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Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 80

Treatment of Infants. Charge at Newcastle Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

At the Newcastle Children's Court yesterday, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., Walter A. Howard, inspector in the State Children's Relief Department, proceeded…

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Sydney Engineer's Murder Late Mr. Reeks. Tracing a Suspect. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 5

The Liverpool police are searching for the late Mr. Reek's companion, Mr. T. H. Ramsden, of Chicago. The two seemed to be close friends. They spent the week-end together…

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Libelling the Police. Socialist Editor Fined. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 3

The "Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent reports that Herr Sollman, editor of the Socialist newspaper, "Rheinische Zeitung," has been fined 500 marks at Cologne for…

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General Court Martial. the Extreme Penalty. Pretoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 5

It is understood that a general court-martial, with General Lukin as prosident, will be convened for the summary trial of four men arrested under martial law,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court, this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., an inebriate was fined 5/, in default 24 hours. Joseph Wilks was fined 10/, in default seven…

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"La Gioconda" Found. Theft From This Louver. Recovery in Florence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Leonardo da Vinel's world-famous picture "La Gloconda" has been found in Florence. The picture was stolen from the Lonvre in Paris in August, 1911. Since…

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The Murder of Mr.reeks. Search for Clues. Wounds Not Self-inflicted. London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

The medical examination proved conclusively that Mr. Reeks's wounds were not self-inflicted. The chief constable in Staffordshire…

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Local and General. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court, this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Lily Watson, on remand, was charged with vagrancy. After hearing evidence, the police…

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Won't Leave Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

Owing to the extreme cold, prisoners are refusing to leave the shelter of the gaols after their sentences have expired…

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The Wolverhampton Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

It transpires that the Liverpool week-end acquaintance of Rooks, the victim of the Wolverhampton murder, has relatives living at Wolverhampton. His home is said to be…

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The Reeks Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

Three live cartridges of a different pattern from those recently discovered were found in the shaft at Wolverhampton where the murdered body of Mr. Reeks was…

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A Charge of Stealing. Money Spent at Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

Frederick Dutton, alias Louis Frost, was charged at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday with stealing £900, the property of the Bank of Australasia…

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Court Martial. Johannesburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

The courtmartial of-Drake Steyn, rerquotta and Oliver, arrested under martial law, has been opened. The first two are charged with having…

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The Murder of Miss Bradfield. Youth's Arrest in Liverpool. Shaved Eyebrows' and an Eyeshade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

George Summer, the young man wanted in connection with the murder of Miss Catherine Bradfield, the Liverpool business woman (says the London "Daily Mail" of December…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., at the West Maitland police Court, this morning, an inebriate was fined 10/, in default three days, Aaron Messenger was remanded till…

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The Reeks Murder. Clue Followed. Were the Police Tricked. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 5

It is reported that the police are sending an officer in a fact boat to catch the steamer Grampian at St. John's, on Thursday. The police refuse to deny or confirm a…

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Wolverhampton Murder. Police Baffled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

London, Tuesday Morning.—Although the police officers who are trying to penetrate the Wolverhampton murder mystery have made diligent efforts to…

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Big Burglary. Paris, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

After [?] a wall of a shop in Monaco a gang of burglars stole Jewels valued at £6000 and escaped in a motor car…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 7

The bench at the West' Maitland police court this morning wan occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. LIQUOR ACT CASES…

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The Reeks Murder. Searching for Clues. Liverpool Police Statement. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 5

Mrs. Cartwright, a relative of the late, Mr. Reeks, who resides at Swinton, Staffordshire, states that the first intimation she had of Mr. Reeks's death was when…

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