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Courts & crime, 1914

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 3

The Quarter Sessions and District Court will open on Wednesday, and it in expected that his Honor Judge Scholes will preside. A Crown appeal case is the only one set…

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Terrible Stories of German Savagery. Murder and Outrage Hideous Details

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 7

Appalling details of the atrocities committed by German soldiers on defenceless Belgian women and children are given in. the course of the following narrative by M…

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"Reasonable Doubt." Judge Rejects High Court Definition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 6

At the Bathurst Circuit Court, before the Chief Justice, Mr. F. S. Boyce, who appeared for a Chinaman accused of a serious offence, listed his Honor to, direct the jury…

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Industrial Court. Levy for Labor Newspaper. Unrecoverable by Law. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 3

At the Industrial Court to-day William Finch, a member of the Railway Workers' General Laborers' Association, appealed against an order of an industrial…

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District Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

A sitting of the District Court was held here yesterday afternoon, his Honor Judge Scholes presiding. The cases set down for hearing were:—…

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London Rioters at Court. London. Tuesday afternoon

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

Thirteen of the Deptford rioters have been committed for triall in connection with the recent riots…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, October 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 6

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

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District Court

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

A sitting of the District Court was hold yesterday before his Honor Judge Scholes. Charles King, dairyman, of Rothbury, sued Walter "King, vigneron, of Belford, for a…

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The Late Judge Gibson. Tribute at District Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 3

At the opening of the Singleton District Court yesterday, his Honor, Judge Scholes, made feeling reference to the late Judge Gibson. He said he had…

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District Court. Wednesday, October 28th. Before His Honor Judge Scholes. The Singleton District Court opened yesterday. Claim for Work

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 3

Charles King, dairyman, of Rothbury, sued Walter King, vigneron, Belford, for a sum of £11/6/, for work done between 29th January and 21st February,…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B. Pryor, J.P. at the East Maitland police court, this morning a female inebriate, who had only recently been before the court, was fined £2 or a month's…

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Archduke's Assassins. Sixteen Sentenced. Serajevo, Oct. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 5

Five of the men found guilty in connection with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of, Austria and his wife were sentenced to death…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court. Friday, 23Rd October. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Threatening Language

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 3

Francis Edisbury Davies, of Karuah, proceeded against Ernest Symonds for using threatening words towards him at Karuah on the 7th September, 1914…

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Muswellbrook Letter. District Court. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

The periodical sitting of the District Court, his Honor Judge Scholes presiding, was held here on Tuesday afternoon. The British Piano Company, of Sydney,…

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Archduke's Assassins. Sixteen Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 4

Serajevo, Thursday.—Five of the men found guilty in connection with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were…

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Taree Quarter Sessions. Prisoners Sentenced. Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 6

The Quarter Sessions, which opened before Judge Hamilton on Thursday, concluded yesterday. Anne and Albert Chrer, mother and son,…

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Mysterious Crime. Doctor's "Wife Charged. New York. Oct. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 4

The jury failed to agree in the trial of Mrs. Carman, who was arraigned on a charge of murdering Mrs. W. D. Bulley early in August. Counsel who appeared for the…

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Terrible Stories of German Savagery. Murder and Outrage. Hideous Details

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 10

Appalling details of the atrocities, committed by German soldiers on defenceless Belgian women and children are given in the course of the following; narrative by…

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"Reasonable Doubt." Judge Rejects High Court Definition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 10

At the Bathurst Circuit Court, before the Chief Justice, Mr. F. S. Boyce, who appeared for a Chinaman accused of a serious offence, asked his Honor to direct the jury…

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Paris in War Time. Police Precautions. Lights Out at 8 P.M. PARIS, Sept. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 5

Paris is holding out bravely against panic, in spite of the long tension to which it is being subjected before receiving the great news of victory, which is bound to…

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