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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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Police Court—tuesday. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

NEGLECTING TO BRAND SHEEP.—Joseph Adams was charged by the Stock Inspector with neglecting to brand four sheep of which he was the owner. Mr. Shaw appeared for the prosecutor. The…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

TRANSFER.—The transfer of the license of the Caledonia Hotel from F. W. Hawkins to George Fairley was granted. Dr. Alister Stuart Bowman, Government Medical…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 14. (Before Messrs. C. E. Doyle and E. C. Brecht, J's.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

Autuony Harrigan, James Bates, William Farley, Andy Clendinning, Thomas Mulalley, and William T. Moore, appeared to answer a charge of…

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Sentenced to Matrimony

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

A YOUNG man and a young woman were contesting possession of a piece of property in a Welsh Court the other day, the one claiming under an…

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A Murderous Assault. a Cowardly Cabman. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

Alfred Edward, Registrar and Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Transit Commission, was the victim yesternight of a murderous assault at the hands of a cabman named Michel O'Halloran, whose…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, February 16. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET.—Frederick Moran pleaded guilty to travelling from Singleton to Maitland in a railway carriage, without getting a ticket, He was fined £2; in default, to be…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, February 14Th. (Before Mr G. F. Scott, P.m.) Neglecting to Brand Sheep

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

JOSEPH ADAMS was proceeded against by the local Stock Inspector (Mr T. Knox-Hill) for neglecting to brand four sheep. Mr Shaw appeared for…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

TRANSFERS.—The license of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel was transferred, on application, from Henry Atkinson to Thomas Harper. An application for the transfer of the license of the Governor…

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Assault on a Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

Henry Compton, convicted of criminally assaulting a child, was to-day sentenced to four years' penal servitude…

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The Petersham Tragedy. the Murder of Maggie Binud Dutt, Briggs Sentenced to Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

The trial of Stuart Wilson Christopher Briggs, the perpetrator of the Peteraham tragedy on December 14 last, was resumed to-day. The gallery and court were crowded, many persons being unable to…

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Revision Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

In the Revision Court, four names on the previsional list were passed for addition to the general roll for East Maitland…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Indecent Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

Arthur Woolley, convicted of assaulting a girl aged 14 at Lady Robinson's Beach, was to-day sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. Justice Cohen expressed the opinion that prisoner…

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East Maitland Courts. Friday, February 17. Police Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

REMANDED.—Florence Gilles pie was charged with obtaining the sum of £3 from William Bloore, of East Maitland, by means of a false pretence. Mr. Thompson appeared for the defence. Sub-Inspector…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. G. F. Scott.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

The meeting in the estate of S. S. Moore was postponed for a month for the filling of accounts. An examination was held in the estate of Eliza Anderson, dressmaker, of West Maitland. The…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

(TRANSFER.—A transfer of a billiard license for the Royal Hotel, Morpeth, was granted from Joseph Stollery to Thomas Craddick…

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A Murderous Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 7

Alfred Edward, Registrar and Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Transit Commission, was the victim yesternight of a murderous assault at the hands of a cabman named Michel O'Halloran, whose…

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Police Court. Wednesday, February 15, 1899. (Before Mr. W. Clendinning, J.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

JAMES Brown, Frank Barrington, John McDonald, and Thomas. Gillet, were brought up in custody on a charge of travelling on the New South Wales…

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Queensland Police Medals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 11

The Queensland police are to be decorated with a jubilee medal. The medals are of silver and bronze. They are hung on a ribbon: and on one side is "Victoria Regina, Diamond (1897)…

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Case of Criminal Assault. [By Telegraph] SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

AT the Criminal Court, Arthur Woolley, for assaulting a girl under 14 years, at Lady Robinson's Beach, was sentenced to 2 years…

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A Murderous Attack. Assault Upon a Public Official

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 3

MR ALLFRED EDWARD, the registrar of the Metropolitan Transit Commission was the victim late on Thursday afternoon of a violent assault. He was…

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