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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Murder of an Infant. a Callous Woman. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 3

Justice Cohen, in the course of his summing up in the case of Peter Brady charged with the murder of an infant (Roma Mitchell) said if there was no evidence as to the death…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

IN the licensing Court, this morning, before Messrs. C. H. Gale, (Chairman), and Mr. F. A. Parbury and Dr. H. J. H. Scott, L.M's., applications for…

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A Mother Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

Mrs. Victoria. Mary Williams, aged 34 years, and residing in South Melbourne. was on Thursday at rested on a charge of having- murdered her daughter,…

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Cessnock Police Court. [?] Before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M.)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 3

[?] was charged with [?] indecent language in the bar of [?] North[?] Hotel, on the [?] June. Accused pleaded guilty,…

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Alleged Child Murder. Some Horrible Allegations

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 6

In the Central Criminal Court, Sydney on Wednesday, before Mr Justice Cohen and a jury, Peter Brady pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on may 8…

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Small Debts Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 3

William Joseph [?] William [?] for the sum of [?] said to be due as the result of [?] transaction. Mr. Enright appeared for…

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Police Court. Thursday, June 16th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Entering Enclosed Lands

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 6

George Watson, Phillip Watson, and Leslie Meyn, three young man, were charged with that they did on June 2nd, at East Glendon, unlawfully enter the…

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The Woolwich Assault' The Victim in Serious Condition. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

It is feared that Mottershead, the vic tim of the assault on Tuesday morning at Woolwich, near Hunter's Hill cannot survive the operation which it will be…

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Alleged Child Murder. Another Disagreement. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

The jury in the trial of Peter Brady, who was charged at the Central Crimi nal Court with the murder of his illegitl. mate child, Roma Mitchell. aged six…

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A Lake Como Tragedy. Mysterious Murder. London, June 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

Ispalatoff, a Russian, has been arrested at Como on suspicion of murdering Mrs. Crittenden Castle, an American dramatic artists. A box containing the body was found in the lake. It…

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A Scene in Court. Prisoner Collapses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 1

There was a pitiful scene at the Cen tral Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thurs day, when Walter Lovett, who was charg ed with the murder of his wife, was…

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Elderly Widow's Deaths New York Police Suspicious. London, June 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

The New York police are investigating the alleged death from convulsions of a millionaire's septuagenarian widow—Mrs. Stelle. Mrs. Stelle had a seizure when she heard that…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, June l6th. (Before. Messrs C. H. Gale, Robt. Faulknor, arid Dr. Pentland, L.M's.). Renewals

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 6

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted as follows:—A. E. Ball, Perey Hotel; W. T. Kennerson, Imperial Hotel; Henry Moore. Tradesman's Arms; H.W…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monda, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

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

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

Hunter District Water Supply and Sewer age Board v. Edmud Page, claim for £16,158 water rates and meter hire,—Verdict for amount claimed, with 5s costs…

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St. Petersburg Court Martial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

Of the 29 death sentences recorded at the St. Petersburg court martial, which concluded at the end of last month, 18 have been committed to penal servitude for life…

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Cessnock Warden's Court. South Australia's Coal Option

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

At the Wardne's Court, Cessnock, on Saturday, the District Warden (Mr. J. McKennsey, P.M.), heard evidence in connection with an application for cancellation of a…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

At the local Police Court yesterday, two offenders against the laws of sobriety were fined 5s, with the usual alternative…

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Brutal Murder in Sydney. Little Girl's Throat Cut

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

Lying on her right side in a pool, of blood, with her left arm twisted behind her back, was the body of a little dark-haired girl, of about 11 years of age,…

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A Ghastly Murder. Little Girl Mutilated. Mad Woman's Awful Crime. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

A ghastly murder was perpetrated in a house at Mosman this morning. A little girl named May Ragison, 10 years of age, was found in a house…

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