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Courts & crime, 1913

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Assault on Skutari. Vienna April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

The general assault on skutari began on Monday morning, following a 36 hours' embardment. The Turks made an Heroic resistance,…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Another Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

Another city burglary occurred last night, when three men broke into the shop of Edward Meyers, second-hand dealer, of King-street, and secured a large quantity…

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Local and General New. Deputy Licensing Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, police, magistrate, Cobar, has been appointed duputy licensing magistrate for the licensing districts of Maitland and Raymond Terrace, for a period not…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, April 25. (Before his Honor Hustice [?])

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

the criminal business of the Maitland [?] cuit Court was concluded at the Courth[?] East Maitland, to-day, before his Honor [?] tice Pring…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

'At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, Messrs. E. J. Cuteliffe, and E. Bickermore, Js. P., ordered a prohibition to issue against John Germyn for a period of 12…

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Dog Stealing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

At the Police Court on Thursday last before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., a stranger named Robert Hassell Stevenson, was charged with having stolen a…

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Boy Murderer. Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

At the Criminal Court sittings at Grafton on Wednesday, Leslie Lindsay, a State boy, 17 years of age, was charged with the wilful murder of Mrs James…

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Murder of Christians

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 6

Corfa. Thursday.— The Bishop of the razzo has appealed to Sir Edward Grey British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and M. Sazanoff, Russian…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Daring Burglary. Sydney, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 5

Another daring burglary occurred at Marrickville early tis morning, when a gang of criminals entered Berrimans produce store, and carried a safe away, but,…

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Disturbance in Gaol. Darlinghurst Prisoners Rowdy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

It has leaked out that after a concert given by the Prisoners' Aid Society to the inmates of Darlinghurst Gaol on Saturday last, presumably by…

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Miners Accept Industrial Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

A highly important development has occurred in the Newcastle mining situation. It is a development that not only removes all immediate danger…

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Arrested on Murder Charge. Miss Caldwell's Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 5

A young' man named William George Wright was arrested yesterday on his discharge from the Callan Park Asylum, charged with the alleged murder of a…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Denman Court News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 7

The development of the dairying industry in the neighbourhood of Donman, and its growing commercial importance, have caused the town to make considerable progress in…

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Amusing Court Incident. Justice Pays the Money

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

An amusing incident happened at the Wonthaggi (Vic.) Police Court on Thursday. A hard-working Scotsmen was fined 10/- for drunkenness, and he…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 23. (Before His Honor Justice Pring)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

The Maitland Circuit Court was opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Wednesday, before his Honor Justice Pring. Mr. C. E. B. Maybury, Sheriff, occupied…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April, 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 8

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. M. J. McMahon, relieving Police Magistrate. STEALING FROM A DWELLING…

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Late News by Cable. the Murder of Sung. Charges Against Yuan Shih Kaj. Shanghai. April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 2

The Governor of [?] has telegraphed to the Cabinet and Parliament accusing the President, Yuan Shin Kai, of authorising the recent murder of Sung, an ex-Cabinet…

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The Bankstown Murder. Police Theory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of the girl Esther Porter, whose mutilated body was found in the scrub at Punchbowl, near Bankstown, on…

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Spy and Wife Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Berlin, Saturday.— Kohler, the draughtsman, who was recently convicted on a charge of espionage at Leipzig, in the interests of France and…

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The Burglary Boom. Prevalence in Sydney. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

Particulars of a masked burglary at Ryde show that the intruder secured £30 in cash from a tin box before making his escape. The story goes that there was a…

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