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Courts & crime, 1919

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Acting Supreme Court Judges. Two K.C.'s Mentioned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 3

Two K.C.'s, Messrs Leverier and Maughan, may be appointed as Acting Supreme Court Judges, Mr. Justice Harvey's health being bad, and Mr…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

Patrick Keldoff, a stranger, was brought before Messrs. H. H. Connell and Ches. H. Barden, Js.P., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, on a charge of drunkenness…

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M. Clemenceau. Police Enquiry. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

The detectives are giving close attention to the movements of Russian anarchists in Paris and the provinces. Enquiries have not yet proved whother Cottin is more than…

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Whisky Wanted. Police And-ponies Attacked. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The question of the whisky [?]hortage in regard to the influenza outbreak was raised in the House of Commons. Colonel Ashley and others declaring that people were…

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I.w.w. Cases. No Criminal Proceedings Against Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

The report of Mr. Justice Street. Royal Commissioner, in connection with the I.W.W. cases, and the statements of these police officers, whose conduct formed the subject…

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Woman Court-martialled English Teachers Terrible Trials in German Prison. Cruelty of Enemy Women

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

A terrible story of her experiences as a prisoner in Germany is told by Miss. Agnes Short, of Liverpool, England, who is probable the only Englishwoman who has…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale. P.M., occupied the tench at the police court yesterday. George William Hill was charged with having carried on business without a…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, February 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 10

The bench at the West Maitland police Court on Monday was occupied by Mr. C.B. Gale, P.M. CHARGED WITH LANGUAGE…

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Alleged Offensiveness. Tramway Employee Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to-day Normal Lover[?]berg, a tramway employee, was charged with having behaved in an offensive manner in al public place…

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Seton Murder. London, Thursday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 5

On the resumption of the Rutherford case (for the murder of Major Soton), a witness gave evidence that the shots were fired from a distance of a yard and a half into Soton's…

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Increased Police Pay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

In accordance with a promise made some time ago by the Chief Secretary (Mr. G. W. Fuller), increased rates of pay have been granted to the police…

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Police Court Friday, February 28th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.) Unlicensed Hawker

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 6

George William Hill was charged with having carried on business without a license. Constable Small stated defendant was…

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Police Court Tuesday, 25th Februnry, 1919. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.) Rabbit Cases

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

Pastures Protection Board v W. P. Bowman for failing to destroy rabbits. In this case it was stated that the summons had not been served,…

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Murder of a Child. French Woman's Defence

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 6

London, Thursday.—A message from Paris, states that crowds cheered the acquittal of a young dressmaker who was charged with murdering her…

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Argyllshire Men. Before Court-martial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

A soldier from the troopship Argyllshire appeared before a court-martial at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on Tuesday. Private W.J. Williamson, of the 45th…

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Argyllshire. Troops to Be Court-martialled

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 9

Disciplinary action is to be taken again[?] the soldiers from the troopship Agryllshire who broke out of the quarantine station at Sydney in defiance of authority…

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Question of Conversion Appeal to Full Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, before Sir William Cullen, Chief Justice, Mr Justice Sly, and Mr Justice Ferguson, an appeal for a new trial was…

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German Court Martial Farce. Trumped-up Charge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

Lieutenant Harry Wookey, the Bristol airman, who with his pilot, Lieutenant Scholtz, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress by the Germans…

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Flu and the Court. No Lack of "Drunks"

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 1

Speaking of the effects of the influenza restrictions on police court work in Sydney, Mr M'Farlane, P.M., said: "So far as the 'drunks' are…

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Police and I.W.W. Inquiry No Prosecutions. a Departmental Matter. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

Mr Fuller, Chief Secretary, stated today that he had referred the papers connected with a reflection on the police in connection with the I.W.W. cases…

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