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Courts & crime, 1910

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

At the police court on Thursday, George Rowland Freeman, Stock Inspector, proceeded against John Price for depasturing 31 head of cattle and three head of…

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Council Clerk Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 3

At Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wed nesday, before Judge Murray, Harold St. George Quinan, who had been con victed of the larceny of money, the…

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Yarrabah Mission Station. Magistrate's Complaint

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 11

The Home Secretary in Brisbane has made available a report by Mr. Grant, P.M., on the Yarrabar Mission Station, and replies by the Bishop of North Queensland and the…

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Police Court Sensation. An Obstreperous Prisoner. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

A sensation was caused in the Water Police Court this morning by the action of a prisoner, William Underhill, who assaulted all and sundry after the…

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Police Dog's Capture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

One or the police dogs now on duty in the outlying quarters of the city (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") has shown his value as a…

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Appeal Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

Several appeals against municipal and shire valuations were listed before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the Court House on Thursday afternoon. Some of the…

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Punishment for Petty Theft. Boy Flagged in England

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 6

The London correspondent of the Syd ney "Dally Telegraph" writes as fol lows:—A remarkable stir has been caused by the conviction of the boy…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 26th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 7

A stranger of foreign nationality was fined 2/6, or half-an-hour's imprison ment, for, being drunk in Bourke-street on Wednesday afternoon…

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Sensation in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

A sensation occurred in the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday morning, a labourer, named William Underhill, who was sentenced to two months'…

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Friendly Appeal Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

[?]riendly appeal court was held in Shire Chambers [?] Wednesday [?] with the object of coming to [?] arrangement in the 31…

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A New Zealand Murder. Powelka on Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 8

The trial was commenced at Palmerston, N.Z., of Joseph Powelka, charged with the murder of Police-sergeant M'Guire on April 10. Powelka, while awaiting trial on charges of burglary and…

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Comestic Tragedy in Genoa. [?]Ple Murder and Suicide. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

[?] a working man of Genoa, Italy, suspect that his wife was intriguing with a mar[?] shot the suspect and his wife while [?] at dinner, then returning home, shot…

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Rioting in Ireland. Police Use Firearms. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

[?] riots have occurred between he [?] and the Nationalists at Newmarket, [?] The police were powerless to quell the [?]aces, and a number of houses were…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 30, 1910

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. INDECENT LANGUAGE…

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Police and Politics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

Complaints have been made to the Inspector-General of Police, that some of the police who were engaged in thouse-to-house visits in connection with the compiling of…

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The Criminal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

Ten capital cases have been listed for trial at the present sittings of the Criminal Court…

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Accusations Against Indian Police Pamphlet Confiscated. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

The authorities of Eastern Bengal have contisested the pasuphler by Mr. J.C. Maclarness, ex-Liberal member for the Newbury dissesion of Berkshire, accusing a section if the…

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Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

London, Saturday. Lieutenant Hof richter, the Austrian army officer, who was arrested some time ago for sending poison through the post in an attempt to…

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Police Courts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 8

At the west maitland police Court this morning, George Mr, J. McKensey, P. M., Albert Dando was pined 5s, or 24 hours, imprisonment for drunkenness, and 10s,…

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Murder of a Widow

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

Paris, Saturday. A "ghastly murder has just been sheeted home to the per petrators, two soldiers named Craby and Michel The victim of the crime was…

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