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Courts & crime, 1910

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The Train Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

Examination of the bullets found in the head of Mr Nesbitt, cashier of Widdrington Colliery, who was murdered and robbed in a Newcastle train, and in the…

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Mysterious Assault in Sydney. Tale of Decoy and Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 6

A woman with her throat cut, unconscious, a man with his head and face battered, also unconscious, a bottle half full of methylated spirits, and pannikin were discovered by Constable…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

At the police court on Thursday Robert Danile Cunneen was charged with selling milk from a cow suffering from tuberculosis. The case for the prosecution was that…

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Adelaide Burglary. Servant Bound and Gagged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

The house of Mrs. L. Goldman, Henley Beach-road, Mile End, Adelaide, was on Wednesday left unattended during the evening, and Miss. Barry, servant, was the first to return. At…

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After Fifteen Years. a Murderer Sentenced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

It was only on Wednesday, January 29, that Mrs Stevenson, of Hanley, Staffordshire, learned that the photograph of a young man named M'Loughlin,…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 24th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr R. Faulkner, J.P.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

A "first offender" was fined 2/6, or three hours' imprisonment. Alleged Breach of Pure Foods Act. Robert Daniel Cunneen was charged…

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Maitland District Court. Breach of Contract

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 8

Henry E. Donnelly v. A. H. Galpin, claim for £8/19/10, work and labour done, and £25 breach of contract. Mr. G. R. Flannery, instructed by Messrs. Logan und Carlton, appeared for…

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Maitland District Court, (Before His Honor Acting Judge Bevan.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 3

The Maitland District Court opened at the East Maitland Courthouse on Tuesday, before his Honor Acting-Judge Bevan. AN APPEAL DISMISSED…

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Mob Rule in Paris. Police and Strikers Injured. London, March 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Two hundred strikers in a paper factory at Clichy la Garonne, a suburb of Paris, infuriated by the refusal of 50 comrades, chiefly women and girls, to cease work, lay…

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The Murdered Count. Accused Infatuates the Court. London, March 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

The trial continues at the Venice Assizes of Naumoff, a Russian, the Countess Tarnowska, her lawyer Prilukoff, and her maid Perrier on the charge of murdering Count Kamarovski at…

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Daring Burglary in Sydney. a Good Haul. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 3

A daring burglary took place in the city early on Sunday morning, when the tobacconist a shop of R. Kahn, of Bathurst-street, was entered, and a large quantity of tobacco and…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Monday afternoon. COURT-MARTIAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 3

At a court-martial held on board H.M.S. Cambrian, an A.B. belonging to the Cambrian was charged with assaulting a petty office Prisoner was convicted, and ordered 12…

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20 Years in Gaol by Error. "Murdered" Man Alive and ,Well

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 4

Sentenced to forty years' imprisonment for murder, Roger Williams, a cattle dealer, after sewing half his sentence has just been released from the Texas penitentiary as a…

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Battle with Lynchers. One Killed, Three Wounded in Attack on a Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 4

A New York message dated, February 13 says:—Cairo, a thriving town of Illinois, was the scene last night of a sanguinacy battle…

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The New York Murder. Suspect a Youth. Other Girls Missing. London, March 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 5

A bo[?]ter, who is charged at New York [?]dering Ruth Wheeler, a girl of 16, and answered an advertisement for a chapter, is 18 years of age. When…

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Heroes of the North. the Work of the N.w. Mounted Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 2

Records of exploration, heroism, and self-sacrifice such as seldom find their way into the routine files of a Government characterise the official annual report of the North-West…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. J. McDensey, P.M. George Alexander Wright, Forest Guard…

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Police Buildings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 3

The calling af tenders by the Department for the erection of new police buildings at Wollombi has again directed attention to the necessity for new buildings at…

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Maitland Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

Mr. C. Delohery will act as Crown Prosecutor at Maitland Circuit Court on the 12th proximo…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

There was very little to occupy the attention of the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McKensey) at the West Maitland police court this morning. An inebriate who had previous appeared, was fined…

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