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Courts & crime, 1913

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 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 1 September 1913 · page 8

The transfer of the license of the Sports man's Arms Hotel from William George Slocombe to John Baptist Beisler was granted. Mr. Jas. R. Carlton and Mr. H. M…

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The Suffragists. Assault on Mr. Asquith. London, Aug. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 2

The names of the two women to assaulted the Prime Minister on the Lossiemouth gold links have been given as Winnie Wallace, of Dundee, and Flora Smith of Edinburgh…

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Cessnock Court House

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 3

At the request of Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Holman promised to make inquiries into the delay in the building of a new court house at Cessnock…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 8

Fry Bros. v. W. Hill, claim for £1/8/, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5/9 costs. John T. Keys v. John Kenna, claim for…

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Murder of Jews. Dog Detectives. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 5

After six days fruitless attempts to trace the murderers of a Jewish family of the persons near Kislimeff, the authorities made use of dogs which followed the trail to…

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Death of an Old Police Officer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 4

The death took place on Saturday at his residence, Newcastle, of ex-Senior Constable Charles Steele, and with his demise went very well known and respected figure at the…

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Divorce Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 3

Before Mr Justice Gordon, in the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Tuesday last, a decree nisi was granted, returnable in six months, to Agnes…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 2

At the monthly sitting of the Police Court, before. Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. held yesterday the only cases dealt with were breaches of the…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 7

At the Cessnock police court, yesterday (Tuesday), the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Thomas Jeffries was charged with havin…

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Magistrate Sworn in

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Mr. A. J. Miller, manager of South Greta Colliery, was sworn in by His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge as a Justice of the Peace…

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Police Lose Their Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle's" Dublin correspondent alleges that the police used unnecessary violence during the rioting on Sunday. A little tact might have…

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Labour Riots. Police Charge Strikers. London. Septs. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 5

Three hundred of the striking clayworkers at Saint Austell, Cornwell, returned to work under police protection. A large force of pickets attempted to…

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Slit Skirt "Rag." Fashion Pronounced by Police "Within the Law."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 2

The authority of the New York Police has to be invoked to protect four young women who promenaded Fifth-avenue clad in the very latest "fashions" including the so-call…

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The Dublin Riots. Baton Charges by Police. 400 Injured in Hospital

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 2

Further details of the riot which broke out at Dublin as a result of the industrial trouble among the transport workers, show that it lasted for five hours, during which…

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The Riots in Dublin. 740 Casualties. the Police Stoned. London, Sept. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 5

During the evening in Dublin a riotous crowd gathered in Capel-street, and refused to disperse until the police made a baton charge. Later a number of youths broke…

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Dirty People Magistrate's Severe Warning

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 3

Hubert de Hudson, licensee of the Golden Age Hotel, Wagga, was on Tuesday charged with storing food intended for public consumption in an improper…

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The New Heberdes Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 3

The Key. R. J. H. M'Gowan, convener of the Presbyterian Missions' Committee indiguantly repudiates the charge that the resent murder of a French…

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General Cable News. Blackmailer Sentenced. London. Sept. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 5

The youth Hel[?]rich Krommor[?]kothen, who attempted to blackman Lord Rothschild for £30,000, has been sentenced to 15 months' hard labour, and deportation at the…

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Charged at Bow-street. London. Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 5

Joseph Grizard, Simon Silverman, and Lester Gunworth (Austrian diamond dealers, John Locket (jeweller), and James M'Carthy (aged 82), were charged at the…

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