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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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£60,000 Theft. Burglar's Tunnel in New York

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

A haul of diamonds worth something like £50,000 and £1200 in cash has been effected by thieves at the pawnbroking establishment of Martin and Simons,…

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Jack Johnson Sentenced. Knocked Out for 12 Months. Chicago. June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 2

A sentence of a year's imprisonment and 1000 dollars fine (£200) has been imposed on Jack Johnson, the well-known pugllist, in connection with his prosecution under…

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Cessnock District News. Industrial Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 3

At the Industrial Court, Cessnock, yesterday, before Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate, W.Collier, confectioner, Vincent-street, Cessnock, was charged with failing to keep…

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[Industrial Court. Sitting in Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

A sitting of the Industrial Court, presided over by Mr. C. Hibble, was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning. PROSECUTIONS FAIL…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

At the Weest Maitland police court, this morning before Mr. S. E. Beaver. J.P. an inebriate was fined 5/- or the rising of the court. Alfred Joseph Dalton was similarly…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. Allnutt, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Police Court on Thursday. Thomas O'Donnell was charged with having no visible means of support. he pleaded…

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Local News. Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., a man named Thomas O'Donnell was charged with having no visible means of support…

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Charged with Murder. Girl Shoots Father. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

At the Criminal Court to-day, Kathleen Seily aged 14, was charged with murdering her father at Shellharbor on March 2…

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English Farm Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

London, Thursday.—The trial has been concluded of William Barton, a gamekeeper, charged with the murder of Winifred Mitchell, a farm servant at…

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Alleged Murder. Accused Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, On Thursday, before Mr Justice Pring and a jury, Reginald Battel was charged with the murder of David…

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Hotel Burglary in London. Porter Seriously Injured. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

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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£60,000 Theft. Burglar's Tunnel in New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

A haul of diamonds worth something like £50,000 and £1200. in cash has been effected by thieves at the pawabroking establishment of Martin and Simons,…

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Strange Story. Alleged Unprovoked Assault. Melbourne, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 10

A minor 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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A London Tragedy. Jeanne Baxter Sentenced. London, June, 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 3

At the trial of Jeanne Baxter, a young widow, who was charged with shooting Bernard Hall, a well-known boxer and aeroplanist, in his flat in Shaftesbury-avenue, in April…

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Spanish Crime. Murder for Money. Madrid, June 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

Recently the body of M. Jalon, a wealthy man, who had mysteriously disappeared in April, was found cut to pieces and hidden between two walls of the military school…

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Tragedy in Sydney. Murder and Attempted Suicide. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 10

A stimulus double tragedy took place this 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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New York Police. Committee's Recommendations New York, June 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

The committee of aldermen appointed to inquire into the allegations of "graft" in the police force have recommended that Mr. Rhinelander Waldo should be removed from…

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Gaol Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 4

One of a series of periodical concerts that have been arranged by the Maitland branch of the Prisoners Aid Association of New South Wales for the entertainment of…

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Murder Most Foul

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday afternoon. Ivy mitchell, aged 11, was brutally outraged, and murdered near Samford, Queensland, last night. The child, when…

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Chinese Pirates. Robbery and Murder. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

Advices from Hongkong state that pirates on the West River captured the steamer Robert Lebandy, plying between Hongkong and Fuchow, stealing £2400 in specie…

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