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Courts & crime, 1910

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French Problem. Gaol-birds As Policemen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 6

M. Lepine, the versatile and immensely popular Prefect of Police of Paris, is threatened with difficulties with the Government (says the Paris…

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Alleged Murder. Remanded to Narrabri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

George Fanning, a young man, appeared at the Central Police Court on Monday, charged with having murdered Francis V. Kean, or Kane, at West Narrabri, on June…

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Court-martialled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

A court-martial has commenced at Tynemouth on Lieutenant Sutor, of the Royal Artillery, charged with insubordination in writing a pamphlet criticising army irregularities…

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Police Court. Thursday, September 8th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 6

Alfred Eugene Clenver, whose attire in cluded a scarlet military coat, pleaded guilty to drunkenness in George-street the previous night…

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Priest Chastises Wrong Man. Fined for Common Assault

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 3

At the Forster (Cape Hawke) Police Court, a case was heard before-Mr H. Malone, P.M., and Mr Thomas Miles, J.P., in which Lionel Hardy, an…

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Thirty-four Years in Gaol. Now York

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

Jesse Pomroy, the most notorious of alt the convicts in the United States of pre sent undergoing imprisonment for life, to-day entered upon his 35th year of…

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Wife Murder. Trial of Waiter Lovett

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

The trial of Walter Lovett, who was charged with the murder of his wife, Edith, was concluded in Sydney on Friday. The Judge summed up this morning, and…

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Indicted for Attempted Murder. New York

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

The man Gallagher, the dismissed em ployee of the New York Council, who lecently attempted to murder Mayor Gayor, will be indicted on September…

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Cambridge Stable Murder. Hawker Who Stabbed His Comrade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 4

James Henry Hancock, a hawker,aged 54, was sentenced to death yesterday (says "Lloyd's News" on May 29) at Cambridge Assizes for the murder of…

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Lunatic in Police Cell. Desperate Struggles

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 3

Shortly after 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, First-class Constable Teehey was walking, First-class Constable, near Mar ket-street, Sydney, when he noticed two…

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The Crippen Murder Male Prisoner Self-Possessed. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

At the Bow-street Police Court to day, Chief Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard, submitted a statement made by Hawley Crippen shortly before his flight…

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Horrible Murder in Italy. Family Wiped Out. London, Sept. 6

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

A family named Rovolino-father, mother, and six children, have been horribly murdered with an axe at Pellaro, Calabria, Italy on the Straits of Messina. It…

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The Bond-street Murder. Lovett Acquitted. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 4

The trial of Walter Roydon Lovelt, a young man, who was charged at the Cen tral Criminal Court with the murder, of Edith Lily Stafford Levelt, his wife, in…

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French Murder Sensation. Tramp's Tarry Confession of a Terrible Crime

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 12

A sensation has been cause in France (says Reuter) by the confession of a tramp, Joseph Bourreau, that he is the murderer of the Brierre family at coranceiz, near…

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Marriage Offer in Court. Young Woman's Refusal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 6

An offer of marriage was made in court on behalf of Ernest Knight, a painter's laborer, living at Penge, who (says the "Daily Mall" of June 8) was…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 3

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

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The Willoughby Murder. Phillips on Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 3

The trail of William John Phillips for the alleged murder of his eight-year-old daughter at willoughby was commenced in the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Fitzhardinge…

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Guaranteeing a Loan. Doctor's Wife Charged with Perjury

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, Marie Napier Edwards, a married wo man, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having committed perjury in an action…

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The Willoughby Murder. Phillips on Trial (By Telegraph)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

Sydney, Monday. The trial of William Johan Phillips, for the alleged murder of his eight-year-old daughter, at Willoughby, was opened at…

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Suicide in Darlinghurst Gaol. Frenchman Hangs Himself in a Cell. (By Telegraph)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 2

Sydney, Holiday. A sensation occurred in Darlinghurst gaol to-day, Eugene Nesplanlartier, 60 years of age a Frenehman, under…

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