Attempt at Burglary. Man Leaps Into Harbour. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 6
An attempt was made to break and enter the Mercantile Free Stores at West Circular Quay this morning. Two men were chased by the police. One scaled a seven foot fence and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Recaptured. the Bathurst Gaol Breakers. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 6
The liberty of the two life sentence prisoners, Steiner and Leigh, who escaped from Bathurst. Gaol under sensational circumstances on Sunday morning, was short-lived…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 5
Chas, Herbert Lyons appeared at the Sydney Police Court charged with being armed with a revolver, and with having assaulted Ling Sing on the 17th of last month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Exciting Chase. Story Told at Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3
The story of an exciting chase was told before Mr. Clarke at the Redfern Police Court, when Robert M'Ewan, 45, a labourer; Edward Buckley, 50, miner; and Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Life. Experiences in India. Value of Strict Justice
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6
On my return from leave in 1911 1, was called uopn to take over charge of a great gaol in Central India (Writes Arthur H. Howlett in the "Manchester Guardian")…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bathurst Gaol Escapees Warders Suspended
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 6
The two life-sentence prisoners, Frederick Steiner and Frank Leigh, who escaped from Bathurst Gaol under somewhat sensational circumstances on Saturday night or early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Life Prisoners Escape. From Bathurst Gaol
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 10
A desperate escape from Bathurst Gaol was successfully performed by two life-sentence prisoners on Saturday night. The escapes, one a blacksmith, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"That's My Bag." Sentenced to Four Months
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 7
Anton Peter Peterson, 29 years of age, a tailor, was charged at the Central Police Court with stealing, at Randwick, a silver communion set in a case, a linen sachet,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldier's Lodge Claim. Magistrate' s Criticism
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 6
In the Broken Hill Small Debts Court, Private Trezise, a returned soldier, sued the Protestant 'Alliance Friendly Society, for £22 odd sick pay,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bathurst Gaol Escapees. Recaptured in Fish River
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 1
The liberty of the two life sentence prisoners, Steiner and Leigh, who escaped from Bathurst Gaol under sensational circumstances on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Turkey Disturbed Authorities Arm Criminals. Editors Court Martialled. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Constantinople, Thursday Night
Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2
A Turkish newspaper, the "Yeunygsun," states that the Turkish authorities distributed 2000 revolvers among the criminal classes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday. January 6
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 6
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4
Before Messrs. H. [?]. Connell and Norman Black, Js.p., the West Maitland Police Court, this morning, an inebriate was fined [?] with the alternative of the rising of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Transfers
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4
Constable Woodland, who has been stationed at East Maitland for some fime, having previously done good service in connection with the North Coast railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Desire Information
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7
The police are still making Inquiries regarding the identity of an unknown man found dead in King Edward Park, Newcastle, with a gunshot wound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General News. (Continued from Page 4.) Veteran Police Officer’s Death
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7
? passed away on Saturday last, at his residence, Chelsea. Ashfield, ex-Superintendent Charles Allen Sanderson at the advanced age of 94. As far back as 1818 deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 7. CESSNOCK
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 7
At the Ponce court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. C.H. Gale, P.M. William Jeffries, for having made use of indecent language, was fined 10/, with 6…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock District News. Police Court. Cessnock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3
At the police court yesterday, before Mossrs. C. Brown and S. W. Snape, Js.P., john Batton (61), described as a bricklayer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police and Firemea's Hospital Carnival
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4
Last year the police and firemen of the State by means of a carnival and art union raised £15,000 for the public hospitals in the various contes. This year, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4
Mr.C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. A Sunday trading license was granted to Maud Ethel Cotterll, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →