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Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., two defendants, for riding bicycles without lights between the hours of sunset and…

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Farm Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 5

odgers, who shot Mrs. Molyneaus at North Danadalup (W.A.) was brought to the farm at Waroona, where the body of R. T. Williams, whose pony and cart he had sold…

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Muswellbrook Perjury Case. the Accused Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 6

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Wednesday His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge sentenced the young man Hubert Orton Miller, who had…

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Theft of Gold. Paris. Nov. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 2

White a group of bank porters were unloading 40 cases of gold, consigned by the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople to its Paris branch, they noticed that one box was not…

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Doctor Charged. Alleged Baby Bonus Fraud

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 13

Nine charges against Henry George Leger Erson, medical practitioner, of Collins-street, Melbourne, of having imposed upon the Maternity Allowance Department…

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Confessed to 29 Murders. Spencer Sentenced. Chicago. Nov. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 3

The man, Henry Spencer, who declares that he committed 29 murders, has been sentenced to death on a charge of luring Mrs. Rexroat on to a railway track, shooting her,…

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Muswellbrook Perjury Case. Miller Receives Two Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 2

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge sentenced the young man HubertOrton Miller, who had pleaded guilty…

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Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 6

Owen Heggarty was committed for trial on a charge of having shot at Glenlivet Ackerman with intent to murder him. Prosecutor deposed that he was driving a…

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Native Double Murder. Vila, Nov. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 5

Messrs, Burns, Philp and Company's steamer Malaita, which arrived here on November 10, brought news news of an atrocious crime which is reported to have taken…

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The Train Sensation. the Accused Sentenced. Smart Detective Work Acknowledged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 2

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge sentenced the young man Hubert Orton Miller, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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A German Murder. Story of a Will

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

On Saturday night, October 4, a man of independent means named Mackley, who owns a villa on the Ueberlinger See, a branch of Lake Constance shot and killed…

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Local News. Revision Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 4

A Revision Court for the electorate of Singleton was held at the Court House yesterday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. No names were struck off the roll,…

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Strikers and Police. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

Work on the Auckland wharfs continued briskly yesterday. The Makura from Vancouver was unloaded. Nearly 600 members of the new…

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New York Swindle. Police Participants. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 3

After Investigation, a new system or graft involving several police officials has been discovered by District Attorney Whitman…

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Penciller in Court. Charges Against a Bookmaker

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 16

Frederick O'Nell, a well-known bookmaker, was proceeded against at the Melbourne City Court on Friday on charges of assault, improper language, and vagrancy…

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New Zealand Strike an Angry Crowd. Police Make Arrests

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

Some of the men standing outside Queen's Chambers, Wellington, on Wednesday commenced to boo-hoo a squad of 12 specials, who had been told off to…

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South African Crisis. Strikers Attack Police. Durban. Nov. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 2

A large meeting of British Indians expressed gratitude to Ghandi and the passove resisters, and resolved to maintain the struggle for the removal of their…

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Maitland District Court. Friday. November 21. (Before his Honor, Judge Fitzardige.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

The sittings of the Maitland District Court were concluded his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge at the COurthouse, East Maitland yesterday, after our report closed…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 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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