Broken Hill Situation. Appeal to the High Court
Before, the High Court at Melbourne on Wednesday, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, Mr. Justice O'Connor, and Mr Justice Isaacs, an…
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Courts & crime, 1909
1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 72
A Brutal Assault
A man named McNeilly was brutally assaulted in Nowra on Saturday night. His face was badly cut, a number of stitches had to be inserted in a severe laceration…
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The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. PROHIBITION ORDER…
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It is reported that the pieman at Heddon-Greta, when returning from Kurri Kurri between 11 and 11.30 p.m. on Saturday night, was attacked by four men, who it is stated…
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The sittings of the High Court have been postponed till Wednesday, owing to the indisposition of Justice Barton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Divorce Court. Wells v. Wells. Sydney
In the Divorce Court to-day, Sydney Ernest Wells petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with Lona Wells (formerly Goodwin) on the grounds of her adultery with August Crocker,…
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At he West Maitland Police Court this afternoon, Alfred Strettles pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted William Gilmore, and was fined £6, in default three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Have Lively Time
A man named Ramage, who was fined £13 for knocking a publican down in Adelaide, and who in doing six months imprisonment in Melbourne received a…
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At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, two inebrinates were fined 2/6 or the rising of the court. Henry Sherman was charged with having made use of improper language,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Burglary at Lambton. Burglars Baffled. New Castle
At an early hour this morning burglars broke into the office of the Lambton B colliery at Redhead and removed the safe, which was found lying nearly all dented in,…
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At the North Sydney Police Court, this morning, accused, who gives his name as John Frederick Crook, a tailor by occupation, and a native of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exciting Police Chase. a Run for liberty
The Newcastle Hospital was the centre of an exciting chase on Monday in which the police ultimately effected the Capture of a man who has been wanted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Divorce Court. a Pitiable Case. Petition Dismissed. Sydney
A pitiable case came before Justice Rangers in the Divorce Court to-day, When Emma Ready petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with respondent on the ground…
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George Lees [?] on remand from Sydney where he was arrested was charged at the West Maitland Police Court this morning with having broken and entered the shop of…
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At the Eas Maitland Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. B. Pryer J. P. Maurice Coughlan was fined 5s of 24 hours imprisonment for drunkenness He also pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Murder. Law in Different Lands
E.J.S. writes as follows in the "Westminster Gazette":— Is a mother who kills her newly born child to be treated as a murderess,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Children's Court
Every social relation has its ethics, and the general needs of society as a whole are the base of ethics. This profound truism, voiced by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General News. District Court
A District Court will be opened at East Maitland Courthouse at 10 O'clock on wednesday April 28 The last day for filing plaints is Thursday next, April 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Gypsy's Warning." To Gaol for Fortune Telling That Came True. Miller and the Maid
When a gypsy fortune-teller held up the mirror of fate to a maidservant at an old-fashioned mill near Chard, in Somerset-shire, the timorous girl was permitted to…
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At the West Maitland police court this morning, a beneficiary under the Invalidity Pensions Act who had previously been before the court, was charged with drunkenness. The Police Magistrate…
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