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Courts & crime, 1910

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Inspector-general of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 4

Superintendent E. C. Day has been appointed inspector-General of Police in Succession to Mr. Garvin, resigned. Mr. Day was bora in the South of England, and…

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The Perth Murder Mystery. Death of Ethel Harris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 3

The reopening of the inquest on the death of Ethel Harris at Pert (W.A.) was not accompanied by any demonstration of feeling. the Police [?] preventing gathering…

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A Mob Attacks Sydney Police. Row in George-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

A serious disturbance occurred in George-street, at the Haymarket, Sydney, early yesterday afternoon. Constable Bow, of the No. 2 station, who was on duty in the Haymarket…

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Suicide in a Gaol Chinese Prisoner Hangs Himself

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

Tommy Hoy, 32, a Chinese fruiterer, who was under committal for trail on a charge of maliciously wounding Lois Dagmar Mathews, aged 20 hanged himself in a…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon Serious Assault Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

Edgar Munday was further remanded at the Sydney Police Court on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon his wife. It was stated that Mrs. Munday is now out of danger…

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Police Court. Wednesdav, December 28. (Before Mr H. Gordon, J.P.). Indecent Language

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 4

Rebecca wallace, who was before the Court on the charge of using indecent language, was fined £2 or a month in gaol. She was also fined for being…

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Shire Revision Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

At the Courthouse, West Maitland, this morning, Mr. J. McKensy, P.M., presided over a court fixed for the revision of the Bol[?] Shire roll. Mr. J. E.B. Wynn, clerk to the shire, presented the roll…

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Acquitted of Wife Murder. Paris, Dec 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

Francois Medai[?], an artist, who shot his wife outside the Place of Justice after the Court had granted his wife custody of their daughter, has been acquitted of the charge…

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The Perth Murder Mystery. Death of Ethel Harris

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 1

The re-opening of the inquest on the death of Ethel Harris at Perth (W.A.) was not accompanied by any demonstration of feeling, the police precautions…

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New Inspector-general of Police. Superintendent Day Appointed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

The State Cabinet has decided upon Superitendent Ernest C. Day as the new Inspector-General of Police. Mr Garvin retires at the and of the mouth, and…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday before Mr. S.E. Beaver. J.P., William Magettigan was fined £1, with the alternative of 14 days, hard labour, for drunkenness, and £2 or…

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Accusations Against the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 7

TONYPANDY (Rhondda) Nov. 23. All is quiet here to-night. The strikers held meetings to-day at which they resolved to abandon picketing, realising that…

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Mr. Churchill and Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 7

Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, in answer to questions in the House of commons stated that none of the Metropolitan police—numbering 758—who had…

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Attack on the King. News-seller Charged. London, Dec. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 5

Eward Mylius has been arrested on a charge of sedition in selling the "Liberator," which is published in Paris, and which contains attacks on the King…

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Strange Case of Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 7

The Court of Criminal Appeal had a sensation when hearing the appeal of two men convicted at the Essex Quarter Sessions of stealing a box of money from a till in a…

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"Killing No Murder."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 2

Paris, Wednesday.—Francois Medaille, who killed his wife in the presence of their daughter in August last, has been sentenced to a month's imprisonmont for…

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Suicide in a Gaol. Chinese Prisoner Hangs Himself

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 6

Tommy Hoy, 32, a Chinese fruiterer, who was under committal for trial on a charge of maliciously wounding Lois Dagmar Mathews, aged 20, hanged himself in a…

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Police Court. Thursday, December 29. (Before Mr F. A. Bennett, J.P.). Two Charges

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

William Ross, an old man, was charged with being drunk on the 28th inst. in John-street, and also with using indecent language at the same time and place…

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Inspector-General of Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

Superintendent K. C. Day has been appointed Inspector-General of Police in succession to Mr. Garvin, resigned. Mr. Day was born in the South of England, and…

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Tarro Shire Revision Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

The Tarro Shire revision court was resumed at the East Maitland Court house on Friday, before Mr. J. Mckensey, P.M. About 100 objections had been made against the…

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