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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 72

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 2

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, an inebriate, against whom a prohibition order expired last week, was fined 2/6 or the rising of the court. Randall Simpson was ordered to…

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Murder at Chinchilla Arrest of an Aboriginal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 3

An aboriginal called Dick Normanton has been arrested in Queensland on suspicion of being the murderer of George Robert Cleanents, at Chinchilla. The arrest was…

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Police Court. (Before Mr W. Brown, P.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Arthur Newell, charged on warrant from Bullahdelah, refusing to pay hotel accommodation. Remanded for 8 days…

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The Chinchilla Murder. Arrest of an Aboriginal

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 3

The Queensland Commissioner of Police has received a report from Normanton that an aboriginal called Dick Norman ton has been arrested on suspicion of…

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Murder Mystery in New York. Young Girl's Death. New York, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 4

A young American girl of good family has been murdered by a Chinaman, and her body afterwards packed in a trunk and left in a room over a Chinese restaurant on Eighth Avenue. Her…

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Riots in Spain. Mounted Police Fare Badly. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Mounted police in Barcelona charged the barricades which had been erected in the streets. Their horses, however, were caught in wire entanglements, and nearly…

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Kurri Police Court. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 5

At the Police Court this morning the bench was occupied by Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M. Samuel Bland, for having made use of indecent language in the passage of the Kurri Kurri…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, August 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 3

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. F. G. Adrain, P.M., John Rourke and Elias Bowden, J.s.P…

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Kurri Police Court. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 3

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. G. Adrain. P.M. Mande Scott proceeded against Louise Cottle, for alleged insulating language at Abermain on…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Enright appeared in support of an application lodged on behalf of William Murphy for a certificate authorising the issue of a publician's license for premises proposed to be…

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State Parliament. The Police Force

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 2

Practically the whole of Tuesday's sitting of the Assembly was occupied by debate on a motion by Mr M'Gowen that members of the police force should…

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Suspect Attempts Suicide. Commotion at a Police Station. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 2

James Merton, a clerk, aged 22, who had an extraordinary escape, from death, on Tuesday, was brought before the court to-day on a charge of attempting to…

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Late News by Cable the Czar at Cowes. Guarded by Police. London, August 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 3

The Czar and the Czarina, the King and Queen yesterday cruised on the Royal at Britannia in the Solent, and watch Mr. Myles B. Kennedy's vacht White…

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Sentenced to Three Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 4

At the West Maitland police court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., George Michael Millon, alias George Silver, was charged with that on the 5th…

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Mysterious Burglary. Thieves Raid Mr. Harry Marks's House for Private Papers. Family Letters Vanish

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 5

One of the most sensational and Mysterious burglaries of recent times was committed at [?] the residence of Mr. H. H. Marks, M.P. for…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 4

At the Singleton Police Court on Thursday morning Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., was on the bench. The only cases listed were a couple of prosecutions by the…

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Cessnock Police Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 2

On July 31, before Mr. V. B. Cox,[?] J.P., George Oswald pleaded guilty to[?] a charge of drunkenness in Vincent street on July 30. Defendant was…

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Railway Stealing Cases. An Accused Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 7

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Joseph Dunstan, Charles Short, and Thomas Hughes, were pre sented in connection with what are…

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Murder at Chinchilla. Arrest of an Aboriginal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 10

An aboriginal called Dick Normanton has been arrested in Queensland on suspicion of being the murderer of George Robert Clements, at Chinchilla. The arrest was…

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The Czar on Tour. Guarded toy Police. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 7

The Czar and the Czarina, the King and the Queen, yesterday cruised on the Royal yacht Britannia in the Solent, and watched Mr Myles B. Kennedy's yacht…

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