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Courts & crime, 1913

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Murder Case Reopened. Berlin. Sept. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 3

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

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Small Debts Court

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

Before Mr. R. H. V. [?] in the small debts court, on Thursday, J. Burns, a Judgment debtor, railed to appear for oral examination in respect to a debt. due to a…

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Singleton Letter. Licensing Court

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

Before Mr. R. H. V. [?] chairman, and Mr. A. [?] court, on Thursday, [?] Smyth, of Broke, applied for a renewal of a colonial wine…

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North Sydney Sensation. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Sydney. Monday, afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 8

A sensational occurrence took place at Bay-road, North Sydney early this morning, and as a result a well-known business man, Mr. William John McKye Woodruff…

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The Man With Purple Hands. Police Powder Trap

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 12

Charged in London on remand with sending a threatening letter demanding from Lord Rothschild £30,400, Heinrich Kremgerskothen, a German, twenty years old, was…

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Don't Bribe the Police. Motorists, Shop-lifters, and Gamblers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 5

There is nothing against giving a policeman a present for services rendered in England, and in big towns police do earn handsome presents. For instance, two detectives…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

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

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Newcastle Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 4

A sitting of the Supreme Court, in criminal jurisdiction, will be held at Newcastle this week. The following cases are set down for hearing:—Tuesday.—John…

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Accused Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK, Monday afternoon. Four Suspects, Alfred M'Arter, Lionel Leslie Abrahams, Frederick John Anderson, and Frederick Ford, under arrest,…

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Police Court. Aberdeen Assault Case

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

At the local Police Court, yesterday morning, Thomas Bolltho (30) was charged with, on 26th inst., maliciously wounding Arthur Snider,…

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East Maitland Police Court. Timber-cutter Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Alfred Harnett Clapin, agent for W. and T. Longworth, proceded against Thomas Rood…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. N. Byrne, J.P., George Owen was fined 5/, or 24 hours for drunkenness, and £3, or a month, for having…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday Messrs. E. J. Catclitte and C. A. Lynch, Js. P. ordered a prohibition to issue against James Germyn for a period of 12 months. The…

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Murder Mystery. Case Breaks Down

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

When the trial of Daniel Jones on a charge of murdering William James Mullins at Tyne River, near Mathinna Tasmania, on June 20, was heard on…

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Warden's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

In the warden's court, held at the East Maitland courthouse this morning, before the warden (Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.). Edward Kelly, W. T. Fowler, Richard Hills, and…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, Thomas Reed was charged with destroying a tree, the property of W. and T. Longworth. Defendant stated that he…

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A Bush Murder. Boy's Head Severed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

News was received in Melbourne on Tuesday of a brutal murder in the Wharparilla district, about 25 miles from Echuca. The victim was John Anderson, aged 15…

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Assault in a Train. Accused Committed for Trial. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

Alfred McArter, Lionel Leslie Abrahams. Frederick John Anderson, and Frederick Ford, the alleged train robbers were brought up before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., yesterday…

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Newcastle Circuit Court. Prisoners Remanded for Sentence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 4

At Newcastle Circuit Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Sly, Frederick William Hunter was charged that he did, at West Maitland, on April [?], steal certain articles of…

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Crime in India. Police Official Murdered. Delhi, Sept. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 5

Halip Adodeb, the senior head constable of the Criminal Investigation Department at Calcutta, was shot in the head in Collegesquare, where the Nationalists usually hold…

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