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Courts & crime, 1911

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Friendly Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 4

A friendly appeal court was held at the East Maitland Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon in connection with the appeals lodged against the assessments in the…

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Police Court. Monday, June 19th, 1911. (Before Messrs A. Simmons and W. Bailey, Js.P.). Drunkneness

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 2

A defendant, who pleaded guilty to being found drunk, was fined 2/6, or imprisonment till the rising of the Court…

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An All-Round Man. Amusing Evidence in Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 4

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Sydney, on Friday, a witness stated he was Variously a shed-band, a rouseabout, a station cook, and a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., two inebriates were fined 5/ each, or the rising of the court. Roland Fullford was ordered…

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The Maitund Coalmines. Kurri Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 5

At the Police Court this morning the bench was occupied by Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M. Robert Barry pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Houndsditch Police Murders Suspect Acquitted. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 5

The Court, of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Lena Vassilava, who was convicted of complicity in the Houndaditch police murders on the ground that she was…

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Woodlupine Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 June 1911 · page 1

The inquest on Frances Compton young, the woman who was murdered in the bush at Woodlupine, six miles from Perth, on May 13. was concluded at Perth…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning, before Mr. T. C. McKell, P.M. Alexander Gordon was remanded to Murrucundi on a charge of having stolen at that…

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A Cowardly Assault. Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 5

A cripple named Charles Gurtz was wavlaid in a lane in Adelaide last night by an unknown man and brutally assaulted with loaded rubber tube. He was found some…

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Alleged Murder in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 4

An arrest on a charge of murder as made in conncetion with the dear Longwood (Vic.) of a woman, Mrs. Neander…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 10

A special sitting of the West Maitland Licensing bench, consisting of Messrs. T. C. K. McKell, P.M., and John Rounke and Elias Bowden, L.Ms., was held on…

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Ruthless Murder. Workman's Story. Woman's' Agonised Cry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 5

"I rook up a [?] from the [?]place and hit her on the temple. She fell, and her words were: Oh, Mikedon't. I then drew the razor across her…

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Late News by the Mail. Court Mourning Over

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 14

The year of court mourning having ended last Saturday (wrote the "Argus's" London correspondent on May 12), the gaieties of the season have begun. His Majesty…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Messrs. T. C. K. McKell, P.M., and John W. Pender, J.P…

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Accused Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

In connection with the tragedy, Thomas Edward Riley, brother of deceased, was before the police court at Kurri Kurri this morning. Mr. G. Brown, J.P., occupied the…

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Curious Gaol Incident Convict Asked. to President's Silver Wedding. Oakland (Cal.), June 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 3

A convict named Wicker, who had been sentenced for passing a fraudulent cheque, opened a letter in gaol a few days ago, inviting him to President Taft's sliver…

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Our Singleton Letter. Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 6

A special licensing court was hold on Monday, the bunch comprising Mr. C. H. Gale P.M., Dr. Pentland, and Mr. R. Faulkner Js.P. The following renewals were granted:…

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Special Licensing Court. Monday, June 26, 1911

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

(Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., and Dr. Pentland and Mr R. Faulkner, Js.P.)…

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Alleged Smuggling Dutch Captains Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

At the Broome (W.A.) Court William Samuel Smith, master of the schoouer Harriet, and Rebo Doro, master of the schooner Fortnua, two vessels seized by…

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Court Test for Malingering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 7

A jury of men from the street and all in court, were highly amused by a test for alleged malingering applied in Marylebone County Court (says the London Daily…

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