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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Murder In a Menagerie. Dumb Animal As Detective. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 4

A MURDER has just been sheeted home to the perpetrators under the most remarkable circumstances at Devall's Landing, in Louisiana (U.S.)…

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Belgian Royal Family. French Court Case. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 5

The French Court has ordered the removal of the seals from the Chateau de Balincourt, in which Baroness Vaughan, widow of King Leopold, resided, and Princess Louise, the oldest…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 8

At the police court, before Mr. C. H. Gale P.M., Walter Walsh and John Churchill were charged with having in company on Friday. January 21, attempted to steal £69 2s 6d…

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Alleged Child Murder. the Father Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 11

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 thundered…

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Theft of Gold Snuff-boxes. Collector's £1000 Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 7

A collection of twenty-seven anti[?]ue snuff-boxes, belonging to Mr. Alfred Shuttleworth, of Eastgate House, Lincoln, and worth over £1000, were stolen last month…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 27. (Before Mr C. H. Gale P.M.) Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 3

Thomas Stevenson pladed guilty to being round drunk in John-street on January 26th, and was fined 2/6 or imprfsonment for five minutes with light…

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The Strike Leaders. a Preference for Maitland Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

After his Honor Judge Rogers had sentenced Peter Bowling and his confreres on Thursday, Bowling, quite unmoved—though his three companions did not…

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Interfering with Free Laborers. Defendants Sent to Gaol. A Magisterial Warning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 7

At the West Maitland Court on Wednesday last, before Mr J. M'Kensey, P.M., Joseph Dimmock was charged under section 496 of the Crimes Act that…

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Strike Prosecutions. Bowling Sentenced to Twelve Months. Other Accused Receive Eight Months. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The strike prosecutions were resumed to-day. Bowling, addressing the court, said if Mr. Hughes had carried out the resolution passed by congress No. 1 the strike would not…

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The Industrial Court. . The Men's Fines

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 6

In the Industrial Court, Sydney, on Thursday, Mr Blaekett read an affidavit in support of his argument opposing the application made by Mr Watt for an…

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Strike Prosecutions. "The Head and Front Offender." Bowling Sent to Gaol for Twelve Months

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 3

The final stages of the prosecutions under section 42 (b) of the Amended Industrial Disputes Act wore entered upon in the Industrial Court, Sydney, on…

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Bomb in a Flat. Chief of Secret Police [?]Pieces

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 6

A rerrific bomb explosion [?] St. Petersburg in a fashionable [?] Saratoff-street on the night of [?] 21. The flat was wrecked and [?]…

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The Industrial Court. the Men's Fines. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

In the Industrial Court this morning Mr. Blackett read an affidavit in support of his argument opposing the application made by Mr. Watt for an extension of time…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, January 27. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 3

Agues Singllen v. James Doyle, claim for £2/3/6, rent of house. Plaintiff, for whom Mr A. B. Shaw appeared, was non-suited…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 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. Two inebriates, one a female, were…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 8

At the Cessnock Police Court, yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. G. Brown, J.P. Walter Richardson, alias Dick Barrett, and Thomas Blake were charged that they did, on…

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The Glenelg Tragedy. Bachmann Committed for Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 1

The city coroner (Dr. Ramsay Smith) conducted an inquiry at Adelaide Police Court into the death of Edmund Day Davis, the victim of the Glenelg…

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Free Labour at Stanford-merthyr Under Police Protection. Thirteen Men Refuse to Work. Stanford-mhrthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The East Greta Company gave the miners a surprise this morning by sending 23 of their employees— platelayers and navvies— to Stanford-Merthyr, to load coal. Prior to sending…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February Ist. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). Straying Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

For this offence on a certain date in the month of January, Jas Hicks, Inspector of Nuisances, obtained convictions against Albert Saunders, George…

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Boxing Championship. Jack Johnson's Assault Case. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

Jack Johnson, the champion boxer, has been committed for trial at New York, with hail of 1000 dollars (£200), for assaulting a negro in a bur room. Johnson's lawyer states that the…

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