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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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[?] the murder of Mr. Whiteloy is 20 years of age. He was born in wedlock and his parents are respectable. The police describe Rayner as impecunibous and his case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The curious spectacle was presented in the Inglewood Court (Vic,) on Saturday of a police magistrate defending a charge against himself, and being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The only business at the police court to-day (Tuesday) was the granting of a coach license to H. J. Gardiner Messr H. York and H. J. Miner J.sP. occupied the bench…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Daily Mail" asserts that Rayner, who it is alleged murdered Whiteley, the owner of the Mammoth Stores in London, was accustomed to obtain large sums of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two seamen, charged with stealing a box containing 1000 sovereigns from the steamer Navua, were to-day remanded for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later details concerning the murder of Mr William Whiteley, of Westburne Grove, noted universal provider, who was yesterday the victim, show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. J. W. Fletcher, Acting-P.M. DRUNKENNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The man who murdered Mr. Whiteley, the well-known universal provider, is named Rayner. He was well dressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A jury to try Harry Thaw, a millionaire charged with the murder of Stanford White another millionaire, in New York has not yet been empanelled. Owing to numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. J. W. Fletcher (Acting Police Magistrate), Robert Scobie, and Elias Bowden, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the conclusion of John Desmond's evidence in connection with the assault case, before Mr. J. W. Fletcher (Acting Police Magistrate), at the Kurri Kurri Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. S. Mayor and Co., the well-known Jewellery importers, reported to the police that a parcel containing between 70 find 80 diamonds is missing from their promises…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A ghastly tragedy occurred at Whits Cliffs on Tuesday evening, when May Cooney, one of the unfortunate class, living on the outskirts of the town, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superintendent Cotter, who has had charge of the north-eastern police district for the past seven years, retired from the service to-day under the provisions of the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Senior-Constable Fletcher, lockup-keeper at West, Maitland, retired to-day after over 30 years' service in the police force, the whole of which time he spent in Maitland. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr George Rayner, the reputed father of Rayner, who murdered Whiteley, known in London as "the "universal provider," still doubts his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Daily Mail" asserts that Rayner, who it is alleged murdered Whiteley, the owner of the Mammoth Stores in London, was accustomed to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Walter Long. M.P., leader of the Unionist party in Ireland, was yesterday [?] to the Court of King's Bench, Dublin to show cause why he should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of Police, whilst alighting from a tram on Tuesday morning on his way to his office fell heavily on to the roadway fracturing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following return has been prepared of Business transacted by the Clerk of Petty Sessions at West Maitland, exclusive of mining business, and of moneys received by him…
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