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Courts & crime, 1910

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 5

At the police court this morning the bench was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. George Rachford was charged with using indecent language in the passage of the…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. David Smith was charged with refusing…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday June 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied Mr. J. E. Wolfe, J. P. TROUBLE OVER OLD RAILS…

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A Parisian Murder Mystery. Detective's Smartness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 7

The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Leader" reports that by the discovery of a latch-key hidden in a drawer one of the most balling mysteries of recent year has…

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Woman Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 3

Elizabeth Quartfly was before the Lun acy Court at Darlinghurst on Tuesday. The unfortunate woman was in a worse mental condition than when she made the…

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Trunk Tragedy. Murder in Oregon. London, June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 5

Lately a man named Johnson, his wife, and child, and a friend named Powers, slighted at an hotel in Portland, Oregon. Powers on Monday left the hotel after…

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Three Women Sentenced to Death. Strong Judicial Comment. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 2

The trial concluded to-day at Mel bourne Criminal Court of Elizabeth Dow ney, Olara Pennington, and Miunie Long, who were, presented upon charges of…

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Murder in Texas. a Negro Bunted. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 2

A negro murdered a white woman at Rusk, in Texas. He was tortured until he made a confession, and was then burned at the stake…

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Mining Court Case. "Upset Skip" Prosecution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 4

A case of some interest in mining circle was heard yesterday in the Kurri Kurri police court before Mr. J. McKensey, J. P., when Mr. R. A. Harle, manager Hebburn…

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The Woolwich Sensation. Heath Again Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 4

John Heath, 47 years of age, the night watchman who is at present in custody on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Ralph Mapperson, or…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., William Conors was fined 20s, in default 14 days, for being drunk, and £2, or a month, for…

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Three Women Sentenced to Death. Strong Judicial Comment

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 4

THE trial concluded on Wednesday at the Melbourne Criminal Court, of Elizabeth Downey, Clara Pennington, and Minnie Long, who were presented…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 2

Mr R. A. Price, M.L.A., sends along the following communication received from the Justice Department:—"Referring to your letter of…

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Defunct Bank's Notes. Police Department Puzzled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Ever since the decease of the Provincial and Suburban Bank of Victoria a quarter of a century ago the bank's £5 notes have been periodically passed on shopkeepers…

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The Lake Como Murder. Husband's Arrest and Confession London, Friday morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Chariton-Porter was arrested on a charge of murdering his wife at Lake Como, Italy, at a carnival in New York, and confessed to the crime. He was a…

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Libelling Indian Police. Suppressing Pamphlet From England. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., complained in the House of Commons of the suppression by the Eastern Bengal authorities of the pamphlet by Mr. F. C. Mackarnass, e M.P. (Liberal),…

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Murder Prophesied. Swedish General's Death Fore Seen by Friend in a Trance. Clear Case of Telepathy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 6

Swedish papers are excitedly discussing (says the "Westminster Gazette") wellauthenticated cases of [?] with the assassination of General…

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Burglary by a Girl

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 3

Almu Frances Ann Sommerville, whose age was recorded as 17 years and [?] months, was before the Paddington Po lice Court on Thursday, on a charge of…

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The Militant Suffragettes. Another Police Court Case. London, Friday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 5

Militant suffragettes are indignant at the decision of Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, with regard to the Franchise Bill. Emily Davidson has been fined £3 or one…

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Late Cables. Charge of Child Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 6

London, Wednesday.—Frederick George Beeton, a railway clerk, charged with the murder at Letchworth of the infant daughter of Rose Young, has been found…

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