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Courts & crime, 1920

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Sunday Baking. Court to Be Approached

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 13

The question of baking on Sundays was considered at a mass meeting of the Bakers Union on Saturday afternoon. A curious position in connection with the matter has…

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Taxi Driver, Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Roy Brown, a taxi driver, who was arrested in connection with the death of the man whose name is unknown, was before the Police Court to-day charged with…

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Union Official Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

Before Mr. A. O. Butler P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, William Poole, treasure of the Colliery Mechanics' Federation, was charged with…

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Another Irish Murder High Police Officer Shot. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

The Assistant Commissioner of Police was shot dead in a Dublin street…

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Irish Turmoil Murders of Police, Reprisals by Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

London, Saturday:—A hew crop of outrages, in Ireland is reported. A constable was seriously wounded on Tuesday night in Thurles, which is a…

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A Divorce Court Comedy Trouble Amongst the Hills. Multiciplicity of Surnames

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

"Hill-arious" to a degree (says a late London paper) was an episode in the Divorce Court arising from a curious mix-up of names. A defended…

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Stealing From Rail Way

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 1

At the Moss Vale Police Court, Kenneth Leslie Betty and John Hoare, Wingello residents, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 5 hags of onions,…

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Seaside Murder. London, January 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

At the trial of Frederick Rothwell Holt, a former army officer, who is charged with the murder of Kathleen Breaks, whose body was found on the lonely beach between…

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Attack on Lord French. Editor in Court. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

Charles Diamond, a weekly former M.P., and editor of the "Catholic Herald," who was charged at the Mansion House with publishing an article justifying the attack…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

James Williams, on remand on a charge of vagrancy, appeared at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, but the charge was not proceeded with. Williams was…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At' the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr A. 0. Butler, P.M.; Vincent Murnano was charged by the Municipal Council with having, on December 25,…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

Before Mr. F. Duncan, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, an offender against sobriety was fined 5/, or three hours' imprisonment. Constable…

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Melbourne Tragedy. Suicide and Attempted Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 3

Angolo Gaston Lombo, aged 40, a returned soldier and formerly a wood contractor at Shepperton on Thursday afternoon shot Stella Norris, aged 21, at a lodging house in…

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Police Barracks Bombed. London, January 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 5

The police barracks at Moree (Limerick County), occupied by eight constables, was attacked last night by 40 men. During two hours firing the attackers exploded a bomb…

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East Maitland Police Court. Stealing at Tarro

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

Before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court this afternoon, Arthur Hayward (26) and Rupert Kenneth Williams (19) were charged with…

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Magistrate Promoted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, who was recently promoted from the position of Police Magistrate at West Maitland to Stipendiary Magistrate for the Parramatta district, has received…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, February 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M. FINED FOR [?]…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, February 3. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 6

The bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M. John Moran was fined £1, with C/ costs,…

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The High Court. Victorian Barrister Appointed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. H. E. Starke, a well-known Victorian barrister, of high professional qualifications, has been appointed to the High Court Bench to fill the vacancy caused by the…

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