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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

982 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 50

Burglary at Grenfell. a Safe Blown Open [By Telegraph]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 3

These was a burglary at Grenfell railway station last night, and the safe was blown open and about £29 stolen. There is no clue to the…

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Police and Burglars. Firearms Used

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 2

EARLY on Tuesday morning Constables Davis and Ramsay saw two men in a cart In Chapel-street, Prahran (Vic). They bailed the men up, and ordered…

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The Dandenong Murder. Painful Scene at the Inquest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 2

ON Tuesday the inquest in connection with the murder of the market gardener, Edward Sangal, at Dandenong, (Vic) was commenced. August…

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The Dandenong Murder. Painful Scene at the Inquest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 4

ON Tuesday the inquest in connection with the murder of the market gardener, Edward Sangal, at Dandenong, (Vic), was commenced. August…

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Another Licensing Magistrate Wanted

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

The necessity for the appointment of another Licensing Magistrate in succession to the late Dr. Bell, was shown on Monday last, when the special Licensing Court called…

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The Week's Police News

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court, on Monday a boy named Edward Richard Bannan, on remand. was charged with absconding from his apprenticeship with William Glasheen, at Knockfin, on August 15…

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The Dandenong Murder. Painful Scene at the Inquest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

On Tuesday the inquest in connection with the murder of the market gardener, Edward Sangal, at Dandenong (Vic.) was commenced. August…

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Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 3

The premises of Peapes and Company, George-street, were entered by shop-breakers between Saturday afternoon and this morning, and goods valued at about £60 stolen…

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Gresford. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 2

On Friday, the 29th ultimo, before Mr. G.F. Scott, P.M., Messrs. R. B. Boydell and J. N. Sivyer, J's.P., the following cases were dealt with:—G. Lill, assault. Fined is or the rising of the Court. Mr…

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Theft of Military Plans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 3

The plans of the fortifications of Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, prepared by General Brialmont, the Belgian engineer, and the general scheme of Roumanian army mobilisation, have been stolen from…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 3

[?].—A transfer of the licence of the Royal Hotel, Cambell's Hill. from Edward Telfer to [?] Henry Armstrong, was granted…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 3

[?] Henry Hamer, Heddon-Greta, v. John [?], goods sold, £1 18s 2d. Mr. W. T. [?] appeared for plaintiff Defendant did not [?] Verdict for plaintiff for full amount, with…

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Test Maitland Police Court. Monday September 1. [?] Messrs, G. F. Scott, P.M., and II. Grothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 3

MESSRS OF THE: PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ACT.— [?] Edward Ramplin, Andrew Omodei, and John [?] were each fined for neglecting to send children to school the required number of days…

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The Murder of a Farmer. Wife and Paramour Charged

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of Edward Sangal, farmer, of Dandenong, Victoria, whose mutilated body was found in a well, the medical evidence…

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The Late Wine Licensing Application. The Police Magistrate's Remarks

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 2

IT will be remembered that an application was made a short time age by Hermann Joseph Sattler for a colonial wine license, and the application was…

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Alleged Murder of Blacks. a Story From Northern Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 3

A story has filtered down to Cooktown from far away up in the Peninsula, and Pas caused considerable astonishment. The report now in circulation states that some months age the police were…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 6

Singleton Farming and Dairying Company v. C. E. Lane, of Waa Wan. Claim for £2 7s 9d, butter sold. Verdict for amount claimed, with 4s court costs…

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Painful Scenes in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 3

During the hearing of the divorce suit Osborne v. Osborne before Justice Walker to-day, a most painful scene was witnessed in court. May Osborne, a daughter of the perties, was called as a witness on…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court.—tuesday (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott. P.M., and St; Thos Loder, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 6

A CHARGE, BUT A EVIDENCE.—A man named Dick Crottey, a stranger to the district, appeared in custody on a charge of stealing a macintosh coat on Friday last from…

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A Big Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 3

Burglars tunnelled their way into Costas Bank at Lisbon and stole therein £20,000 sterling…

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