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Courts & crime, 1913

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Found in a Warehouse Railway Man Sent Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 3

"At the Newtown Police Court on Wednesday Mr. Barnett, S.M., gave his reserved decision in the case of Bertram Albert Paget, 24 years of age, a railway employee, who had…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M., James Joseph Hayes, for being drunk in Elgin-street, was fined 2/6, or…

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London Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 5

Burglars entered the Berkeley Hotel, Pic[?] and, after binding and gagging two [?] porters, opened a large safe and stole [?]lty of jewellery…

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Hotel Burglary. Porter Seriously Injured. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 5

Four men entered an unlocked garage in the early morning, and subsequently crossed an iron bridge, climbed a fire escape ladder, and entered a window of the…

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Strange Story. Alleged Unprovoked Assault. Melbourne, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 5

A miner named Arthur Lebb told the Bendigo police a sensational story. He stated that two women friends were bringing home liquor across the road from a hotel, when…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6

At the Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., Arthur Leonard Stevens pleaded guilty to a charge of having fulled to obey an order of the Court, for payment…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri police court, this morning, before Mr. E. J. Cutcliffe, J. P., John Loggren was fined £1, in default seven days, for having been guilty of behaviour at Weston last…

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Another Burglary. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

Burglars entered the house of William Lee at Surry Hills during the night, and got away with property valued at £30. The Chamber of Commerce is to be asked…

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The Word "Obey." Magistrate's Objection

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 9

Discussing the moral indignities to women" in the Church marriage service, against which the Women's Spiritual Militancy League has just issued a manifesto, Mr. Cecil Chapman…

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Student Robbed Assault in a Park

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 8

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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West Australian Tragedy. Man Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

At Broome (W.A.) on Thursday Charles Henry Spargo was convicted of murdering Gilbert Pickering Jones, and was sentenced to death by Justice Burn…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

William. Turner, appeared on a charge of drunkenness. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5/, with .6/ costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6
Also in Singleton Argus

A sitting of the Shire Appeal Court was held on Thursday, before Mr. Allnutt. P.M. There was a long list of cases set down, but in a considerable number there was no…

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Brave Police. Armed Man Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 10

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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Industrial Court. Maitland Casks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 12

A sitting of the Industrial Court, presided over by Mr. Chas. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate, was held sit the West Maitland. Court…

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Tragedy in Sydney. Murder and Attempted Suicide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

A shocking double tragedy took place tills morning in a house in Blue's Point-road, North Sydney, where an unmarried woman of 40, Jane Day, was shot right…

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Women Judges. Court of Morals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 6

A "Morals Courts." with five women judges is the latest legislative device for the welfare of girls employed in factories, shops, and offices in the State of Illinois…

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Accused Before the Court Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

At the Sydney Police Court, Percy Pearee 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 7

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

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