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Courts & crime, 1913

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Maitland Circuit Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

T[?]ings of this Court was [?]e Court House, East [?]nd, on Friday the 24th April instant. Before his Honour Mr…

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Dublin Castle Mystery. Theft of Two Crown Jewels. London, April 28

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

The mystery of the disappearance of the Crown jewels from Dublin Castle will shortly be revived in London by a libel action, in which an official of the Castle seeks…

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Shooting at Chinese Consul-General. Melbourne Society Romance. Sentenced to Five Years

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Thomas Jones Chia, who pleaded guilty to wounding the Chinese Consul-General at Melbourne, was yesterday sentenced to five years hard…

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The Suffragettes. Police Kept on the Move

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The vagaries of the suffragettes have been keeping the police on the move, and they report the discovery of several daring plots…

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Divorce Court Case. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

In the Divorce Court to-day, Leslie Nicol Walford was the petitioner for dissolution of his marriage with Janey Mabel Walford, formerly Hordern, on the…

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Street Murder. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 5

Jerry Maida, who was suspected of aiding the attorney's investigation into the police graft, has been shot dead in the street. Five gamesters have been arrested…

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Ways of Chinese. Curious Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 7

An extraordinary case of substitution was revealed in the City Police Court, Perth, when a Chinese, Kee Hing, was prosecuted for being unlawfully on the premises of a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 4

Very little business was set down for hearing at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, when the bench was occupied by Mr. W. J. M mahan, relieving Police…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 6

At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs, A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., a man named Edward Jones appeared on a charge of having no visible…

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Assault on Chinese Consul. Chia Sentenced to Five Years

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 3

Thomas Tones Clin, who pleaded guilty to wounding the Chinese ConsulGeneral at Melbourne, was at the Criminal Court on Monday Sentenced to…

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Contempt of Court. An Editor Goes to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 1

In the Supreme Court at Darwin, Chillies James Kirkland, editor and proprietor of the " Northern Territory Times," appeared to show cause why he…

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New York Police Graft. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

Four police officers accused of "graft" have been placed on trial before the Supreme Court, and charges covering four years have been preferred against them Investigation is…

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The Suffragists. Police Raid. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

The police raided the headquarters of the Women's Political Union, in Kingsway, and made several arrests. Five officials wore arrested, and later Mrs…

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A Shocking Tragedy. Sergeant of Police Shot. Orchardists Fatal Act. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

A shocking tragedy occurred at St. Ives, on the North Shore line, this morning. It appears that Sergeant Edwin Hickey attempted to serve two commitment warrants on an…

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Alleged Murder. Warsaw, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 5

Baron Bisping, a rich Lithuanian landlord, has been arrested for the murder of Prince Ladisin[?] Lubeeki, whose body was found in the grounds of his residence…

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A Murder Case. Woman Shoots a Boxer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 5

At the coroner's inquest, a verdict of murder was recorded against Jennie Baxter, a fashionably-dressed young widow, who shot dead Bernard Hall, a well-known…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Police Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 7

The gruesome discovery of the body of a male infant, about a month old, in a gully in the vicinity of the northern portion of the town common (as reported in the…

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A City Tragedy. Police Sergeant Shot. Sad Affair

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 2

A shocking tragedy, occurred at St. Ives on the North Shore line yesterday morning. It appears Sergeant Edward Hickey attempted to serve…

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Police Sergeant Killed Tragedy at St. Ives. Orchardist Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

A shocking tragedy occurred at St. lves, on the North Shore line, on Thursday morning Sergeant Edwin Stuart Hickey, of Pymble, was fatally shot by…

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Our Singleton Letter Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 7

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Police Court on Thursday. John Ryan and Matthew Maher, two…

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