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Courts & crime, 1910

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Police Court. Thursday, January 13th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness, etc

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 3

Douglas Hall .pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the Maitland-road on January 5th, and was lined 20/- and 0/-.costs of Court; in default, seven day'…

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The Armidale Murder. Casey Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 11

At Armidale Police Court, on Friday, before Mr. G Askin P.M. Henry Casey, on [?] was charged that he did felon[?] murder Johanna Kelly at Armidale…

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Charge of Attempted Murder. Sons' Struggle with Father

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 3

The trial of Richard Fraser Lambden, charged with attempting to kill his wife, was continued at Port Wakefield (South Australia) on Wednesday…

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Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

David Walker, of Button Forest Meat Works, [?] brutally attacked by two unknown men with [?] and shot bags on the verandah of his residence [?] Glebeon Saturday night. His wife, hearing [?]…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland [?] Court this morning was occupied by Mr. [?] Mclvensoy, P.M…

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A Cowardly Assault

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Tom Lancey, the popular licensee of the Commercial Hotel, was the unfortunate victim of a cowardly assault on Wednesday evening last. Mr…

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Police Count

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning, before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., Joseph Wilks, against whom there had been 52 previous convictions for inebriety, was…

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A Mysterious Assault. "It Was a Trap."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 3

Shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night a railway employee named Charles Bubel was taken to the Sydney Hospital in urgent need of medical treatment…

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The Dungog Murder. Little Hope of Gerlach's Extradition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

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

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Kurri Police Court. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, the beach was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey P.M. Frank Backhouse failed to appear to…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. M'Kenney, P.M…

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Murder of an Infant. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

At an inquest held this morning on the body of a newly born male infant, found in an outhouse of the Prince of Wales Hotel, in King-street, Newtown,…

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Tragedy Near Newcastle. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

A sensational double shooting tragedy occurred at New Burwood this morning. A woman named Sarah Ellen Fawkes was found lying on the floor of her house with a bullet wound in her neck,…

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A Fearful Charge. Alleged Murder of an Infant. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

Peter Brady, a barman, was charged at the police court to-day with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Roma Brady, or Mitchell…

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A Suffragist Hosed. Court Case. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

The Manchester County Court has awarded Miss Davison, a suffragette, 40/ damages against the visiting justice of Strang-ways Goal, who ordered the hose to be…

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[?] a Barroclough, Ltd Police Report. Correct Classes Give Relief. Narrabri's Plight. People Receive Early Warning

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 3

A person can have a serious defect of vision, and can yet see perfectly by working his or her focussing power to correct that defect. But in time the strain tells It was on the night of the 13th instant that the Peel River commenced to rise, and threatened Tamworth with a flood. The police immediately set…

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Alleged Child Murder. the Father Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

The case against Peter Brady (29), a barman, who was charged at the Sydney Police Court with having on or about May 8, 1909, feloniously and maliciously murdered…

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Chauffeur Sentenced. Perils of Ground Mists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The trial was concluded at Wilts Assizes on October 17, before Mr Justice Phillimore, of Arthur John Minton Saytch, chauffeur, who was (says the…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 20th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Diseased Animals

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 6

Senior-Sergeant Whitfield, an inspector under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, applied for an order for the condemnation and…

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Tragedy Near Newcastle. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

A sensational double shooting tragedy occurred at New Burwood this morning. A woman named Sarah Ellen Fawkes was found lying on the floor of her house with a bullet wound in her neck,…

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