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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Alleged Murder. Woman Poisoned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 2

At the Foibes Police Court on Satarday, Homy Pepper, a young man was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Etheline Slona, aged 27,…

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East Perth Murder. New Trial Refused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 4

The Court of Criminal Appeal, Perth, heard an application for a new trial in the East Perth murder case, on behalf of Bert Thomas, who, with Mathew Williamson, was convicted…

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Murder Case Reopened. Berlin, Sept. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 5

The Public Prosecutor at Elberfeld has reopened the inquiry into the case of Frau Homm, who was sentenced in 1903 to a long term of imprisonment for the murder…

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Police Veteran's Story. Notable Crimes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 7

Mr. John Sadleir's qualifications for writing "Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer" are undoubted. He joined the Victorian cadets (the only material the…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

Tuesday, September 23, 1913. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.) Charles Frazer, for leaving the hired serices of W. F. Robey without…

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Murderous Assault

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

A sensational occurrence is reported from North Sydney. Early on Monday morning a well-known business man, named William J. McKye…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday before Messrs. E. J. Cutcliffe, E. Bickmore and C. Lynch, Js.P., James Germyn, for having made use of indecent language in the bar of…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, September 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

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

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Recent Murder. Berlin, Sept. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 5

In connection with the murder of a school boy named Klaehn early in the year, the man servant, Joseph Ritter, was tried and sentenced to five years' imprisonment…

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Persistent Reappearances. Chidley Before the Court (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

W. J. Chidley is in trouble again. He appeared at the Summons Court to-day dressed in his oidinary garb, chargede with obstructing the traffic. 'The case…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., J. W. Birkenhead and Elias Bowden, L.Ms.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 5

J. A. Noble applied for permission to make minor alterations to the Royal Hotel. The applications was granted. J. Earl, Allandale, was granted a renewal…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 7

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., a man named Charles Frazer, for leaving the hired service of W. F. Robey without notice, was…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. N. Byrne, J.P., Thomas Sullivan was fined 20/ for being drunk and disorderly…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. V. B. Cox, J.P., John Russell was fined 5/ or 24 hours, for having…

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Police Veteran's Story. Notable Crimes. the Days of the Bushrangers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 6

Mr. John Sadleir's qualifications for writing "Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer" are undoubted. He joined the Victorian cadets (the only…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., William Chapman, for being drunk in High-street last evening, was fined 5/, or…

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Sent to Gaol. a Solicitor's Lapse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 1

The galleries of the Adelaide Insolvency Court were crowded on Tuesday, when Commissioner Russell, S.M., delivered his judgment in the case of…

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Alleged Murder. Woman Poisoned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 14

In the Police Court, Forbes, before Mr. Jamieson, P.M., Henry Pepper, a youngman, was charged with murdering [?] Sloan, 27, by administering poison on…

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Mathinna Murder. Nolle Prosequ[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 2

The trial of Daniel Jones, charged with murdering william James Mullins, at Tyne River, near Mathinna, on June 20, came to an abrupt end in hobart Court…

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East Perth Murder. New Trial Refused

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 6

The Court of Criminal Appeal, Perth, heard an application for a new trial in the East Perth murder case, on behalf of Bert Thomas…

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