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Courts & crime, 1911

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 5

At the police court yesterday League Mathew's was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support and using insulting language. On the first charge he was…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning before Messrs. D. Ley and W. B. Pryor, J.'sP., E. Branch, sanitary inspector to the Tarro Shire, applied for an order for the…

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A Cowardly Assault

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 4

At the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Saturday, David Howard Williams, a young man, was charged with assaulting William Samuel Thurston, second officer…

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Dungong Police Court Before Mr. A. D. Donnelly, Esq., J.P.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

Richard Monk, was charged on Friday last, that he maliciously did inflict grievious bodily harm on one James Blair…

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Police Court. Monday', May 28th, 1911. (Before Mr A. Grainger. J.P.). Vagrancy, and Language

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 4

Leslie Mathews was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, and using- insalting language. On the first charge he was sentenced to 14…

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Murder of a Priest. (By Cable). Madrid

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

At Montril, near Madrid, a priest named Faraquit, during the course of his sermon, spoke strongly to his congregation. This infuriated several young…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Monday, 29Th May. (Before Hon. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald, and Mr Frank Budden, J's P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

Charles Andrews, aged 17 years, was charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £5, the property of George Burns, at Overton, on 24th instant, and after…

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Police Magistrate Welcomed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

On taking his seat, on the bench at the West Maitland (Police Court this morning, Mr. T. C. K. McKell, late of Bathurst, was formally welcomed to the district, by…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., at the police court yesterday, James Ryan was charged with breaking and entering the premises of E. H. Simpson, of the Australian Bank of…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M., who was recently appointed to West Maitland, took his seat on the bench this morning along with Messrs. John Rourke and Elias…

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Died in Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 5

Thomas Walton, who was undergoing a sentence on a charge of stealing, was found dead in his cell at Darlinghurst gaol. The cause of death is not yet known…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Henry William Sucker, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Morpeth made application to the Licensing Bench at West Maitland this morning for permission to make…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 31, 1911. (Before Mr P. E. Eldershaw, J.p.). Four Charges

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

James Ryan was charged with breaking and entering the premises of E. H. Simpson, of the Australian Bank of Commerce, on the night of the 20th May,…

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Police Work During 1910. Increased Crime

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

The final report of Mr T. Garvin, late Inspector Geueral of Police, covering the work of his department for the year 1910, was presented to Parliament on…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. Bickmore, J.P. JOseph Williams, for having been found drunk in Mulbring-street the previous night, was…

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Theft of a Bicycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 6

A youth named Charles Andrews pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle from Overton, at the local Police Court on Tuesday, and was fined 10s, or seven days, in the…

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A Problem for the Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 6

An American correspondent gives the following as an example of the rigid formality with which the officials in some parts of Russia act:—…

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Wallis Lake Assault. Johnston Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 7

Alexander Johnston, aged about 35 years, was charged at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday with having wounded Lily Emily Gogerly, with Intent…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. E. J. Coteliffe, J.P. Cecil Ward, for having been drunk in First-street, Weston, last night, was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of…

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Died in Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 7

Thomas Walton, 53 years of age, was found dead in a cell by a warder at Darlinghurst Gaol on Thursday morning. Walton, who was sentenced to a month's…

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