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Courts & crime, 1913

1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 89

Police Constable Stoned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

Constable M'Hugh, of Bellambi, was set upon on Saturday night by a num ber of youths. The constable sought refuge in the post office, whereupon…

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Scone Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 4

In the local Police Court, on Friday last, four cadets, for failing to attend parade and medical examination, wore fined 1/. and costs. J. T. Aisbett was charged with…

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Letter From Gaol Alleged Attempted Subornation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 2

An unusual case came before Mr. Smith S.M., at tge Central Police Court, [?] when William Joseph smith, aged 31, charged with having, on or about April 14…

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"King of Thieves." Attempt to Break Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 4

Early on Sunday evening, just before "shut up" time, the young man Deeley who has taken to himself the title of "King of Thieves," and who is at present…

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Murder and Suicide. Husband Shoots Wife

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 2

During the early hours of Thursday morning Alfred John Binks, after a brief quarrel with his wife, Blanche May Binks, shot her at a house opposite to the Perth Public…

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New York Police "Graft."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. Pureoll, a well-known New York gambler, who has joined the campaign against municipal graft, testified that he had paid graft aggregating £10,000…

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Aviator in Court Prohibited Areas, London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 5

M. Brindegonel, a Frenehman, has been charged at Bow-street Police Court with failing to notify the Home Office of his flight, and of flying over prohibited areas…

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Letter From Gaol. Alleged Attempted Subornation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 8

An unusual case came before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, when William Joseph Smith, aged 31, was charged with having, on or about April 14…

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Cannon Charged with Type. Bullets of Gold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 15

When Sir John Gorst was occupying an editorial chair in Waikato half a century ago, he found himself to his dismay in the centre of the Maori fighting…

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Charge of Murder. Accused Discharged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 16

John Sheehan, a shearer, in the Carnarvon district, was charged at the Criminal Court Perth, W. A., with the murder of an aboriginal child, Topsy. According to the Crown evidence…

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New York Police "Graft."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 3

Mr. Pureell, a well-known New York gambler, who has joined the campaign against municipal graft, testified that he had paid graft aggregating £10,000…

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Paderewski and the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

Paderewski (says the Warsaw correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette") has been giving a series of concerts here, and was everywhere received enthusiasm, not only…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court, Gladys May [?]ribb, a young woman, was charged with having, at Muswellbrook, on or about April 17 last, maliciously and feloniously…

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A Magistrate Knighted. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Mr. Henry Curtis Bennett, the well-known Metropolitan Police Magistrate, of Bow[?] whose life was attempted by su[?]gettes some days ago, has been…

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The Berlin Murder. Berlin, May 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

In regard to the recent discovery of the [?] remains of a schoolboy named Kla[?] a man servant, Joseph Ritter, has been arrested, and has confessed that he…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 4

The Maitland District Court will be for­mally opened at the Court House, East Maitland, to-morrow (Tuesday), and adjourned until Thursday, 22nd instant, in consequence…

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Newcastle District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 4

In the Newcastle District Court on Thursday last, an action was brought, by Augustus Francis Leo Heads, of Lo[?] West Maitland, against the New South Wales Aerated Water…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 6

At the Kurri Police Court, yesterday [?] Mr. E. J. Cu[?] J.P., John [?] for having made use of indecent [?] in Aberdare-street, Weston, on [?]…

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East Maitland Police Court. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M., two young men, Frank Tiernan and Gippson Hicks, were charged with demanding money by menaces from Yet Lee…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 3

A municipal appeal court was held at the Curt House, Dungog. on Friday last before Mr Walterus Brown, P.M. The Colonial…

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