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Courts & crime, 1912

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Local News. Electoral Revision Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 4

The adjourned sitting of the court for the revision of the general lists for the electorate of Singleton was held on Thursday, when the work was…

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Murder and Bank Robbery. Automobile Apaches. French Sensation. Paris, March 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 3

Six Apaches killed a chauffeur near Chantilley, seized his car and entered a bank At Chantitley, They killed the eashier and clerk and then drove off with 40,000 france…

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Diaries of the Great Despot. Abdul's Court Secrets to Be Revealed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 12

"It has been decided to publish the socalled 'D'jopurnals of the ex-Sultan Abdul Humid. These are the most authenticated records of his terrible 33 years' reign, and…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. E. J. Cuteliffe, J.P., Martha May McWilliams, described as a housekeeper, was charged with having…

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Manslaughter. Sentenced to Seven Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Saturday morning. William Henry France, a middle-aged man, known as "Dr. Bill," was brought up for sentence. He was found guilty…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 8

A hawker's license was granted to Timothy Lane…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 8

George Hollingsworth v. C. H. Waples, claim for £17/10/10 agistment and money expended. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. W. T. Lindsay for…

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Circuit Court Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 4

The following arrangements have been made for the approaching business of the Circuit Courts. The Chief Justice will preside at Hay (April 11), Albury, (April 17),…

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Wheelers in Court. Horse Causes a Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 5

The 14 wheelers of Mount Pleasant colliery who refused to work on Wednesday. Thursday. and Friday, owing to one of their number being asked to work a horse which they…

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Quack Doctor Sentenced. Seven Years for Abortion

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 1

At the Criminal Court, Sydney, Wil[?] Henry France was charged with f[?]sly murdering Elma Stevenson [?] March 10, at Swatehfield, near…

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Maitland Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 4

At the Maitland Circuit Court, opening at East Maitland on Tuesday next, over which Justice Sly will preside, the Crown Prosecutor will be Mr. Moriarty…

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Alarm at Kurri Kurri. Another Assault Case. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 5

At about half-past 8 o'clock last night Mr. J. H. Shephard, of the firm of Shephard, Forster, & Co., Kurri, was brutally assaulted and left in a semi-conscious condition (says our…

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French Motor Car Murder[?]. Suspects Arrested. (By Cable) Paris

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 2

The French, police have arrested [?] persons on suspieion of their having been concerned in the murder of [?] feurs and the looting of the Cha[?]…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Messrs. J. E. Wolfe and G. Winkley, Js. P., Frank Burns was proceeded against for being drunk and disorderly on the…

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Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 4

Mr. E. C. Day, the State Inspector-General of Police, has approved of the following promotions from the 1st instant:—Sergeant G. A. Maroney of Coonamble, to be senior-sergeant;…

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Daring Burglary in London. Jewellers' Safe Opened. London, April 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 5

The thieves, who bored into the jewellery establishment in Regent-street, from the premises of a firm of a artistic fabrie dealers, took a quantity of dress materials and…

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Fight for Life in a Train. Murderer's Theft of a Blood-strained Ticket. Paris, Feb. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 7

When a train from Dijon drew up at the station of Chalons-sur-Saone about nine o'clock last night a young man was seen to spring lightly from a first-class carriage,…

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Alarm at Kurri Kurri. Another Assault Case

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 4

AT about half past eight on Monday: night, Mr. J. H. Shephard, of the firm of Shephard, Forster, and Co., Kurri Kurri, was brutally…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 5

Claude Anderson applied for confirmation of a conditional license for promises erected, at Aberdare, to be known as the Caledonisn Hotel. Mr. A. E. Westcott…

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Charge of Criminal Assault. Man Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

At the Sydney Water Police Court on Tuesday, William Lynam was committed for trial on a charge of having criminally assaulted and beaten and…

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