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Courts & crime, 1912

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Boys Charged with Robbery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

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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Alleged Assault and Robbery. a Faked Crime

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

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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Strikers and Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

The strike committee passed a resolution, protesting against the action of mounted police escorting convoys in riding through the crowds, and adding. "We decline to accept…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

A brief sitting of the Municipal Appeal Court was held on Thursday, for the purpose of giving a decision in regard to the appeal of A. E. Ind against the…

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The Quirindi Sensation. Coroner's Court Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

On Thursday an inquiry into the death of Thomas Gallagher, aged 47, a shearers' cook, who was found dead in George-street, Quirindi, last Sunday…

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Industrial Court Case. a Question of Levies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

At the Industrial Court, Kurri, yesterday, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. G.C. Addison, had before him a case in which Walter Waller, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics…

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A Morphia Victim. Court Trial. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. Percy Huntington, Lawrence, described as an Australian merchant, has been tried on a charge of threatening to kill the manager of a city company, who gave…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. E. J. Cuteliffe, J.P., David Slanderson (25), a half-cast American negro, for having behaved in a riotous…

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Conflict with the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 5

A constable at the dockhead at Bermondsey during the night remonstrated with dastardly strikers who knocked a policeman insensible. A free fight between the police…

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A Sensational Chase. Fugitive Escapes the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 8

That one of the masked burglars of Sydney is at present in Melbourne, was demonstrated in a sensational manner early on Sunday morning, when five revolver shots…

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Strike Levies Illegal High Court Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 8

The High Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice Isaacs, sitting in Melbourne, dealt with an appeal concerning the legality of strike…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

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

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Police Courts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. Geo. Winkley, J.P., William Philpott was fined 20/, in default 14 days for drunkenness, and 60/, with the…

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Murder of a Judge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 3

Witheviile (Tenn.), Saturday.—Claude Allen was yesterday found guilty of the murder of Judge Thornton, who was shot in the Hillsville courthouse, during a…

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Conflict with Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 5

A constable at the dockhead in Bermondsey remonstrated with a number of disorderly strikers, who retaliated by knocking him insensible…

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Charge of Wife Murder. Accused on Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 5

"William Joseph Jones, a middle-aged man, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, charged with the murder of his wife. Accused pleaded not guilty. The…

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The Crime Wave. Fugitive Escapes the Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

That one of the masked burglars of Sydney is at present in Melbourne was demonstrated in a sensational manner early on Sunday morning, when five…

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The Men Before the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 5

The men arrested in connection with the Haymarket riot were brought before the police court to-day. One pleaded guilty to assaulting Constable Matthews and was…

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Strike Levies Not Compulsory Important Sigh Court Judgment

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The High Court at Melbourne on Friday, consisting of Sir Samuel Griffith, C.J., Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice Isaacs, dealt with an appeal in…

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The Transport Strike. Disorder at Bermondsey. Strikers and Police in Collision. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The strike of transport workers, although, conducted with a considerable degree of moderation so far, was responsible for a scene of disorder at…

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