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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Girl Murder. the Melbourne Tragedy. No Clue Yet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

Detectives engaged on the case of Alma Tirschke, who was found murdered in a right of way off Little-Collins-street, Melbourne, on…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. W. S. Bromhead, J.P Arthur Raymond Hancock was…

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Brutal Murder. No Track of Assailant.police Belief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

No clue has yet been discovered by the detectives engaged in tracing the murderer of Alma Tirtschke, the 12 year old girl who was brutally…

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Melbourne Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

A melbourne message says that the police have a clue to the identity of the murderer of Alma Tirtsc[?]ke. The ,detectives in charge are working on a…

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Bail Refused. Charge of Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

John Wilson, horse trainer, of Brunswick-street, Fitzroy (Vic) was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on wednesday last, in an unconscious…

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Police Court Wednesday, December 28 (Before Mr. W. V. Parkinson, J.p.) Imbibing Too Freely

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Francis Durham failed to appear to answer a charge of imbibing too freely on Christmas Eve, and his bail of 5/was estreated…

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Fair Rents Court. Year's Metropolitan Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

During the year which has just closed, 1125 applications were made to the Fair Rents Court for the metropolitan district. This was 313 more than in…

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Caught in the Act. Police Fire Eight Shots. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

Two detectives observed a couple of men follow up and garrot another man in Gun Alley the scene of the recent horrible murder…

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Boys Go For Holiday After" Stealing £150

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Two boys, aged nine and eleven respectively, went to St. Kilda beach, Vie, and seeing a young lady leave a purse by her side they pretended to…

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Fatal Injuries. Victim of Assault in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Frederick Louis Richards (53), described as a traveller, was admitted to Melbourne Hospital on Friday last suffering from head…

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Melbourne Murder. Reward of [?]250 Offered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

Up to last night Micro were no fresh developments In connection with the murder of the 12-year-old girl, Alma Tirtschke in Gun Alley,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Charles Anderson, 22 and Daisy Brown, alias Daisy Anderson, were brought before the West Maitland Police Court this morning, charged…

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Police Court Business

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

The business transacted at the Clerk of Petty Sessions Office during the year was a record. The business shows that charge cases and 439 summons cases…

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Brutal Murder

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

"No clue has yet been discovered by the detectives engaged in tracing the murder of Alma Tirtschke, the 12 year old girl who was brutally strangled in Melbourne…

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Boys go for Holiday, After Stealing £150

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 6

Two boys, aged nine and eleven respectively, went to St. Kilda beach, Victoria, and seeing a young lady leave a purse by her side they…

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A Month's Gaol. for Assaulting Policeman. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Gates, S.M, in sentencing Edward Lambert a powerfully built man, to one month's hard labour bfor unlawfully assaulting Constable…

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No Solution. Melbourne Murder Mystery Three Men Detained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

A development occurred in the Alma Tlrtsehku murder mystery is Melbourne on Thursday resulting in three men being detained by the…

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Coroner's Court. Death of S. SIMMONDS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

An inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court, Dungog, on December 24th, concerning the death of Samuel Simmonds who, it will be…

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Brutal Murder. No Trace of Assailant. Police Belief

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

No clue has yet been discovered by the detectives engaged in tracing the murderer of Alma Tirtschke, the 12-year-old girl who was brutally…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 7

At the police court yesterday, before Messrs. J. W. B. Waterhouse and G. H. Coughlan, Js.P., a stranger named Gerald Griffin, wearing a returned…

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