Ruffianly Assault and Robbery
An old man named Charles Piggott was the victims of a brutal outrage at Sydenham this morning. Two men who hurl previously chummed up with him conducted…
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Courts & crime, 1909
1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 72
Police to Prosecute. Sydney
Mr. [?] criticism in the Labour Congress of the State Government for changing the venue of Tom Mann's trial from Broken Hill to Albury has caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday April 14. Before His Honor Justice Cohen
The April sittings of the maitland circuit court opened at the courthouse East Maitland this morning. Mr. Edgar cohen, acted as clerk of arraing, and Mr. G. B…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Magistrate Promoted
Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, the esteemed Police Magistrate at Maitland, has been promoted the position of Stipendiary Magistrate at Newcastle, and will be leaving shortly to take up his new duties. The…
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Charles Walker, aged 25, Waiter, James Melter. 26, an engineer, and Thomas Dove, 25, a labourer, were charged at the police court this morning with breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April 15
The bench at the West Maitland police this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Theft on the "Indomitable."
Four men, including a petty officer, possessing a burglar's outfit have now been remanded for the theft on H.M.S. "Indomitable," cabled on February 24…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suspicious Death. Verdict of Wilful Murder. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
An inquest was held before the City Coroner to-day into the circumstances attending the death of Esther Gilleland, a waitress, 24 years of age, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 14. (Before His Honor Justice Cohen.) Alleged Arson
In the case of James Cook, arraigned on a charge of maliciously attempting to set fire to the dwelling houses of Harry Thompson, at Newcastle, evidence was given by…
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At the local court, yesterday, Mr. C. h. Colo presiding, Henry Moore, licensee of the Tradesman's Arms Hotel, was charged with allowing n person on his licensed promises…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland Circuit Court, Thursday, April 15. (Before His Honor Justice Cohen.) Alleged Cattle Stealing
In the case in which Henry James Craft was charged with stealing a steer. at Cessnock, the property of William King, the following evidence was taken after the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Revolutionaries and the Police
M. Lopuhkin, formerly chief of the Russian detective service, and a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished Russian families, has been indicted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Mr and Mrs Frew, residents of Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, were admitted to one of the city hospitals during Thursday night, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brutal Assault. a Man Wounded and Bobbed
The Marrickville police are investigating a serious case of assault and robbery alleged to have been committed at Marrickville on Wednesday morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Thursday, April. 15. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness
Frederick Willis Costello pleaded guilty to being drunk in the yard of the Percy Hotel on Saturday, April 10th, and was fined 5/- or 24 hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Circuit Court
The [?] of the above [?] opened on the 14th inst., at East Maitland, before his Honor Mr Justice Cohen. Mr Sidney Mack was Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barrier Award. High Court Appeal. Court's Jurisdiction Challenged
In the High Court at Sydney on Wednesday, Mr Irvine, K.C. (Victoria), appeared to move absolute an order [?] made by the Court in Melbourne on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Police Court. APRIL 13, 1909. (Before Mr V. B. Cox, J. P.) Cruelly Ill Treating a Pig
George Edward Lovell was charged with cruelly ill-treating a pig on April 9, at Bellbird Defendant (on remand from Saturday) pleaded guilty. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Child Murder. Baby's Body Found on Dust Heap
While removing some street refuse at the corner of Flinders and Josephson streets, Darlinghurst, on Thursday morning, a Sydney Council employee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judicial Change. Divorce Court President
It was announced on Wednesday (February 3), that Sir John Gorell Barnes, on retiring from the presidency of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty…
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