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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Butchers' Employees. Application to the Industrial Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

An application was made to the Registrar for the Industrial court to-day for legislation under the Industrial Disputes, Act. The applicant union was No. 3 branch of…

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The Perth Tragedy. Inquest on Murdered Woman. Father Cross-examined by Accused. a Scene in Court. Perth

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

THE inquest on Ethel Harris, whose body was found buried under a shoeing forge at Hoskics and Co.'s foundry, West' Perth, was continued at the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday Messrs. V. B. Cox, and E. J. Cutcliffe Js.P., ordered a prohibition to issue against David Hunter a period of 12…

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Strange Case of Theft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · 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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Moving Pictures in Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

What is probably a unique incident in prison history in this State took place in the Goulburn Gaol on Monday, when the prisoners were allowed to witness a cinematograph exhibition…

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Sensational Burglary. Dynamite Used on a Safe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

The offices of the Union Steamship Company, in Morrison and Elizabeth streets, Hobart, were the scene of a sensational burglary between 2 and 3 o'clock on…

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Liking for Prison. Tramps Who Prefer Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

Outspoken criticism of the present prison system appears in the report of the Commissioner of Prisons issued as a Blue-book, says "Lloyd's News."…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Wednesday, January 4, 1911. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 8

A hawker's license was applied for by Louis Spohr, and granted. DRUNKS. William Curran, for being drunk…

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Mr. Churchill and Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

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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Police Court. Thursday, January 5, 1011. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.). an Altercation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

Two defendants were charged with riotous behaviour in John-street on the 24th Dec. Both pleaded guilty, and It appeared from the statements made to the…

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A Theft of Mails. a Saloon Keeper Arrested. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

James Whalen, a saloon keeper has been arrested at Portland (North west America), for complicity in the theft of the mails and £3000 from the steamer…

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Murder of Ethel Harris. Evidence at the Inquest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

The Inquest at Perth (W.A.) on Ethel Harris was resumed on Wednesday. Detective-Sergeant Mann deposed that he found in Smart's house two [?]oxes of…

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Clapham Common Murder. Victim Identified. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

A foreign East End miser was found stabbed to death on Clapham Common. His face was battered, and could not be recognised…

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Our Police Force. Mr. Garvin's Farewell

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Garvin, the retiring Inspector-General of Police, bade his official farewell to his officers on Friday afternoon at the headquarters of the Police Department, Sydney…

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A Thousand Police. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

Seven hundred police are surrounding the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee-street and Commercial-road. Reinforcements for the police are continually arriving…

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The Murder of Ethel Harris. Scene at the Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

The inquest into the death of Ethel Harris was resumed at the Coroner's Court, Perth (W.A.) on Monday. Smart, who was present in custody, sharply…

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Accusations Against the Police. Tonypandy (Rhondda). Nov. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

All is quiet here to-night. The strikers held meetings to-day at which they resolved to abandon picketing, realising that the coal companies have now secured all…

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A Banker's Collapse: in a New York Court. Vancouver, Jan. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. Robin. president of the Northern Bank of New York, which has been closed the State Superintendent of Banking swallowed hyocine yesterday. and entering a…

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A Break-gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

Thirteen men, including anarchist assailants of Presidents Quintana and Alcorta, escaped at Buenos Ayres by boring a tunnel under the Prison wall. Several…

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Murder in Italy. Long Delayed Arrests. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

Thirty eight Camorists have been charged with the murder in June, 1906, of Senor Cu[?]'s wife The accused were conveyed from Naples to…

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