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Courts & crime, 1911

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 4

Yesterday at the Kurri Kurri police court before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., Edward Atkinson was charged with a breach of special rule 103 of the Hebburn colliery, taking matches into the mine…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Messrs. J. McKensey, P.M., and Elias Bowden, J.P. IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR…

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Missing Explorers. Murder Reported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

Very little authentic information came to hand from Darn by the ketch Assam Ceylon last night (says a message from Thursday Island, dated Wednesday). Other mails are…

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Through the Bars. Attempt to Break Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 2

Early on Sunday mornings at Fremantle Gaol, a prisoner named J. Head was caught in an attempt to escape from the institution. Head, who was…

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Police and People in Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 4

Paris, Tuesday.—Serious conflicts have taken place at St. Male, between the crows of the Newfoundland fishing boats and gendarmes. The fisherman, who are…

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The Perth Murder. Smart Executed on Tuesday Morning

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 1

Alexander Wilson Smart, the murderer of the girl Ethel Harris at Perth, was executed on Tuesday morning in Fremantle Gaol…

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Russian Black Hundred. Police Connivance. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

The evidence given in the trial of Larchekin, a member of the Black Hundred, for murdering a workman, throws light on the machinations of the organisation, and of…

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Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

IN the local Police Court ou Monday last, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Walter Robertson (on remand) was charged with assaulting Arthur Sutton, at Scone, on…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. B. Pryor, J.P., Florence Naughton, for having been drunk on the Pitnacree Road, was fined 10s, in…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

At the police court yesterday William Hayes was charged with a breach of the Liquor Act in supplying Matthew Hayes with liquor on February 10, in contravention to…

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Police Court. Friday, March 3. Before Mr. C. H. GALE, P.M.

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

AT the local Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Albert Charley Smith proceeded against Charles Henry Gallagher, for detention of…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Saturday afternoon. Daring Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

A daring burglary was perpetrated at Walker's tent manufactury in Pitt-street. The place was broken into, and the safe removed by the lift from the manager's office to…

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Missing Explorers. Murder Reported

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

Very little authentic information came to hand from Darn by the ketch Assam Ceylon last night (says a message from Thursday Island, dated Wednesday). Other mails are…

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Children's Court

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

At the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., presided over the Children's Court, when two lexis, aged 14 and 15 respectively, were…

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Murder of a Child. The Father Arrested

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 3

A shocking domestic tragedy occurred in North Melbourne on Thursday night, when a child named Nellie Smith, four years of ago, was killed through her…

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Muswellbrook Police Court, Tuesday, March 7 Before Mr. C. N. Gale, P.M. Illegally on Licensed Premises

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

On a charge of being illegally on the premises of the Railway Hoted on Sunday, January 22, at 12.30 p.m., two young residents of the district faced the Bench. Both pleaded…

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Singleton' Police Court. Thursday, March 9th, 1911. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Disobeying an Order

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

A defendant was charged with disobeying an order of the Court to pay for the support of an infant, the arrears in the case being £2…

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The Murder of a Little Child. Fearful Crime

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

William Thomas Smith, who is charged with the murder of his daughter Ellie, aged four years, at North melbourne, on Thursday night by cutting its throat with a razor, was before…

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Clapham Common Murder. Evidence for Defence. London, March 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

At the trial of Stinie Morrison, who is charged with the murder of Leon Beron, on Clapham Common in the early hours of New Year's Day. Mrs. Zimmermann, Morrison's…

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Self-confessed Murder. Released From Custody. London. Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

The confession of F. Bedford, the labourer, who surrendered to the police last week, confessing that he murdered Harry Martin at the Cafe Royal London, on December 5…

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