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Courts & crime, 1912

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 8

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

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 8

Compton and Sheedy versus James Rogers, claim for £3/11/7, goods sold and delivered Verdict for amount claimed, with 5/costs. The Boys Scouts were reviewed by Lieut…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court, this morning, before Mr. T.C.K. McKell, P.M., William McGettigan was fined 20/- in default seven days for drunkenness, and 60/, in…

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Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 3

At the Dungog Police Court on Friday last two lads were charged with offences under the Police Offences Act, one with stealing four oranges,…

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Burglary at Parkes Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

A box containing £84 has been [?] from a safe at Howard and Son's [?] Parkes. The thieves have not been traced…

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Daring Outlaw Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 3

Whytheville (Virginia), Saturday.— The trial of Flyod Allen, the daring outlaw, who led the raid on the Hillsville Courthouse and shot, among five others,…

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A Dungog Sensation. an Allied Assault. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 5

The Municipal Appeal Court, which has been sitting on and off for the last month dealing with the 65 appeals lodged against the council's assessment, finished its work…

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A Court Room Fracas. Attorney and Litigant. Blood Flows

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

It cannot be gainsaid that the municipal assessments for 1912 have provoked more bitterness, conflict, and dissatisfaction than the history of this…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court, this morning, the bench was occupied by Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M. Frank Atherton, for having been drunk…

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An Anarchist Sentenced for Libel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 5

At the Old Bailey, Errice Malatesta was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and ordered to be deported at the end of that term, for libelling on Be[?], in…

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Murder in Persia. Teheran

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 5

Yepron, the famous Armenian chief of police, has been killed in his tent, and it is alleged through treachery after severely defeating Salar-ed-Dowlch's forces near Homedan…

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Suffragettes Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 5

Mrs. Pankhurst and Mrs. Patrick Lawrence, charged with conspiring to create the recent suffragette disturbances. have each been sentenced to nine months imprisonment in the…

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Boxer Fined for Theft

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court, [?] Monday, Harry M'Evoy, who claims [?] be heavyweight champion boxer of the west, was fined 40/-, or 14 days' [?]…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 23, 1012

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M. A RAILWAY CASE…

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Lady Anarchist Sentenced. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

Enrica Malwesta, a leading anarchist of England, has been sentenced to three months' deportation. It is stated that she is a dangerous leader of anarchists,…

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Death in Sydney Hospital. After an Alleged Assault

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 3

Alfred Smith, aged 30, residing in Surry Hills, died in Sydney Hospital on Monday night from a fractured skull, and a man named Joseph Reece was later…

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German Bandiys. Battle with the Police. Berlin

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

After terrorising many of the [?] keepers in the Berlin suburbs [?] dits were killed in a battle with [?] police. The bandits, when engaged [?]…

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A Tasmanian Mystery Mother Charged with Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

Since the hearing of the evidence at the inquest at Upper Mountain River of the burning tragedy, in which Dorothy Mahal Catherine Lovell, aged 9 years, lost her life…

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Police Uniforms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

For some reasons or other, the local police have not yet been supplied with uniforms this year, and they are naturally wondering why they have been so neglected…

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Warden's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

A sitting of the Warden's Court was hold at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon, before the Warden (Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.) Henry Roberts, for whom…

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