A Friendly Appeal Court
A Friendly Appeal Court, as known to municipal bodies, is a most unsatisfactory kind tribunal. It has no status in the Municipalities Act, and is ostensibly…
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Courts & crime, 1906
1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 60
Police Court. Wednesday, June 13th. Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and R.SIMSON J.P Railway Case
William Webb, Traffic Inspector on the railway, proceeded against John Perkins on a charge of using insulting words to one Patrick Sullivan on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Wednesday, June 13th.Beiore Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and R.Simsok, J.P.
Claim 5s for goods sold and delivered and work and labor done.Defendant did not appear, and it was announced that he bad paid the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Affair. Five Men Charged with Murder
The reopened inquiry concerning the cumstances surrounding the death of [?] Cameron at Fifield, on February 16. [?] started at Fifield on Monday, before [?]…
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General Sir George Almy was a wealthy retired officer, living in Park lane, and known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances as a collector of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New York Tragedy. Murder and Su C De
From New York, on 15th March, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— A strange tragedy o[?]curred th[?]s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surry Hills Tragedy. Riley Deemed Insane. Prisoner to Be Detained in Gaol
At the Criminal Court on Tuesday, be-fore Justice Rogers, Richard Riley was placed upon his trial on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Rose…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cessnock Police Court. Saturday, June 9, 1906. (Before Messrs. Geo. Brown and Wm. Pinchan. J’sP.) Alleged Assaults
Leslie Duff v. E. Walker, assault;— There was no appearance of parties. Case struck out. Walter Haddock v. Samuel Liddle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Denounced Blackguard. in the Coroner's Court
While dredging for sand at Mortlake a lighterman recovered the dead body of Agnes Mary Peck, twenty-eight, a domestic servant, and a tragic story was…
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A young man named Albert Edward Barnes was charged at the Sessions to-day with indecently assaulting Elizabeth Maude Love, At Watson's Bay. The alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 18
The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crotbers, J.P. ILL-TREATING A. HORSE…
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The bench delivered its reserved decision in the case of George Evans charged with having been found on the licensed premises of the Rutherford Hotel, on Sunday, May 20, when such premises…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Lady and Police
The London police have been the cause of another ugly scandal, very like the celebrated Cass case. On April 24 M. and 'Mdme[?] d'Angely, after entertaining friends to dinner…
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Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. Mary Kate Culeman, claim for 12s 6d, rates due. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5s costs, E. P. Capper and Sons v. Thomas Hartman,…
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The Federal Chief Justice, the highest legal authority in Australasia, Sir S. W. Griffith, G.C.M.G., gives a wonderful testimonial to MESSRS. H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, June 19
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. Jas E. Wolfe, J.P. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Through a Dream a Police Court Reality
The night staff of the Victoria Coffee Palace, Melbourne, was startled in the early hours of Friday morning by hearing a disturbance in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault Accused Discharged SYDNEY
At the Sessions to-day a young man named Albert Edward Barn was charged with indecently assaulting Elazabeth Maud Love, at Watson's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal High Court
The Federal Chief Justice, the highest legal authority in Australasia, Sir S. W. Griffith, G.C.M.G., gives a wonderful testimonial to MESSRS. H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Exciting Chase. Police Use a Motor Car
For some time past empty houses in the vicinity of Kensington and Randwick have been entered and stripped of the gas fittings, copper, and brass…
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