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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Accused Before the Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 12

A message from Werris Creek says the local police arrested two young men, Robert Turner and Charles Smallcorn, on the passenger train from Tamworth on…

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Attack on Area Officer. a Jockey Charged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 4

Percy Thompson, a well-known northern district jockey, was charged at the Morpeth Police Court to-day with inflicting grievous bodily harm on…

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Charges Against Police. London, Aug. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 3

The City Council of Londonderry has agreed to a resolution asking the Government-to institute an inquiry into the action of the constabulary during the recent…

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La Perouse Mystery. a Cask of Murder. Latest Particulars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 7

On Sunday evening, Charles Straton, 33, a labourer, was shot dead in the scrub below the La Perouse cable station. It was not until Tuesday that he police get to work in search…

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Clapham Murder. Gunner Confesses to Killing Beron. Afterwards Retracts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 7

Simultaneously with a request from Stinie Morrison's solicitors for the return of all copies of the petitions for the convic's release came a report from Jamaica that a…

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The Hunchback Spy. German Sent to Gaol. Did "Dirty Work for Money."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 7

Without leaving the box, the jury at Winchester Assizes, found William Klare, the hunchback German dentist, guilty of obtaining secret information from Portsmouth…

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Fight in a Court House. Solicitor Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 9

At the Manly Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Love, S.M., three brothers, Murray, Lindsay, and Arthur Hunter, were charged with assaulting their…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court this morning, before Messrs. E. J. Cutcliffe and J. Dill Js.P., Peter Thomas Bromfield was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, August 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 8

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

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 8

An application by Thomas O'Malley, of the Railway Hotel, Cessnock, for the transfer of the license to Robert William Cafe, of Muswellbrook was granted…

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Wife Murder. Struggle in a Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 2

At Claremont (near Perth) on Saturday afternoon a young married woman, C[?] Lucy Surradge, was murdered by her last band, Walter Surradge, who them attempted…

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Police Pensioners. London, Sunday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 5

One hundred Dublin police pensioners have been sworn in as special constables in anticipation of a disturbance arising from resisting strikers…

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Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 2

At the local Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., Rev Dodds (on warrant) was charged with having assaulted…

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Row in a Police Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 1

At the Manly Police Court, three brothers were before Mr. Clarke on a series of charges. Their names were Murray Hunter, Lindsay Hunter, and Arthur…

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Police Court. Friday, August 25th. (Before Mr W. Brown, P.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 3

Edward Webber was charged with using obscene language on the 14th instant in a public place. Mr Waller appeared for the…

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Wife Murder. Struggle in a Park

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 2

At Claremont (W.A.) on Saturday afternoon a young married woman, Cacilia Lucy Surradge, was murdered by her husband, Walter Surradge, who then…

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A Family Quarrel. Causes Murder and Suicide. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 2

At the inquest on Isaac Goldstein, aged 69, and his son David, who were both shot at their home, Commonwealthstreet Sydney, on August 7, it was…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, [?] fore Mr. V. B. Cox, J. P. George Wilkinson was fined 10 or 24 hours was having [?]drunk and disorderly.—Senior-constable[?]…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Theft of Jewellery. Scenes in Court. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 6

At the police court yesterday, before Messrs. J. C. Luscombe and H. R. Falnder, Js.P., Sarah Moses and Jessie moses were charged with having stolen on the 23rd…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 4

Unimportant business only engaged the attention of the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. h. Gale, P.M.) at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. John Frost Stephens,…

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