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Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Court. Thursday May 22. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 7

Peter Rooney. was charged with having been found drunk in John-street on Wednesday. Sergeant Whitfield said that the defendant had been fined in…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

Harold G. Lambert claimed from F. C. De Silva, £5/13/, alleged to be due for money lent. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5/ costs, and…

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Bow-street Magistrate. the Way to a Little Girl's Heart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 11

Mr. John Dickinson, the Thames Police Court magistrate, has been appointed as one of the three magistrates at Bow-street to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr…

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Maitland District Court. Thursday, May 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 5

The Maitland District Court opened in the East Maitland Courthouse on Thursday before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. WATSON V. BRAGG…

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No Crime and No Police. a Remarkable People

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 3

The "Times of Ceylon" just received contains a remarkable interview with the Rev. Middleton Brumwell, a Wesleyan minister at Colombo, who went to…

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Prayer in Court. Incident in Cruelty Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 7

An elderly man startled the magistrates at Godalming Police Court yesterday by praying in a loud voice from the witness box (said the "Dally News"…

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Trennery Before the Court. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

The name of the man shot at last night is James Reddie. His contition is critical. Trennery was before the Court to-day…

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Centurion-derna Collision. Captain Gaunt Court-martialled. London, May 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

In December last, while the battleship Centurion, under the command of Captain Guy Gaunt, was undergoing a 30 hours' trail at moderate power in the Channel, she…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 4

At the Kurri police court this morning [?] fore Messrs. E. J. Cuteliffe, and E. Bickmore, Js.P., an unfortunate man, 39 years of age, who is deemed to the in[?] was…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 2

The beach at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. M. [?]. McMahon, relieving Police [?] trate…

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Student Robbed. Assault in a Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 2

The 'Varsity commemoration involves much preliminary work amongst the undergraduates of the Sydney University. Many students were thus kept busy there up till nearly…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M. A previous offender was fined 10/, or three days, for…

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Police Search. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 5

The police searched the headquarters of the General Confederation of Labour, and of other unions, and many houses in Paris and the provinces. They discovered…

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Brave Police. Armed Man Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 5

The proprietors of the Exhibition Hotel., Brisbane, informed the Criminal investigation Branch on Sunday night that a safe in his bedroom had been robbed of £60…

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Mining Matters. Proposed Special Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 6

When asked whether he had seen a statement that the Colliery Employees' Federation had made an application for a special count under the industrial Act., and they…

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Accused Before the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 4

At the Sydney Police Court, Perey Pearce, John Crowley, and Richard Jones, youths were charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of Mr. Broadribb, auctioneer, in…

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Kurri Industrial Court, Important Point Raised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 6

In the industrial Court, at Kurri, yesterday (Tuesday), before Mr. C. Hibble, industrial Magistrate, the Kurri Co-operative Society, Ltd., was charged with breaches of…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 7

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. N.J. McMahon, P.M. INDECENT LANGUAGE…

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Murder Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 5

Eight charges of murder down for hearing at the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, which commence at Darlinghurst on Monday next…

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