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Courts & crime, 1913

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Blackmail Case. Police Evidence. London, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 5

Hemrich Kremmerskatten was brought up for trail on a charge of attempting to blackmail Lord Rothsehild for the sum of £30,000…

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Lane Cove Murder. An Appeal for Mercy. Debate in Parliament

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

The case of William George Wright, who is to be executed on the 19th of this month, for the murder of his sweetheart at Lane Cove, formed the subject of…

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Police Court. Thursday, August 7. (Before Messrs. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and J. W. Butler, J.p.). Ejectment Order

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 3

George Chapman, as agent for Mrs. M. E. Belfield, owner of a house in Harriet-street, applied for an ejectment order against Charles Seymore…

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Local and General News. Maitland Distinct Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 4

The next sitting of the Maitland District Court is set down for Thursday, September 4. The latest date for filing of plaints to be heard at the court is…

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Crafts aud Boards. Application to the Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 7

In the Industrial Court, Sydney, Mr. Justice Heydon gave judgment on an application by the Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company, for which a board was…

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Gaol Entertainment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 4

One of the regular concerts arranged under the auspices of the Maitland branch of the Prisoners' Aid Association was given in the gaol chapel yesterday afternoon, and…

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Stokers' Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 5

Two stokers named Rabey and Burns, belonging to the Australian destroyer Parramatta, were sentenced to two mouths' gaol at the Sydney Police Court to-day for a…

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West Maitland Police Court Monday, August 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. ALLEGED LARCENY…

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Paris Murder Trial. Accused Acquitted. Paris, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 2

The trial of Alice Crespy on a charge of having murdered the Rev. Father Chassaing has concluded, accused being acquitted. Accused's counsel made a bitter attack on…

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Story of Rubinstein. Encounter with the Police. Narrowly Missed Siberia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 August 1913 · page 3

"Your passport, please!" "What passport?" "What passport? You know perfectly well. Are you, not aware that every…

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The Lilydale Tragedy. a Partner Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The death of Clarence Gilbert Kefford, who was killed, in his hut by an explosion of gelignite on June 4, was the subject of a murder charge at the Newcastle…

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The Maitland Coalmihes. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

At the Ku[?] Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. [?] for having been found [?]…

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Violent Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 5

Alfred Currie was sentenced to four months in gaol without the option of a fine for brutal assault upon Constable Duffell. It was stated the assault occurred in June last, and…

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Gresford Police Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

Mr. W. Brown, M.L.A., has received word from the Police Department, under date 8th August, with reference to his letter dated the 30th ult., urging the need for certain…

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Lilydale Tragedy. a Cold-blooded Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

After examining all the circumstance connected with the shooting of an elderly wood-cutter, Richard Knight., who was found on Saturday evening lying dead in…

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The Mathinna Mystery Murder of a Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of William James Mullins, the farmer who mysteriously disappeared on June 20th, was continued at Mathinna, Tasmanian, on…

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House Blown Down. a Charge of Murder. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 4

Walter Henry Merrifield, 38, a market gardener, was changed at the police court this morning, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., with the murder…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., at the west Maitland police Court this morning, Patrick. O'Loughian was charged with having obtained a pair of trousers and a pair of…

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Cessnock Police Court, Perjury Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1913 · page 2

The hearing of a charge of perjury against James Rankin, which was part heard on Tuesday last, was resumed at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday (Tuesday) before Mr…

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KURRI KURRl Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 5

At the Kurri Police court, on Tuesday, before Mr.J. Cuteliffe, J.P. Harriet Stevenson was charged with stealing various articles of clothing etc., from the Kurri…

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