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Courts & crime, 1919

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Gingalese Charged with Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

At the Central Police Court, Sydney before Mr. Payten, S.M., Handy Amaderis 49, a Cingalese was charged with having shot at Joseph Bunder with intent to…

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Cessnock Police Court. Wednesday, June 18. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 3

The bench at the police court yesterday was occupied by Messrs. G. Brown and J. Doyle, Js.P. ALLEGED HORSE STEALING…

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Kyogle's Mail Theft Deck-hand Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 4

Postal Detective Mitchell math an arrest on Monday in connection with the theft of letters and packets from a mail Lag which had been consigned to…

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Court-martialled for Treachery Mixed Batch on Trial. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

A court-martial is trying 30 men and 12 women of whom 20 are French, four Germans, and one Belgian, on charges of communicating with the enemy in the…

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Solicitor Charged. War Precautions Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 6

At the Control Police Court, Sydney, Ernest Robert Abigail, solicitor, of Castlereigh-street, was proceeded against on an information alleging that on or about July…

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Police Court. TUESDAY, June 17. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 3

For failing to render their Federal Income returns 10 defendants were fined £1 and 6s costs, or 14 days…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 4

Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., J. W. Birkenhead, and Elias Bowden, L.M.'s, occupied the bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday. Mr. G. Ward appeared in…

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Alleged Stealing. Hotelkeeper Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

Lionel Augustin Dempsey, 35 years of age, hotelkeeper, was charged before Mr. M'Konsey, S.M., Sydney yesterday, with having between January 7 and 10, broken…

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Cingalese Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Handy Amadoris, 49, a Cingalese, was charged with having shot at Joseph Bunder with intent to…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday. June 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 11

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday was occupied by Mr. C. [?]. REMANDED TO CESSNOCK…

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Cessnock Police Court. Wednesday, June 18. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

The bench at the police court yesterday was occupied by Messrs. G. Brown and [?] Doyle, Js.P. ALLEGED HORSE STEALING…

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Alleged Assault. Maltreated and Robbed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 14

Arthur Collins, a labourer, was charged at the police court with having assaulted James Atkinson, a returned soldier, and robbed him of two soldier's bags, two bank books, and…

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Tarro Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

An appeal court to determine the appeals, against the Tarro Shire Valuations will be held at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Friday, July 4, in lieu of the date July 2…

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Licensing Court. Renewals of Licenses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 14

The annual Licensing Court for the renewal of licenses was held at the West Maitland Courthouse on Monday, Messrs. C. H. Gate, P.M., and Elias Bowden, [?].M.,…

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Naval Court Martial. the Sentences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 7

Five of the crew of H.M.A.S. Australia were paraded before a court-martial on H.M.A.S. Encounter—now in Sydney Harbour—and charged with participating in a mutiny…

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American Labour Federation. Police Union's Application. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 12

An Atlantic City message says that the American Federation of Labour is receiving applications for membership from a large number of police unions…

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Fassifern Outrage. Accused Before Court. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 14

At the Newcastle Police Court to-day, Walter Arthur Nelson (22), and Edith Elizabeth Nelson (17 1/2), were charged with shooting at John Thornton, at…

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Local and General News. Maitland Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court for the licensing district of Maitland will be held in the Courthouse, West Maitland, on Thursday, July 24…

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Mutiny on Australia. Five Men Court-Martialled. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 2

On a charge of haying joined in a mutiny, not accompanied by violence, on board H.M.A.S. Australia, at Fremantle on June 1st, five men belonging…

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New Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 2

Mr. Alexander Morrison, of John-street, singleton, has been appointed to the Commission of the Peace. Mr. A. G. H. Parsons, of Tuena, has resigned, and Mr. G. J…

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