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Courts & crime, 1910

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Inspector-General of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr.Thos. Garvin) to-day made his annual inspection of members of the local Police. He first of all visited the West Maitland station…

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Nurse Brown Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 5

Later in the day, before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the Central Court, Ellonar Brown (52), nurse, was charged that she did, "at Sydney, on or about August 23, 1910, feloniously kill and slay…

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A Wandering Boy. Confession of Theft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 7

A fortnight ago, while Thomas Mitchell, a druper, was travelling by the Sydney express to Melbourne with a friend, a boy who was in the same carriage entered into conversation with…

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Court Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, Mr. V. B. Cox, J. P. ordered exhibitions to issue against Alexander Roy, Ett[?]ck, Stewart, and Arthur Hall. [?]…

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Police Court. Thursday, August 25th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 7

A first offender was fined 1/- and 7/costs of Court for being drunk in Gow ric-street…

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Nurse Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 6

At the Central Police Court on Thurs day afternoon, Eleanor Brown, aged 52 years a nurse, was charged that at Syd ney, on or about the 23rd day of August,…

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Latest Telegrams. [Country Press Association] Sydney, Friday. Kensington Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

Sensational statements have been made in connection with the death of Ivy O'Brien. Two boys intormed the police that they saw a sulky pass along…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 2

There was little doing at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, when the bench was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. Three inet[?]iates, all first offenders,…

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Presentation by Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Superintendent Saunders then, on behalf of the police in the West Maitland station, presented Superintendent Sykes with a handsomely-framed picture containing portraits of the whole of the…

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OFFICER Of Police Honoured. Presentation to Superintendent Sykes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Substantial recognition of the ability of Superintendent Sykes as a police officer and the services he had rendered to the district during his ten years' sojourn in…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 8

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Cutclifle J. P. John James Howard was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court for having been drunk…

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The London Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

London, Sunday.-Hawley Crippen and Erhel Le Neve, who were arrested in connection with the murder of Mrs Crip pen, have arrived in London. Through…

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The Marriage Act. Two Clergymen Charged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

Cases under section 9 of the Marriage Act of 1899, in which considerable interest was centred, and involving charges against two clergymen, came before Mr…

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The Crippen Murder Fugitives Arrive in England (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

The Megantic, with Hawley Crippen and Ethel Le Neve on board, arrived at Liverpool to-day, and the two prisoners were quietly escorted off the steamer…

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Charged with Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

At the police court to-day George Fanning (27), a labourer, was charged by warrant with having, on January 22 last at West Narrabri feloniously and maliciously murdered Francis Vincent Kenae,…

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Sedition in India. Eleven Bengalis Sentenced. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

The High Court at Calcutta has sentenced [?]leven Bengalis charged with conspiracy at Khulas to terms of imprisonment ranging from [?]ven to three years…

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The Gorse Hall Murder. an Ex-soldier London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

Mark Wilde an ex-soldier, who was detained [?] Knutsford prison, ford which he has just [?]en discharged is reported to strongly resembles Cornelius Howard, who on March 5th last…

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Charged with Oriminal Assault. a Dentist. Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 3

At the Criminal Court, Sydney, on Tues day Augustus Henry George Ridout, den tist, pleaded not gullty to a charge of having, at Petersham on March 3,…

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Alleged Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 3

Edward Dicks was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with having committed a criminal assault on a girl, aged [?]7, at Cindfield. The Crown Prosecutor described…

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The Crippen Case At Bew-Street Police Court. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 4

How utterly sick of his existence Haw ley Crippen had become long before his arrest on the Montrose how firmly the hunted man had resolved to end his…

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