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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

On Saturday a youth named Charles Atkinson was fined 10/-, or three days' imprisonment, for travelling in a train from Scone to Singleton on Friday last…

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Boys Charged with Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 5

Five burglaries were reported to the police from North Broken Hill during the past ten days. Money, jewellery, and other property were stolen. The methods of the robbers…

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Savage Assault in Hotel. Two Brothers Attacked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 3

Two brothers, upon entering an hotel in King-street, Newtown, were on Friday night savagely attacked by a mob of young men, and sustained injuries…

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Clever Police Dog

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

IN the small Bessarabian township of Floreschci, a Jew storekeeper named Khaimovich, with his wife and three children, the latter aged…

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Murder of a Journalist. Constantinople, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 5

Mustapha Nazim and Toberkess Ahmed have been sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for having murdered Zeki Bey, a journalist, in July, 1911…

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A City in Revolt. Conflicts with Soldiers and Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 1

Badapest, Saturday.—The city is in a state of siege, as the result of the police and military coming into confliet with a demonstration of suffragists…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. a Faked Crime

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 2

Shortly after midnight on Monday a man was found lying groaning in Sydney Domain. When questioned by Constable Alexander, he stated that he had been stabbed…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 5

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…

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A Quirindi Sensation. Man Charged with Manslaughter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 4

A shearer's cook, named Thomas Gallagher, 47 years of age, was found dead on Sunday in George-street, Quirindi, inside the municipal fence. Deceased…

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Industrial Court Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Courthouse, West Maitland, this afternoon, to hear informations brought by Wauter Waller, secretary of…

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Departure of Mr. McKELL. Farewelled at This Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

At the conclusion of the business at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M., was congratulated on his promotion to the position of…

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Police Court. Motorist Fined

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

In the Police Court, this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale. P.M., Irving Cox was charged with a breach of the Motor Car Act. Defendant…

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Thrice Sentenced to Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

An Arab bandit mimed Lubane has had the unique experience of being sentenced to death three times and to hard labor for life eleven times. He has…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

The second trial of James Skinner, charged with the murder of Samuel Watson at Hillgrove, concluded to-day; when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and accused…

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The Police Force

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

The burglar scare and various acts of lawlessness which have taken place recently have hastened the Government's intentions regarding the police force. The…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

In the Licensing Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale and Dr. C. H. Scott, L.M's., a renewal of the license of the Commercial Hotel. Aberdeen, was…

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Cessnock Police Court. Bicycle Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. Brown, J.P. Frank Miller, alias Muller, was charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £10, the property of…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. E.J. Cutcliffe, J.P. William Harris, for having been drunk in Victoria-street, Kurri, last night, was fined 2s 6d or the…

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A Tasmanian Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 12

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

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Thrice Sentenced to Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

An Arab bandit named Labane has had the unique experience of being sentenced to death three times and to hard labor for life eleven times. He has…

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