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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Soldiers Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

Alfred Henry Burnett, wearing a military uniform, was remanded till Friday next on a charge of shooting at Henry Paul, a sergeant of police, with intent early this…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Aunutt, P.M., a young man named Waiter Receves was charged [?] having, at Rotnory, scolen three steers, valued…

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Police Court. Thursday, December 30. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnut, P.m.) Charge of Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

A young man named Walter Reeves was charged with having, at Rothbury, stolen three steers, valued at £32, the property of Reginald W. Baker…

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The Ville De La Ciotat Murder of Women and Children

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

Malta, Tuesday.—Further Particulars concerning the French vessel, Ville de la Ciotat, which was submarined, show that there were 158 passengers and a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. A defendant, who pleaded guilty to being drunk in Sompill-street on New…

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Suicide in Sydney. Attempted Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 5

At the inquest on John Thomas Lacey, who shot himself dead in the middle of December, Alicia Wilkinson deposed that she had deceased arrested for using threatening…

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Corporal in the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 5

Acting-Corporal Roger Glass pleased guilty at the police court to having stolen a leg of mutton at the Agricultural Grounds Military Camp. Evidence was given that…

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Cowardly Murder. "This International Criminal." Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 6
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Commenting on the sinking of the Persia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said:—The torpedoing of the Persia adds to the long list of cold-blooded, deliberate, and…

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Fight for Gorizia. Italians' Fierce Assault. New York, Nov. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 6

Kari Wiengand, the staff correspondent of the "New York World," with the Austro-Hungarian army on the Italian front, sends a despatch from Gorizia, on the Isonzo,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7

At the Cessnock Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. H. E. Southwell and G. Harris Js. P., Myrtie Robert hamilton and William Bint, members of Expeditionary…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

At the police court on Wednesday the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Jessie Sharman was proceeded against by…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

In the Children's Court a. defendant, who was charged with disobeying an order for the support of his illegitimate child, was ordered to be imprisoned in Maitland gaol…

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Glebe Tragedy. Suicide and Attempted Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

A shooting affair took place last night in Wentworth Park, Glebe, and as a result Penelope Gray was shot twice by her husband, Frank Maynard Gray, who then put…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 6. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Assaulted His Wife

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

Frederick Walter Finnigan pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted his wife. Constable Philpott gave evidence as to…

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The Lismore Riot. Men Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 7

Twelve men, six being in the uniform of the A.I.F., appeared at the Lismore Police Court on Tuesday, charged in connection with the disturbance on the night…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. An information laid by Mr. R. T. Sarginson, sanitary inspector to the…

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Singleton Letter Police Court. Singleton. I

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The bench at the police court [?] was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. P.M. Walter Reeves, a young man from…

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Governess Charged. Cash Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., at the Water Police Court, Sydney, Elizabeth Bell Lawrence, 40, was charged with having, on or about November 16th, at Louth, stolen…

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Woman Charged with Housebreaking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., Ethel Violet May Benn, aged 20, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Joseph Carroll,…

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