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Courts & crime, 1913

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Muswellbrook Letter. District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 7

The quarterly sitting of the District Court opened here on Tuesday, and was continued on Wednesday, his Honor Judge Gibson presiding. Only two cases, were set down for…

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New York Murder. Father Schmidt's Confessions. Supposed Insanity

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 11

The New York correspondent of the London. " Daily Telegraph "on september 19th gave the following particulars or the murder of the young girl anna aumuller,…

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New Zealand Strike Mounted Police Attacked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 5

Wellington (N.Z.), Thursday.—The Westport watersiders struck work this morning. All the wharf works are suspended, and the coal mines are also…

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District Court. Tuesday, October 28

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 2

Georgo C. Burne v Alfred Leslie Benson, [?]aim £75 balance of debt for money lent etc. Mr. A. B. Shaw of Singleton, appeared for the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri police court, on Saturday morning, before Mr. E. J. Cutcliffe, J. P., Harley Jackson was remanded till Wednesday on a charge of stealing 25/, the property of…

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Local and General. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. S. E. Beaver, J. P. Thomas Swan, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 20/, in…

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Dastardly Crime. Murderous Assault. House Set on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 6

A dastardly assault is alleged to have been perpetrated at a farmhouse in Osborne Park, three miles from Berrigan, at about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. The victims…

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The Suffragettes. Assault the Premier

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 3

London, Sunday.-Four suffragettes held up Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, at Bannockburn, yesterday, one crouching before the motor car, while others…

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Local and General. Governor to Maitland Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4

An official communication received from the Department of Attorney-General and of Justice by the energetic member for Maitland intimates that in regard to the letter…

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The Kieff Murder. a Professor's Outburst

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 3

Kieff, Saturday.—The trial was continued yesterday of the Jew Beilis, on the charge of Murdeiing a Christian boy named Yuschinsky. The feature of the…

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Revolt in Mexico. Forty-Seven Police Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

San Luispotosi (Mex.), Saturday.—Six hundred revolutionaries captured a force of 50 police, who were engaged in protecting a ranch. They killed all of them…

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The North Sydney Tragedy Accused Before the Court. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

At the North Sydney Police Court, M'Kay Woodruff, a fire insurance adjustor, was charged with attempting to murder his wife and son at Crown's Nest…

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Muswellbrook District Court. Claim for Money Lent. (Before His Honer Judge Gibson.) Tuesday, 28th October

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4

George C. Burne v. Alfred Leslie Henson, claim £75 balance of debt for money lent, etc. Mr. A. B. Shaw, of Singleton, appeared for the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4

Several inebriates were dealt with at me West Maitland Polite Court this morning, the fines ranging up to 10/. Included in the offenders was a female, and an old man,…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 7

At the kurrl Police Court this morning the bench was occupled by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Lewls Williams, for having made use of…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court, yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. BETTING PROSECUTION. Arthur Thomas was charged that he did,…

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Industrial Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4

An Industrial Court presided over by Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate was held at the local Court House, on Friday last, at which ten…

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Police Court. Tuesday, November 4, 1913. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 2

Herbert Orton Miller was charged that on the 30th day of September last having wilfully and falsely sworn—Mr J. E. M'Intyre (Fitz-Gerald and…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., John Hughes, poundkeeper at Kurri, was charged on the information of James Lawson, that on of…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, November 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 6

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

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