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Courts & crime, 1927

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Three Years Gaol Sentenced for Odd Crime

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 14

In the General Sessions, Melbourne, Judge Macindoe sentenced John Mulligan, aged 39, to three years imprisonment with hard…

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Tinsmith Charged. Alleged Assault While Substantial Bail. Substantial Bail. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 16

Gledall Wallings, 26, described as a tinsmith, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having assaulted Michael O'Callaghan, with…

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Alleged Burglary. Remanded on Three Charges

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

William Hayes, a French polisher, was remanded at the Central Police Court, on three charges of having broken and entered a dwelling and…

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Three Years. Sentenced for Embezzlement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 16

Sydney Levy, aged 35 years, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with hard labour by Judge Motatta at the Tamworth Quarter…

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Fatal Blow. Sentenced for Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 9

Dennis Beggan, aged 23, appeared before Judge MacIndoe, in the General Sessions, Melbourne, for sentence. He had been convicted…

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Gaol Escapee. Recaptured in Tasmania

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 16

Joseph Charles Hamer, who escaped from the Launceston Gaol last week while awaiting trial on a charge of breaking into the railway…

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Birthday Gift Disappears a Contemptible Theft

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

A birthday party was held at the Church of England hall, Cessnock, on Wednesday night to congratulate the daughter of a well-known resident…

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Another Death. Typhoid at Goulburn Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 14

Although a carrier was discovered, it is evident that the outbreak of typhoid fever at the Goulburn Gaol has not been checked…

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Woman Thief. Sentenced for Shoplifting. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 6

A sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed on a married woman. Mary Morris, who was charged at the Central Court, with having…

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Taree. Motor Car Theft. Three Men Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

The results of examinations held in connection with the Sydney College of Music for the year 1926, show that three Taree pupils were very…

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Famous Trials. 1917 Murder Plot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 11

The 1917 plot by Mrs. Wheeldon and the Masons to murder. Mr. Lloyd George and other Cabinet Ministers finds a place in the volume…

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Three Charged. Breaking and Entering at Roseville

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 14

At the North Sydney Police Court, James Murray, labourer, Frederick Ryan, bag seller, and Ruben Johnson, labourer, were charged…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

In the Licensing Court application was made by Frank Edwin Brewer, for permission to transfer the license of the Railway Hotel, West…

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Neville Harris. Removed to Maitland Gaol. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 5

Noville Harris, who is serving a sentence of ton years' penal servitude for a serious crime on a girl at Bondi, has been removed from Long…

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Three Years' Gaol. for Shooting at His Wife

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 9

Judge Cohen at the Darlinghurst Sessions sentenced William Charles Lang, a laborer, to three years' imprisonment on a charge of having…

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Alleged Forged Notes. Man Charged in Sydney. Sydnry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

Two charges of having forged £5 notes and one charge of having had 21 forged bank notes in his possession, were made against Albert…

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Six Month's Gaol. Stole Mother's Furniture. "A Nice Sort of Individual." Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

At the Central Police Court to-day, William Clark, 26, was charged will having stolen a phonograph, six records, five pictures, and a chest of…

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International Court. Canadian's Advocacy. Ottawa, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 7

Sir George Roster, president of the League of Nations Society of Canada at the opening Session of the annual meeting on Friday, urged the…

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Harbour Collision Marine Court Opens Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 6

The Marino Court to-day opened an inquiry into the collision between the ferry steamers Baragoola and the Kosclusko on Christmas Eve…

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Post Office Robberies. Police Make an Arrest. Valueless Cheque Man's Undoing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 9

By the arrest of a man at Double Bay the police believe that they will be able to clear up several robberies which occurred in that suburb…

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