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Courts & crime, 1913

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Stolen Picture at a [?] Sequel to Theft of State Paint[?] 44 Years Ago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 2

When the picture "Children [?] Carrying Each Other." by the [?]th Spanish painter. Francisco [?] Lucientes, came up for sale at the [?]…

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Alleged Murder. Young Girl Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 5

A young girl, Gladys May Cribb, was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with the murder of an infant (Cyril Cribb), at Musewellbrook…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. W. Snape J.P., James Rankin was remanded till Tuesday on a charge of alleged perjury at Cessnock Police Court…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr.C. H.Gale, P.M. DRUNKENNESS. An inebriate, and old offender, was fiend 20,…

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Suffragette Bombardment.- Round Holloway Gaol. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

The Suffragettes gathered outside Holloway Gaol at 12 o'clock last night and demanded the release, of Annie Kenny. They were armed with sticks and stones,…

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Assault and Robbery. The Woollahra Case. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

At the .Quarter Sessions to-day, Percy Lawrence pleaded guilty to assault and robbery at. the residence of Mr Cox, Woo?lahra, and was remanded for…

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The Suffragettes. Fight with Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 3

London, Monday.—A free-speech demonstration was held yesterday in Trafalgar Square ' ' '.. Miss Sylvin Pankhurst concluded a…

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"Involuntary" Suicide. Curious Verdict of Jury in a Murder Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 6

In defiance of indignant comments by the Judge and the Public Prosecutor, a jury at Nashville, Tonness[?], returned a verdict of "Involuntary suicide" against Mrs. anna…

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Foul Murder. Struck with a Shovel. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 2

While stooping over, arranging some levers, Jlutchins., the foreman of a gang of labourers laying waterpipes in Pennsylvania, was murdered by a foreign…

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News by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday afternoon. Threatened Police Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 5

The proposed transfer to the Police Department list of civil servants engaged at police headquarters is still being warmly discussed in police circles. An informal…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri police court this morning, Messrs E.J. Cute[?]ffe and E. Bickmore, Js.P., ordered a prohibition to issue against Claude S. [?] for a period of 12 months…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 6

The monthly sitting of the police court on Tuesday next will be of special interest, as very serious charges of alleged breaches of the sanitary regulations under the Health…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court [?] charge preferred by Michael Ha[?] against Robert Moon for alleged ins[?] words was dismissed, there being no [?]…

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The Suffragists. Mrs. Rigby Sentenced. London. July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Edith Rigby, wife of Dr. Charles Rigby, one of the first women to be arrested in the suffrage cause seven years ago, who confessed to being the author of the outrage in…

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The Disease in Gaol. Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

IT is reported that a man who was admitted to Darlinghurst Gaol a few days ago for disobedience of an order of the court to pay certain moneys, has contracted…

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Poison in the Food. a Wife Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

Sensational developments have occurred in connection with a mysterious case of poisoning at Morra. West Australia. On the morning of July 10 a railway fitter…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

At Kurri police court, yesterday, [?] E. J. Cateliffe and E. Bickmore, Js.P., [?]dered a prohibition to issue against Ar[?] Porteus for a period of twelve months,…

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Alleged Murder. Young Girl Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

A young girl, Gladys May Cribb, was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with the murder of an infant (Cyril Cribb), at Muswellbrook…

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St. Ives Tragedy. Brown Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 1

Thomas Edwin Brown was found guilty in the Central Criminal Court, Sydney on Wednesday night of having murdered Police Sergeant Edwin Stuart…

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Alleged Murder. the Muswellbrook Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

In the case in the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury, in which Gladys Cribb, a young girl with her hair hanging down, was charged with…

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