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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Attempted Wholesale Murder. Poisoned Soup

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 8

Eighty men of the Eighth Regiment of Hussars in garrison at Verdun. France, have by the merest accident escaped death by p[?] The facts, as far as they are at present known, point to fiendish…

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One Penn[?] Court McKensey. IMPROPER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

William Locke was fined 5s, for drunkenness, and 10s, in death for improper behaviour in High-street. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE…

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Sultan's Jewels for Sale. Past Splendours of His Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 8

The jewels pawned for £18,000 two years ago in Paris by the ex-Sultan of Morocco Abdul Aziz are to be sold by public auction as unredecined pledges. The Hotel Drouet,…

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The Coal-mining Strike Walsh Before the Court. Bound Over to Keep the Peace. Newcastle, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 5

At the police court, this morning, before Sir. F. G. Adrian, S.M., Thomas Walsh, local agent for the Federated Seamen's Union, was proceeded against by summons charging him with having at…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. DAIRYMEN IN TROUBLE…

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Poison in Chocolates. Young Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 2

A young woman named Ellen Jones appeared before the' Forbes Police Court on Monday and Tuesday, charged with attempting to murder Keith Grant…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

John Henry Hector applied for, and was granted, the transfer of the license of the Mulbring Hotel from himself to Arthur Underwood…

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Charge of Murder. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 2

A young man named Peter Brady, a barman, was before the police court today charged with having murdered Roma Boronia Brady, or Mitchell, about May…

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Inquest at Weston. Police Commendations. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr. G. Brown) held an inquest at Garratt's Hotel yesterday, touching the death of Harry Burdas Shepherd, who was drowned in the Hebburn…

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Mr Bowltng and Others in Court. An Adjournment Granted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

Before Judge Rogers, in the Arbitration Court on Tuesday, Peter Bowling, Daniel Hutton, James Butler, and William O'Connor…

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Meeting at Stanford-merthyr. Stopped Through Presence of Police. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

The members of the Stanford-Merthyr miners lodge assembled near the Station Hotel yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of holding a meeting, but owing to the presence of a couple…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

A series of systematic robberies from the business establishment of Arthur Herbert Burnett, trading as Burnett and Company. Limited, in Sussex-street, Sydney, was…

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Local and General News. Fast Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board proceeded against P. Marshall…

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Police Officer's Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

The estate of the late Police Superintendent Camphin has been valued for probate purpose at £13,153…

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The Dungog Murder. Little Hope of Gerlach's Extradition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

Immediately upon his arrival at Suez, Wilhelm Gerlach, the German, suspected of the murder of Frank Coleman at Hook's Hill camp, on October 25 last, was…

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Divorce for £5. Bogus Lawyer Sent to Gaol. Sir John Madden on Pubilc Protection

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

An application was made to the Clear Justice in Melbourne the other day by Mr. Starke, on behalf of the saw institute, for an oruer [?]…

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Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 6

The trial of the Italian Peter Robus telli on a charge of having on October 11 last, at Coolgardie, wilfully murdered a fellow-countryman named Giovanni…

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The Dungog Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 6

Immediately upon his arrival at Suez, Wilhelm Gerlach, the erman suspected of the murder of Frank Coleman at Hook's Hill Camp, Dungog, on October…

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Poison in Chocolates. Young Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 7

At the Forbes Police Court oh Wednesday the case in which Ellen Jones was charged with having attempted to murder Keith Grant, on December -4,…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Accused Discharged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 13

At the police court, Wellington, before Mr. Osloar, P.M., John Charles Bayless was charged with attempting to murder Thomas Smith Deane. The facts as shown in…

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