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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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")…

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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…

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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…

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"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,…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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