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Courts & crime, 1911

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Wireless Brings Police. Reported Robbery at Sea

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

Wireless telegraphy has at last been put in operation in Victoria for the purpose of summoning the police. Early on Saturday morning Detectives Bannon and Jones…

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Murder of Beron an Ex-australian Arrested. London, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

The man a Trusted on suspicion for the murder of the foreign Jew. Beron, by name Steiver Morrison, is identified as a man who had supper with Beron on New Year's Eve, and…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Death of a Police Officer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

Superintendent Grudgeon, officer in charge of the south-western police district, was thrown out of a buggy at Deniliquin yesterday and sustained severe injures, from which he died…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

At the police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. J. Mckensey. P. M. John Johns, for having been drunk and disorderly in the People's Picture Palace…

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Assault on a Wife

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

Edgar Munday was charged at the police court with having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon his wife The medical evidence showed that when the woman was admitted to the hospital she was…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

At the courthouse, West Maitland, this morning [?] Skelton was granted two booth licenses for the Heddon Jockey Club races on Saturday…

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"The Tiger's Lair." Alleged Sheep Stealing. Further Remarkable Discoveries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

Defective Allchurch is still inquiring into the circun, stances connected with the discovery of "the tiger's lair," at [?] South Australia. On Saturday…

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Escape From Gaol. a Bolt From Darlinghurst Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

A sensation was caused among the police and gaol officials this afternoon when it was discovered that two prisoners had escaped from Darlinghurst Gaol by scaling one of the…

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The Perth Murder. Smart Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of the young woman, Ethel Harris, whose body was found buried under the floor of an old shoeing shed at Hoskins and Company's foundry…

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Fatal Accident to a Police Officer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

Superintendent Gudgeon. officer in charge of the South west Police District, was severely Injured by buggy accident at Deniliquin yesterday, and…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

At the Police Court. yesterday. before Mr. E. J.[?] J. P., Maurice Couthlen was charged with having made use of indecent language in William-street,…

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America's Murder Roll

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

Vancouver, Tuesday.—During the year just closed 8OOO. murders were committed in the United States. The lives of most of the murderers were spared, the…

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Murder of Beron

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

London, Monday.-The man arrested on suspicion for the murder of the foreign Jew, Beron, by name Steiver Morrison, Is identified as a man who had supper wlth…

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The Tantanoola Discovery. Alleged Sheep Stealing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 3

Detetive Allchurch is still inquiring into the etrcumstances connected with with discovery of an alleged sheep-stealer's lair at Tantanoola. South Australia. On…

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Hobble Skirt in Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

The much-derided hobble skirt was an object of great interest at the Paddington Police Court on Monday. This awesome garment concerned most…

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The Tantanoola Discovery. Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 8

Detective Allchurch is still inquiring into the circumstances connected with the discovery of an alleged sheep stealer's lair at Tantanoola,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 3

The application of W.J. Sellars, a pig dealer, for an auctioneer's district license, was refused by the local bench during the week, on the grounds that the application…

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Tragedy in a Church. Murder's Attempted Rescue. Rome, Jan. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

Seralina Donato murdered her son with a chopper in a church at Senercha Avelling, because she believed that he had murdered his wife and his father, who opposed his irregular…

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Execution in France. Murder of a Cashler. Paris, Jan. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

Antonie Favier, the owner of a house at which M. Thain, cashier of the Lille branch of the Bank of France. called to received. 4000 frances (£160), and was robbed and…

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An Eccentric Sect. Police May Interfere. Vancouver. Jan 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

The Holy Rollers, an eccentric religious seat, have settled at Tacoma, Washington State. The police, consequent on complaints of the uproar which prevails in…

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