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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
1,523 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 77
The causes of coalminers' strikes and the effects of the sliding scale in the rates of pay were explained in the Industrial Court to-day during the hearing of the appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A baker who quarrelled with his wife thrust her into an oven in this city, and baked her alive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sun-inspector Bear, of Maitland, paid his first visit to the mines district on Saturday. Mr. Bear inspected several stations, and expressed himself as pleased with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Broome, tried for the murder at Slough of a neighbour (Mrs. Wilson), by suffoating her, has been found guilty, and sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The trial of Hawley Crippen on the charge of murdering his wife, Belle Elmore, was concluded yesterday. Crippen, continuing his evidence, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attack upon Miss Mab Paul, leading lady of the George Willoughby "Night of the Party" Company, was made by an unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An attack upon Miss Mab Paul, leading lady of the George Willoughby "Night or the Party" Company, was made by an unknown man at the North Shore on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many messages of sympathy have been received by the family on the occasion of the death of Prince Francis of Took. Public tributes have also been borne to his worth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the police count yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. G. Brown, J.P. Walter George Bailey was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Charles Prescott at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Senior-constable Ncwland, who was recently injured through his horse falling with him is recovering slowly. He is moving about, but is unable to do much, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State Executive Council on Tuesday commuted the death sentence upon william John phillips, who murdered his eightvear -old daughter at Willoughby, to penal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The trial has begun at Chester of Mark Wilde, ex-soldier, who is accused of the murder of George Store a well-known builder, at Grose Hall, Stalybridge. Wilde is the second man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the local police court on Tuesday last before Mr. McKensey, P.M., the following cases were dealt with:— Robert Tucker, drunk and disorderly on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the matter of the assault by police on British and American journalists during the riots in the Moabit quarter of Berlin the German Government, in reply to representations made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr.J. Mckensey, P.M. RIDING WITHOUT LIGHTS…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holding that the death penalty should be applied only to cases of premeditated and calculated crime, the Cabinet on Tuesday, after deliberations extending over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawley Crippen is now in the condemned cell, awaiting execution. After the jury had determined his fate they were 24 minutes in agreeing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While evidence was being given in a larceny case at Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, a half-intoxicated individual at the back amongst the spectators called out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Certain betting transactions were mentioned to Mr. Justice Cussen in the Practice Court, Melbourne, on a summons for directions. The plaintiff was Thomas MCormick, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sub-inspector Bear made his first visit of inspection to the Cessnock district yesterday (says our Mines' representative). He spent some time at the Cessnock police station, and, it is…
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