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Courts & crime, 1909

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Comedy of "Czar's" Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 4

When Prince Ferdinand had proclaimed, himself Czar at Timovo (says a Sofia message of October 21), the members of his encourage agreed that any one omitting…

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The Murder of Prince Ito. [?] Sympathy. London, Oct. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 5

[?] state that Prince the [?] measures of Seld—protection. That [?] undifferent to danger. [?] has sent an antegraph letter…

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Singleton Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 3

Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday, Edward Allen pleaded guilty to travelling in a railway carriage from Newcastle to Singleton…

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An Island Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 5

The G.M.S. Prinz Sigismund, from Japan and China, via New Guinea, has arrived at Sydney. When the steamer wan at Herbert shone, news was received of a terrible…

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Stealing From Graves. To Get Narcotics

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 3

At the West Wyalong Police Court, a woman was fined for stealing decora tions from various graves in, the local cemetery. The articles were disposed…

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A Record for a Police Court. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 4

For the first time for many years, no cases were listed in the Balmain Police Court this morning. The police tele phoned to the magistrate not to come…

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Inspection of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 4

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. T. Garvin) made an inspection of the West Maitland police under Superintendent Saunders and Inspector Sykes at the police barracks this morning…

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Love and Jealousy. Murder and Suicide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 4

A terrible tragedy of love and jealousy created a sensation of the most painful character in the South Acto[?] district on the night of August 7…

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Murder of Prince Ito. Regrets in Europe. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 8

The foreign and English newspapers contain sympathetic notices of Prince Ito, and speak of him as the maker of modern Japan…

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Murder of Prince Ito. a Korean Plot. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 7

Further particulars are available con cerning -the assassination- of Prince Ito, Japanese Resident-General in Korea, at Harbin, in Manchuria, by a Korean…

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"Hoop-la" a Gamble. Police Inspector's Description

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 3

Policemen took a hand at the game known to fair-goers as "hoop-la," before Mr R. Clay, the Acton magistrate, on Monday, July 26, so that the Bench…

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Unauthenticated Police Court Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1909 · page 2

A country correspondent sends us the names of several persons reported to have been fined at a country police court for various offences, but as the report contains no signature by way of…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1909 · page 3

The beach at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. Mckensey. P.M. HAWKERS' LICENSES…

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Cowardly Assault on Constable. Unknown Assailant

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

The steam ferry at Tom Ugly's Point is not usually a place for rowdyism, yet the traffic is so great on Sundays and holidays that a police constable is stationed in the locality to regulate…

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Cessnock Police Court

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

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. V. B. Cox, J.P., Charles Dunleavy, for having made use of indecent language in the bar of the Cessnock Hotel on November 1st, was fined…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri Police' Court

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

At the Police Court this morning the bench was occupied by Messrs. J. McKensey, P.M., E. J. Cutcliffe, and E. Bickmore, Js.P…

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Maitland District Court

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

The Maitland District Court will be opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge will preside…

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Charge of Murder. Man Committed by Coroner

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

On remand, Christopher Stephenson was before the coroner's court at Crookwell, charged with the murder of Laurence Patrick Gilmartin, on October 18. Medical…

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Assault Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1909 · page 3

A young man named Percy Baldock was placed on trial at Darlinghurst on a charge of assaulting Dorothy Miller, aged nine years and nine months, at Tempe. Accused, in defence,…

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An Outspoken Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 November 1909 · page 2

When the case in which the notorious criminal lunatic George Harris was charged with escaping from the custody of the Comptroller-General of Prisons,…

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