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Courts & crime, 1910

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Murder and Suicide. Banker's Financial Difficulties. London, July 4

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

A murder and suicide, the result of monetary losses, have occurred at Hamburg. Herr Thalmessinger, a Berlin banker, went with his wife into a wood near Hamburg, and…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

A foot hawker's license was granted to C. Headley. An alleged cattle stealing case in which the police appeared against…

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Terrible Child Murder. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

A shocking tragedy place at Newport on Sunday, when Alice Carton (aged II) was so brutally beaten with a pot stick by a woman who kept house…

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Colliery Cashier Murder. an Exciting Trial. London, July 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 5

John Alexander Dickmann, ex-colliery secretary, is being tried at Newcastle on a charge of murdering John Innes Nisbet, a colliery cashier, in a Newcastle train…

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Negroes in Virginia. Police Powerless. London, July 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 5

Numerous fights have occurred in America between the partisans of Johnson and Jeffries. Many were wounded in different localities. Two negro constables in Illinois and a negro…

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Muswellbrook Court. Tuesday, July 5 (Before Mr C. H Gale, P.m.) Small Debts Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

Grigson and Halcomb (through Mr. J. E McIntyre) sought recovery of many amounts owed them by creditors. They obtained verdicts in seven…

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Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

A young girl informed the police that while returning home at Lindfield last night she was accosted by a middle-aged man, who seized her by the throat by one hand and clapping the other…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Alleged Cattle Stealing

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

A peculiar case of alleged cattle stealing was heard before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the police court yesterday, and occupied the whole of the day, concluding in lamplight,…

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Murder of Colliery Cashier. Sentence of Death. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

John Alexander Dickmann, ex-colliery employee, has been sentence to death for the murder of John Innes Nesbit, colliery cashier, is a Newcastle train…

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Results of the Battle. Racial Riots and Murder. London, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

A negro cut the throat of a marine at Washington, a white man cut the throat of a negro in a tramcar in Texas. The negro died…

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Maitland District Court. Thursday, July 7. (Before His Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

The Maitland District Court was opened at the Courthouse. East Maitland, this morning, before his Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge…

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Branxton Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 7

The beach at the Branxton Police Court on Tuesday was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. The legal profession was represented by Mr. Carlton and Mr…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 6

At the police court on Wednesday the bench was occupied by Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M. John Melville pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly in Railway-street, Kurri, on…

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Murder in a Train

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

The story which John Alexander Dickman told of his movements on the day of the murder of John Nisbet, colliery cashier, was not corroborated. The evidence, which…

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Maitland District Court. Friday, July 8. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

The Maitland District Court was continued to-day, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. A CONTRACT MATTER…

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Victimising a Countess. Charge of Stealing £100

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 13

A young married couple, Abe and Nellie Benson, were charged at the Perth Court with stealing £100 from Countess Cietinker, a lady who is making a tour of the world…

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The Dungog Murder. News From Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 5

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. T. Garvin) has received information that Gerlach, who is accused of the murder of John Coleman at Dungog some months ago, is in…

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Sensation at Moree. Charge of Attempted Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 6

At the Moree Police Court on Thurs day morning, a young man named James William Edwards, on bail, on a charge of inflicting bodily harm, was charged with…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 6

Special trains are arriving at Reno every half-hour Many people are sleeping in the open. Mr. Schwab, of the Steel Trust, and…

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