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Courts & crime, 1920

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Morpeth Police Court. Thursday, March 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the bench at the Morpeth Police Court yesterday. PROHIBITION ORDER. A prohibition order was entered against…

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Cessnock Police Claims

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Winton, of the Ceasnock Post Office, has been in communications with the Inspector General of Police, regarding the petty thieving which has…

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Disorder in Colombo. Police Reports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 5

With reference to the Melbourne Cable on March 2nd, appearing in Australian papers, stating that the A.I.F. representative in Colombo cabled the Australia…

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Darwin Police Court Sensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

A sensation was caused in the police court at Darwin when Councillor Mitchell, giving evidence in defence of an Italian charged with riotous conduct, admitted that…

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Police Court Opening Hour

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 2

The following official letter received by the Hon R. G. D. Fitz Gerald from the Under Secretary for Justice, will be read with interest and…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday was occupied by Mr. G. Atkin, P.M. INFORMATION DISMISSED…

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East Maitland Police Court. Youth Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 6

Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court on Monday afternoon, John Joseph Finn, 18, was charged with having at East Maitland, on March 4, stolen…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, March 16. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

The bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. G. Atkin, P. M. Henry King was charmed that, on March…

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England's First Lady Magistrate. Welcomed by Fellow Justices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

Stalybridge, near Manchester, had the honour of having the first lady magistrate presiding at the police court (says a late English paper)…

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Ireland. Strengthening Police Barracks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

The "Times" Dublin correspondent, telegraphing on Saturday, states that owing a the alarming increase of attacks on police barracks, the Dublin Castle authorities have…

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Muswellbrook District Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

The periodical sitting of tho District Court was held hero on Thursday last, his Honor Judge Hamilton presiding. The cases dealt with were:…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

Mary Maher sued Oswald Paley claiming £1/12/5, goods sold, and delivered. Verdict for amount claimed, with costs…

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Friendly Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 4

It is notified that a Friendly Appeal Court will be held in the Port Stephens shire offices, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, March 23, at 10.30 a.m…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

In the small debts court Eliza Edith Lane sued George Brown and Samuel Barnard, executors of the will of the late Louisa Pinchen, claiming £6 for services rendered…

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Police Pay. Increased by 17/ Peh Week

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 8

The Government has approved of an is crease in police pay to the amount of 17 per week. This increase will be applicable is salaries up to £525. as in the case of me[?]…

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Murdering Police. Sinn Fein Savagery. London, March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

Replying to Sir Walter Guiness. Mr. MacPherson, secretary for Ireland, stated that since Jan. 1, 1919, 18 of the Royal Irish constabulary, six of the Dublin police, two…

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Warden's Court. Application's for Authority to Enter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 6

At the Warden's Court hold at the East Maitland Courthouse on Monday afternoon, Hector Cameron M'Donald applied for authority to enter certain lands in the Parish…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court, Florence Elliott was charged with having murdered her husband, John Thomas Elliott, at South Gundagai. The Crown Prosecutor outlined…

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Burglary by Means of Burglary Film. Victim Robbed in Her Flat During Impromptu Cinema

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 5

A wealthy lady writer of Turkish origin, named Allai Tschebaoul, who has a luxurious apartment in the Passy quarter of Paris, was the victim of audacious thieves…

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News From Ireland. a Startling Murder. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 5

An armed and masked band broke into the residence of the Lord Mayor of Cork early this morning and shot him dead. They then decamped in a motor car…

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