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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Portuguese Royalists. Court-martial Sentences. Lisbon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

A number of Royalist conspirators have been sentenced to six years imprisonment followed by deportation for 10 years, or as an alternative, deportation for 20 years…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr Allnutt, P.M., two defendants, for drunkenness, were fined small sums, and one defendant, for riding a motor…

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South Grafton Murder. Theogose Sentenced of Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

The hearing of the charge of murder against Louie Theogose. in connection with what is known as the South Grafton tragedy, was concluded at Grafton…

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Loved the Same Man. Girl Charged with Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

A quarrel between two elghteen-yearold girls has ended in tragedy, and one of them, Daisy Willams, found herself in the dock at Clerkenwell on…

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A Police Scoop

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—A notorious bandit named Kosstvsky was buried in Odessa, and the funeral was attended by over 200 Apaches. The police,…

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Police Court. Tuesday. October 1, 1912. (Before Mr R. H. v, Allantt. P. M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 1

James Horry, The [?] Holahan, and James Bates, for neglee to send children to school the number [?] days required by the Act, were lined in each case, with…

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Charge of Murder. Parisian Drama. Girl Acquitted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

The trial of Mdlie. Yvonne Bertheller, the young woman accused of having shot and killed her own mother and the man named Langlois. with whom…

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Settled Out of Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 10

Talking of his early days at the Bar, Mr. Thomas Edward Crispe, in "Reminiscences of a K.C.," relates how on occasion he was…

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Murder and Suicide Love Sick Baron. (By Cable) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

Baron Vourider, the newly-appointed German Foreign Minister to Abyssinia, murdered his sweetheart, Fraulin Pusee, a dressmaker, and then committed…

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Camorra Sentences. Court Tragedy. Prisoner Cuts His Throat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

Amid Intensely dramatic scenes the verdict In the prolonged Camorra trial was given to-day (said the Viterbo currespondent of the "Daily News and…

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West Mailand Police Court. Monday, October 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. C.H., Gale, P.M., J.W. Pender, and Jas. E. Wolfe, Js.P…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

Ernest Hopewood, who is charged with the murder the Florence Dudley, a well-known pantomime "principal boy," in a taxi-cab in Fenchurch-street recently, has…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

A second-hand dealer's license was granted to Geoge James Nelmes…

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Prisoner Jumps From a Train. Constable Charged with Neglect, Bench Unanimous in Dismissing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 8

At the West Maitland Police Court to-day, William McCrea, a police constable, was charged with having, on September 24 last, been guilty of neglect of duty…

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New York Police. Another Assassination. New York, Oct. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 5

Jack Zelig, a member of the gang connected with the Rosenthal murder case. was assassinated. A fruit dealer named Davidson has been arrested in connection…

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Jewellery Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 5

The jewellery establishment of Elkams and Co. Liverpool-street, London, has been entered by burglars and £4000 worth of jewellers stolen…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Cutclifte, J. P., William Miller, for having made use of indecent language, was fined 0 or 3 days, and for having been drunk…

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Theft and Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

Sneak thieves entered the residence of Mr. J. Bevan in Victoria-street, Kurri, on Sunday night, and got away with a little over £1 in cash. The family were absent at church…

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An American's Suicide. letter Addressed to Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 1

Financial troubles are said to be responsible for the suicide of an American, Sherman M. Burrus, of 264 Con[?]cut-street, Buffalo, New York State,…

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Police Court. Monday, October 7, 1912 (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Stealing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

Charles Smith, on remand, was brought up on a charge of stealing money and cheques of the value of £70, the property of Messrs Payne…

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