam Crispin, Namet Khan, Dolet Khan, and Abram Mousa. "…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court was occupied this morning by Messrs. T.E. Wilkinson, P.M., John Rourke,and J. E. Wolfe, JsP…

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Railway Theft in Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3

A bag of 15 parcels, containing securities valued at £10,000, has been stolen from a railway carriage in Paris…

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The Police Stoned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3

At a quarter past 3 the echo of hooting coming in an ominous manner from far down Argent-street told that the provisions were on their way to the mine, and…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

William Marsh proceeded against J. Connors, claiming £1 10s, for work and labour done.—Mr. Waller appeared for plaintiff, and a verdict was given for the amount…

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Before the Court Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3

Tom Mann and the other men arrested on Saturday were brought before the police court to-day and were remanded, pending the arrival of Police Magistrate Dove from Cobar…

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Riots at Broken Hill Miners and Police. Labour Leaders Arrested. Exciting Incidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3

There were two serious collisions at Broken Hill on Saturday afternoon between the police and the miners. The first occurred consequent on a load of provisions…

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West Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., William , McGillian was fined 5s, in default 24 hours, for being drunk, while for having made use of improper…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court, this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., Mary Sadie Stockton was charged with having wilfully made a false statement of the…

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The Armidale Tragedy. Police Still Puzzled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

The murder of the girl Hannah Kelly, at the Central Hotel, Armidale, is still enshrouded in mystery. Investigations on the part of the police are practically at an end, and the prospects…

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Court House Returns. Large Volume of Business

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

The statistical returns just prepared of the amount of business tranacted at the Court House during 1908 go to show that Mr P. E. Eldershaw, Clerk of Petty…

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The Broken Hill Riot Accused Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

The fact that the men arrested at Broken Hill on Saturday were to be brought before the court yesterday was expected to produce some exciting episodes, but the release…

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The Broken Hill Trouble. the Police Assert Themselves. Tom Mann and Others Arrested

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

NEGOTIATIONS for the settlement of the Broken Hill trouble, through Judge Higgens, Federal Arbitration Judge, took place on Friday. The…

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Men Before the Court. Released on Heavy Bail. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The men arrested in connection with Saturday's disturbance were before the Broken Hill Police Court this morning. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and…

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Riots at Broken Hill. Conflict with the Police. Tom Mann Arrested. Broken Hill, Saturday Night

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

The Broken Hill industrial trouble developed this afternoon into riots. This morning the delegates from the combined unions…

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Barrier Riots. Conflicts with the Police. Mob Rule Decisively Defeated. Tom Mann and 29 Others Arrested

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The Broken Hill industrial trouble developed on Saturday afternoon into riots. On Saturday morning the delegates from the combined unions saw Mr…

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Police Court Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

Thomas Payne, 20, a miner, who was arrested during the disturbance in front of the courthouse on Monday, was brought before Mr. Crane, deputy stipendiary…

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Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

Residents in the suburbs are echoing the misgivings which are being so freely expressed by their cousins in the country. That is to say, they are beginning…

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Cessnock Wine Sellers Charged Alleged Illegal Traffic. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

Four charges of alleged illegal wine selling, three against A. G. Edwards and one against G. E. Edwards, of Sawyer's Gully, were dismissed at the Cessnock…

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