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Courts & crime, 1918

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 4

James Edwin Walker, who appeared before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, was fined 4/ and 6/ costs, in default 48 hours'…

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Message to Police. All Hotels Closed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 5

The Superintendent of Police received the following message from the Inspector-General of Police this afternoon:— Notify all hotel colonial wine and spirit…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. George Read. 49. i was charged with being drunk in High-street last evening, and fined…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 6

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

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Russian Bolsheviks. Australian Representative Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 2

Peter Seminoff, 34 years of age, the Australian representative of the Russian Bolshevik Government, was proceeded against at the Sydney Central Police Court on two…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 6

George Weight sued James Lovelt. claiming 10/ cab hire. Verdict for amount claimed. with 5/ costs…

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Murder by Half-caste. a Sentence of Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 2

In the Perth Criminal Court Samuel Osby, a has Chas. Stuart, a half-caste American black, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Charles Bleakley, J.P., at Kwollyn…

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Local Hotels Closed by Order of Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 2

At 4.30 p m. yesterday First-class Sergeant Menary, acting on orders received from the Superintendent of Police at West Maitland, directed that all the…

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The Court's Regret. Glasheen Appeal Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 12

The grounds of the appeal to the Criminal Appeal Court on behalf of Denis Leo Bene diet Glasheeu, solicitor, of West Maitland, against his conviction on a charge of…

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Contractor's Insolvency. Examination in Bankruptcy Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 7

When Harold W. James, formerly of St. Kilda, builder and contractor, accompanied by his wife, left Melbourne in August last on a trip to America, he left behind him…

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Les Darcy's Passport. Father's Appeal to Full Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 6

The matter of the claim by John Hurley McLauchlin, administrator of the ch[?]te of the late James Darey, formerly…

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Acquitted of Murder Charge. an Adelaide Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 4

At the Criminal Court, Adelaide, Percy James Robertson (48), was acquitted on a charge of murdering Frederick William Gebbhardt, on September 17…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 4

Two appeals against orders for wife maintenance came before His Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge, in the Maitland District Court at East Maitland this morning. In a case from…

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Murder in the Islands. French Trader's End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 3

A message from Suva, dated October 26, states that a French trader landed on the island of Malekula in the New Hebrides. He sent his whaleboat back to the vessel,…

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The Court and the Holiday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 4

Shortly before adjourning the business of the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday, His Honor, Judge Pitzhardinge, intimated to the jury that he intended to take upon…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1918 · page 4

In the Maitland, District Court, at East Maitland, to-day, before his Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge, Susan Kate Bartlett, on behalf of herself and her two children, aged…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 4

"It was through the war; I got excited ever the peace news. I had a drop too much and came up to the police station to give myself up." This was the statement…

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Maitland District Court Matters in Divorce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 6

At the Maitland District Court his Honer Judge Fitzhardinge took evidence in divorce jurisdiction. A DUNGOG CASE…

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Class Distinction. Must Be Broken Down. Comments by High Court Judge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 6

Sir Samuel Griffith, speaking from the High Court Bench on Wednesday, said: The old, deeply-rooted idea of a division into classes, who…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1918 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., a man named Edward Fogarty appeared on a charge of having stolen at Calf Farm, Camden, 26 rabbit…

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