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Courts & crime, 1909

1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 72

Azeff and Lopukhine. the Police Spy Tangle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 4

The rather bewildering mesh spun around the relations of the missing revolutionist Azeff, and M. Lopukhine. ex—director of the Russian Police Department, who has just…

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District News. (From our Correspondents.) Denman. Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 3

At the local Police Court, on Tuesday, May 25, before Mr. Edward Jones, J.P., an offender was fined £1, or 14 days in the lockup for imbibing too…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 5

At an inquest hold in Melbourne to-day, Arthur O'Sullivan was committed for trial on a charge of wilfully murdering Mrs. Gallagher at Richmond last month…

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Police Court. TUESDAY, 1st JUNE. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 2

Richard Murray, charged with being drunk on Skellatar racecourse, on Thursday, was fined 5s and 6s costs of court. Fine paid…

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(Scenes at a Murder Trial. Shrieks for Mercy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 6

Seldom have such distressing scenes been witnessed in an English court of justice as those which occurred at the Old bailey recently, when two brothers were sentenced to…

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Police Magistrate Welcomed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

Mr. J. Mekensey, the new Police Magistrate, who took his seat on the west Maitland bench, in company with Messrs. John Rourke and Elias Bowden, Js.P., for the first time this morning, was…

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Theft of Pigeons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

A pigeon loft at Petersham, owned by Joseph Julelin, was raided by thieves last night. Between 30 and 50 birds, valued at about £100, were stolen…

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Indian Police Methods. High Court's Censure. London, June 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

to January 30 at. Calcutta, three Hin were sentenced at the sessions to ten and years' transportation, two on duges under the Explosives Act, and…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Billy Wilson Discharged. wa

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

Addressing of counsel in the Billy Wilson manager case at Townsville oc cupied all [?] afternoon of Tuesday. The jury [?] at 4.55 p.m., and…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Billy Wilson on Trial

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 1

The Carpentaria Downs murder case was resumed at the Townsville Supreme Court on Monday, when Billy Wilson was charged with the murder of Miss…

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Light Lines of Railway. Police of the Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

On the subject of light and narrow-gauge railway lines, which is of considerable interest in many parts in New south Wales where districts are only debarred from…

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The Divorce Court. Flynn v. Flynn. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

In the Divorce Court in Sydney to-day, before Mr. Justice Sly, Jessie Flynn, formerly Jessie Thomson, of West Maitland, petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with John Flynn,…

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Murder and Suicide in Brisbane. Sailor Shoots Young Woman. And Takes His Own Life

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 1

A tragedy occurred in Brisbane at a late hour on Monday in a house situated in Lower Albert-street, result ing in the death of a man and a young…

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For the Burglary Season

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

Discussing the extraordinary experience of Mr. Cory Wright, who woke up recently to find his bedroom a blaze of light, and a man standing close by with a loaded…

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Murder and Suicide in Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

A TRAGEDY occurred in Brisbane at a late hour on Monday in a house situated in Lower Albert-street, resulting in the death of a man and a young woman…

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Alleged Serious Assault. Stabbed with a Broken Bottle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 5

A serious case of assault occurred at a coffee palace in George-street, Sydney, at a quarter to 8 last night, as the result of which a woman, named Ruth Rohmast, aged…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Billy Wilson on Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

THE Carpentaria Downs murder case was resumed at the Townsville Supreme Court on Monday, when Billy Wilson was charged with the…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. New Development. Billy Wilson on Trial

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 7

The Carpentaria Downs murder case was resumed at the Supreme Court, Townsville, on Monday, when Billy Wilson was charged…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning a female inebriate was fined 2s 6d or the rising of the court. For being drunk and disorderly, William Downey was ordered to pay 5s, in default…

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The Railway Police Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

A Case in which a [?] interest was taken was tried at Quirindi police court yesterday, when the Railway Commissioners proceeded against Davenport…

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