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Courts & crime, 1911

1,511 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 76

The Mysterious Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 11

The case against Stinle Morrison, the [?]charged with the Clapham Common murder, as outlined for the Crown, has a wealth of circumstantial detail which few expected…

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A Striker's Indisoretion. Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 1

At the Lithgow Police Court on Wednesday, John Henry M'Millan, a blastfurnace worker, was cnarged with preventing Edward Carden by violence from…

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Murder of a Princess. Rome

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

It is reported that the Princess Ditrigonin, a beautiful lady-in-waiting on Queen Helena, has been murdered by Cavalry Lieutenant Paterno. Details…

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Ex-Police Trooper's Romance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 10

Miss Giulia Morosini, daughter of a millionaire, was married on January 13, in New York, to Arthur Werner, an ex-police trooper, but now manager of her father's…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, March 2nd. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.) Breaches of Butchers' Award

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 3

John Burke and J. O. Elliott were proceeded against under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1908, for an alleged broach of the butehers' award in faiting to keeP…

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Clapham Murder Cabman. Attackers Convicted. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

The three men who were charged with greviously asaulting the cabman, Stephens, who conveyed the Clapham Common murderer from the scene of the murder, have been convicted…

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The Tragedy in Rome. Murder of a Countess. Rome, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

It has transpired that Countess Trigona recently resolved to cease her relations with Count Paterno, and devote herself to her three children. Count Paterno…

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Police and Suffragists. Serious Allegations. London, Feb. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 3

The Women's Parliamentary Suffrage committee has asked Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, to grant a public inquiry into the conduct of the police…

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A Newcastle Den. Police Severely Strictured. Newcastle, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 12

At the police court this afternoon before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., Jessie Stockton, aged 32, married, was charged with being the holder of a house frequented by persons having no…

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Exciting Police Chase in Sydney. an Opium Raid and Its Results. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

The Sydney police made a raid in Waterloo last night, and succeeded in capturing 180 tins which were supposed to contain opium. Two men were detained after an exciting chase…

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Maitland District Court. Tuesday, February 28. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge). Alleged Breach of Contract

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 3

James Dawson, builder and contractor Cessnock, sued J. D. O'Sullivan, also of Cessnock, claiming £50 for alleged breach of contract and building agreement. Mr. Flannery,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr. J. Mckensey, P.M. A PROHIBITED PERSON…

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Old Murder Case. a Self Surrender. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

F. Bedford, a labourer, has surrendered himself to the police, and has confessed that he was the murderer of Harry Martin, at the Cafe Royal, London, in December, 1894…

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A Recent Murder. Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

Alfred Smart was executed in Fremantle Gaol this morning for the murder of Ethel Harris. He met his end without moving his lips. He made no verbal confession, but left…

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Murder of a Princess. ROME

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

IT is reported that the Princess Ditrigonia, a beautiful lady-in-waiting on Queen Helena, has been murdered by Cavalry Lieutenant Paterno, Details…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., Allan Brown, for having made use of indecent language in High-street was fined £1, in…

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Murder in Morocco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 5

TANGIER, Tuesday. The son of the Minister for War has killed the leader of the French Mission at Fez on the ground that he executed two natives…

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Hindu Seditionaries. a Police Raid. Calcutta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 5

The revelations of Mukherji, recently arrested for bomb throwing, led the police to raid a group at the National Medical College, and arrest Narendranath Barnerji, a tutor, who…

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Exciting Police Chase in Sydney. an Opium Raid and Its Results. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

The Sydney police made o raid in Waterloo Inst night and succeeded in capturing 180 tins which were supposed to contain opium. Two men…

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Trouble in Zion City. Elders in the Court. Chicago, March 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 5

Zion City is in a state of turmoil, the Dowicite followers having split over the pending election of an Overseer. Lively scenes have taken place, followed by…

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