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Courts & crime, 1910

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A German Scandal. Murder of an Officer. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

A trial is proceeding In Berlin which is occasioning much public excitement. Madame Von Schoenbeck, was re-ar rested on Friday on a charge of inciting…

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Anarchist Outrage in India Murder in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 8

A Calcutta message, dated Monday, Jan. 24, says:— Another murder was committed this afternoon in connection with the trial of the accused in the…

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Cessnock Police Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 7

William Harden, for having been drunk and disorderly in Vincent-street, on February 23, was fined 10s, and 6s costs, or 3 days. Alexander Roy was fined 20s, and 6s costs, or…

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Lord Minto on the Spirit of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 8

The first meeting of the Imperial Legislative Assembly was held this morning in the old Chamber of Government House. The Viceroy took his seat in a chair placed…

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The Indian Revolutionaries. Tried for Murder. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

The High Court at Bombay is trying Kanare and six others on a charge of having murdered Mr. Jackson. The prisoners are Brahmins, and are all typical degenerates belonging to the…

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West Melbourne Tragedy. Day Dismissed From the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

An inquest was held on Tuesday into the death of Lilian Day and her three children who were fatally burnt at West Melbourne in tragic circumstances, it having been…

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Local and General. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. A prohibition order was issued against Jonathan Dunn for twelve months. William…

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A Gaol Mutiny

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 3

A mutiny has occurred among the pri soners at the gaol in Cartagena, in Spain. Forty men seized and disarmed the ward ers. who were asleep, and attempted, to…

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Murder of a Child. Details of the Tragedy

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 1

Norma Plush, the little girl who was shot at Siegersdorf, near Tanunda (South Australia), on Saturdays, died early on Monday morning…

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West Melbourne Tragedy. Day Dismissed from Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 1

An inquest was held at Melbourne on Tuesday into the death of Lilian Day and her three children, who wore fatally burnt at West Melbourne…

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Sedition in India. Murder of Mr. Jackson. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 3

The trial has commenced in the High Court: it Bombay, of Kanare and six others charged with being concerned in the murder of Mr. Jackson, the Collector at Nasik…

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Shop Assistants' Country Board. Court's Full Decision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 2

In regard to the application of the Shop Assistants' Federation for boards for Bathurst and Newcastle, judgment was given in favor of the appointment…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 7

The following cases were disposed of at the local court house by A D. Donnelly, Esq., J.P.:— 21 drunkards, fined different…

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Carew Martin Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

Carew Martin, assistant secretary to the Royal Society of British Artists, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the second division for forcing the name of…

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Small Debts Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 7

O'Donnell v. Galpin claim for 10s 6d as horse surgeon. Facts on both sides admitted; verdict for plaintiff for 5s and costs…

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A Tale of the Russian Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

Some time age one of the loading Russian diplomatists found, on his return home from a great dimer-party in St. Petersburg, that his pocket-book,…

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Robbing a Dead [?] LISMORE, Friday. The trial of ex-police Cons[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

[?] and Bartlett at Lismore on a charge [?] and both were found guilty. The [?]…

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Anarchist Outrage in India. Murder in Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 14

A Calcutta message, dated Monday, Jan. 24, says:— Another murder was committed this afternoon in connection with the trial of the accused in the…

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Murder at Gorse Hill. Dramatic Moment in Court. London, March 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

The trial is proceeding of Cornelius Howard Chester on a charge of murdering Mr. George Storrs, one of the largest building contractors in England, at his residence…

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Constables Sentenced. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

At the Lismore Sessions, Francis Wil liam Toohey and Thomas Smith Bartlett, two ex-constables in the local police force, were charged with stealing scarf…

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