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Courts & crime, 1911

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Husband Acquitted of Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 7

Paris, Thursday.— The Italian Facenda, who shot his wife's lover in Paris in September last, killing him, has been acquitted. Facenda was a resident of…

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A Narrabri Case, Bask Manager Charged with Embezzlement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 6

A Case of much local interest was heard before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., at Narrabri, when Henry S. M. Hutchinson, up till six months ago, and for twelve years' manager…

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Emperor of Japan. Great Murder Plot

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 12

In the spring of this year (says Reuter's Tokio correspondent on November 11) a number of arrests were made in Japan. It was given out that the prisoners were…

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Fight for Liberty. Blackfellow and Police Sergeant

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 1

An aboriginal named Ernest Ambrook was wanted by the Moreo police for an alliged serious assault on a girl. They tracked him to about Millie, but not…

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Murder of a School Teacher. Its Widow on Trial. Berlin, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 3

The trial of Frau Herberich, on a charge of murdering her husband. Dr. Herberich, the headmaster at a Girls High School in April last, has commended at Nuremberg…

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The Houndsditch Police Murders. Peter the Painter's Antecedents. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 5

Peter the Painter, who is wanted by the London police in connection with the Houndsditch police murders, is described by acquaintances as a man of intellectual…

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West Maitland Police Court Monday. January 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 8

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 4

The only case demanding attention at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was a female inebriate, who. having been before the court on previous occasions was…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 5

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. Bickmore, J.P. John McCarthy was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in the bar of the Station…

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A Mean Theft

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

Last night some mean thief entered the refreshment rooms of Harold Baker, the here of Saturday's surf reseue at Coogee. A. quantity of goods were…

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Acquitted of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 5

Norval has been acquitted of the charge of murdering his father, Alexander Norval, a leather merchant, who was killed with an axe in his warehouse last November…

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Was It Murder St. Petersburg

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

A sensation has been caused here by the death in one of the suburbs of Prince Tchin Pomil, formerly Russian Minister in Korea. The…

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Charge Against a Mother. Alleged Attempted Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

A widow named Hetty Red[?]an was arrested at Melbourne an Sunday night on the information of her daughter on a charge of attempted murder. The…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. Kenneth Robertson was charged with…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

There was very little business to engage the attention of the Polce Magistrate (Mr. J. McKensey) at the West Maitland police court this morning. The case of Pietro Pinketti for…

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Murder of Missionaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

A riot has taken place among Chinese at Nung-pe, in the province of Yunnan, south-west China. Father Mericot and a Chinese Christian have been murdered, and 11 houses…

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Late Cables. Clapham Common Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

London, Tuesday.— The inquest on the body of Beron, the miser who was murdered on Clapham Common, has resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against…

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Murder in Persia. Teheran

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

An ex-chief of police shot the Governor of ispahan, who is in a critical condition and the governor's nephew, who has succumbed to his injuries. The assassin, who…

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Licensing Court. Monday, January 30th. (Before Mr O. H. Gale, P.m.). a Transfer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

The license of the Percy Hotel was transferred from A. E. Ball to Isaac, Upion, late of Quirindi. Mr W. J. Cragg appeared for both…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

At the police court, yesterday, before Mr. C.H.Gale, P.M., sixteen persons pleaded guilty to la[?]ing to register their dogs. They were each fined 10s and 6s costs of court.—…

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