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Courts & crime, 1910

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

Daniel Genge, licensee of the Carrington Hotel, was granted a booth license for the labour demonstration on the Albion Ground on Saturday…

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Murder in Buenos Ayres. Russian Anarchist's Sentence. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 3

Radowisky, the Russian anarchist, who murdered Senor Falcon, Prefect of Police, and his secretary in Buenos Ayres, with a bomb thrown in the street on November 14 last, has been…

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The Mosman Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning concerning the death of May Williams, 11 years of age, the victim of the ghastly murder at Mosman last…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday the bench was occupied by Mr. G. Brown, J. I. James Murray and William Williams were charged that they did, in company, at…

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Victimising a Country. Charge of Stealing [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 4

A young married couple, Al[?]Benson, were charged at the with stealing £100 from Coun[?] a lady who is making a tour…

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Settlement in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 5

Judge Heydon stated to-day in the Industrial Court that there was no reason why cases should not be settled if it was done in open court, with all the terms disclosed and with the sanction…

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Cessnock Police Court. JUNE 28, 1910. (Before Mr. Geo. Brown, J.p.) Stealing in Company

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

James Murray and William Williams were charged with stealing in company 2 pairs of boots, valued at 20s, the property of Lane and Quinn,…

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Supposed Murder and Suicide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

Berlin, Wednesday.—A sensational tragedy was brought to light in Stutt gart this morming, when Dr. Aloys Christ, the famous musical conductor,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 7

At the Cessnock licensing court an Thursday Messrs. V. B. Cox and J. Andrews, J.'s P. granted a hawker's license to Richard Thomas Brown…

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A Parisian Murder Mystery. Detective's Smartness

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 16

The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Leader" reports that by the discovery of a latch-key, hidden in a drawer one of the most baffling mysterious of recent years has…

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Outrage in Massachusetts Murder and Robbery. London, June [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 2

At Lynn, Massachusetts, three Poles shet [?] and killed Thomas Landregan, shoe manu[?]turer. They also killed a policeman. The Poles fled, taking from Landregan…

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German Murder Case. Attempted Suicide. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

Fran Schoenbeck, who is being tried in Berlin on a charge of complicity in the murder during Christmas, 1907, of her husband, Major von Schoenbeck, is in a state of collapse, and…

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Defunct Bank Notes. Police Department Puzzled

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 10

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

Mr. Charlton-[?] was a[?]ested 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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Shade Trees for Local Court House Reserve

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

Mr V. B. Cor, C.P.S., Cessnock. has written to the Minister of Justice, enclosing a list of trees suitable for planting in the Court House…

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What 'Presuming Death' Means. Romances of the Probate Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 7

Now and again there, appears in the newspapers reports of proceedings in the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice to "presume the death" of some…

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Alleged Attempted Burglary. Suspect Arrested and Charged. Under Vagrancy Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 8

Following on our paragraph in last night's issue about prowling thieves knocking about the town and attempting to burglariously enter the premises of residents in some of the back streets,…

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Black Hand Murder. London

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

A member of The Black Hand Society shot a merchant in Brooklyn, New York, and then went to his house and strangled his wife. Both…

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Strangling of Lunatics. an Attendant Sentenced. London, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 5

Thabius, an attendant at Sainte Elie Asylum, Paris, has been sentence to seven years' solitary confinement on a charge of strangling three mad patients in his…

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Earlier Cable Messages. Exorbitant Food Prices Charged. Reno, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 5

Special trains [?]riving at Reno every half-hour. Ma[?] are sleeping in the open. Mr. Schwa[?] the Steel Trust, and…

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