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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Local and General. Court News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Friday last (before Messrs. W. Bennett, G. Walker and A. D. Donnelly, J's.P.) hawker's licenses were…

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Local and General News. Quarterly licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court for the licensing district of Paterson will be held in the Courthouse, Paterson, on Tuesday, January 7…

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The Annandale Tragedy. O'grady Sentenced to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 5

The circumstances of the domestic tragedy at Annandale on November 5, when Mary Kathleen O'Grady met her death, were again brought prominently before, the public on…

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An Indian Crime. Murder of Mrs. Clark. Calcutta, Dec.10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 5

Recently Mrs. Clark, wife of an otheer on the Medical Department at Aliahabad, was to [?] dead with her head shattered. It was at first supposed that the crime was…

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Local and General News. Municipal Revision Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

A court for the revision of the supplementary list of electors of the municipality of East Maitland will be held at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Friday, 20th instant…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, December 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

The bench at the West Maitland Polices Court this morning was occupied by Messrs C. H. Gale, P.M., and George Winkley, J.P…

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The Taxi-cab Murderer. Sentenced to Death. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

Edward Hopwood, who was tried on a charge of having fatally shot Frances Dudley, a music-hall artist, while both were travelling together in a taxi-cab in…

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The Stolen Jewels. the Dublin Castle Theft. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

Despite the official denial, the "Daily News" assorts that the St. Patrick jewels have been returned. The paper also states that the authorities know where they were…

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The Danish Murder. Madame Koch's Story. Copernhagen, Dec. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

Two days age it was reported that burglars entered the house of M. Koch, a wealthy manufactures, out his head off, attempted to strangle Mdme, Koch, and stole 1000 crowns…

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An Indian Crime. Murder of Mrs. Clark. Calcutta, Dec. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

The court at Agra was crowded when the trial was continued of Clark, an officer in the Medical Department at Allahabad, a widow named Fulham, and a servant, Budhu, who…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., at the police court, yesterday, Malcolm John Faulkner was charged with having been guilty of conduct prejudicial to tho good conduct and…

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Suspected Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

The body of an elderly man has been found at Woking with a bullet in the skill. It is presumed to be a case of murder, as no weapon was near the remains. The crime is…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

The bench at the Licensing Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and Messrs. P. E. Eiedershaw and R. [?] Js.P. An auctioneer's…

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Dublin Castle Theft. Contradictory Statements. London, Dec. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

Lord Aberdeen states that the report that the jewels have been restored is without Foundation. The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily…

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Murder in Servia. Teheran, Dec. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

It has been learned that tribesmen in Shiraz murdered Captain Eckford, of the Central India Horse, during a shooting expedition. The New Zealand Minister of Defence…

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A Bogus Marriage. Graham and Crawley Sentenced. London, Dec. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

In August last two men, named Graham and Crawley, were committee for trial on a charge of having performed a bogus marriage in an undergraund room of a house…

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General Cable News. the Bloomsbury Murder. London, Dec, 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

Frank Craig, a coloured pugilist, has been arrested as an accessory in connection with the murder of Jessie Mackintosh, an English actress, by [?] Gross, a negress, at a…

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An Indian Crime. Murder of Mrs. Clark. Calc[?], Dec. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

The trim of Clark, an officer in the Medical Department at Allahabad, it widow, [?] Fulham, and a servant, [?] are charged with the murder of Mrs…

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The Eastbourne Tragedy. Police-inspector's Murder. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 5

In October last John Williams was arrested in connection with the murder of Police-in-spector Walls, who went to the house of the Countess Sztaray in Eastbourne on the night…

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The Iron Hand. Arrested Magistrate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 4

Herr Lagercrantz a member of the, Viborg Magistrates' Court, who was recently arrested for refusing to execute the unconstitutional regulations…

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