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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 60

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 2

There was very little business at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, when Mr. George Maher, J.P., occupied the bench William Hill was charged with having…

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Kurri. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Messrs. C. H. Gale. P.M., Scone, and A. Pryor, J.P…

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Broken Hill Assault Case a Brave Daughter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 2

At Broken Hill Police Court on Tuesday, William Marshall was committed for trial on a charge of maliciously wounding William Jones, in…

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Wallsend 'Bus Fatality Driver Sentenced to 12 Months

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 1

Harold Robt. Wicks, the driver of a Wallsend bus, who was found guilty of, the manslaughter, of Phillip Carter at the February. Quartor…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 2

His Honorm Judge Fitzhardinge, announced at the East Maitland COurthouse this morning that there were a number of matters in the District Court and as the criminal…

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Murderer Before the Court Inquest on Victims [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 2

John Brown, the alleged murderer at Ballina, was before the Murwillumbah Bench this morning, and was remanded to Ballina. Brown stated…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday, July 17th, 1906. (Before Mr C. Gale, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 4

Alexander Morrison, proprietor of the "budget" newspaper v. the Council of the Mechanics' Institute.—Claim for £2 9s 8d, for…

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Burglary at Quirindi

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

On Monday morning last it was discovered that the billiard room at the Quirindi School of Arts had been entered. It appears that the back door of the room was found lo have been prized open with a chisel, and a small sum of money abstracted. A window of the Council Chamber, situate in the same building,…

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The Racecourse Murder. an Arrest Made

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Thomas Fletcher, a North Melbourne butcher, 26 years of age, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Donald…

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Police Murders in Dublin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 5

Wholesale murders of policemen are reported from Dublin where it is said 10 have been shot…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

The Maitland District Court was opened at the Conrthouse, East Maitland, last evening at eight. o'clock, by His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, but the business did not occupy the attention of the court…

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Murderer Before the Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

John Brown, the alleged murderer at Ballina, was before the Murwillumbah Bench on Wednesday morning, and was remanded to Ballina. Brown…

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Local and General News. Quarter Sessions and District Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

We would rewind those interested that Courts of Quarter Sessions and District Court will be held at the local Court House on Tuesday next, [?]h instant, at…

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A Fearful Tragedy. Triple Murder at Ballina. Assault with an Axe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 6

There was much excitement in Ballina and Lower Richmond on Monday, when it became known that a pioneer and respected cane-farmer named Daniel Q'Keefe, his wife…

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The Ballina Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 1

THE following particulars have been received in connection with the arrest of Brown, the alleged murderer of Mr. and Mrs. O'Keefle, near Ballina. From information received,…

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District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 7

The periodical sitting of the District Court will be held here on Wednesday next When his Honor Judge Gibson will preside,…

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Cessnock Police Court. Saturday, July 14. (Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharp, P M.)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

Isaac Henry Jackson v. Thomas Stuart, breach of Impounding Act. This case was settled out of Court, consequently struck out…

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The Racecourse Murder. Another Arrest Made

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

Another arrest was made on Wednesday afternoon in connection with the murder of Donald M'Leod at Flemington racecourse on Saturday, Bert…

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"Courier of the Czar." Mysteriously Lost. Found in Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

A young courier of the Czar and a highly trusted servant of the Russian Foreign Office, who had been mysteriously lost in London for two days, has…

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Triple Murder at German Creek. Arrest of the Murderer

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

A youth named Raymond William Brown, aged 19, an ex-State boy, murdered Mr. and Mrs. O’Keefe, small planters, at German Creek, near…

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