Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,635 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 82

East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

The bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Michael William Howe, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 20s, in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Theft of Skins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

Waiter Ray and Leslie Fagan were committed for trial on a charge of stealing marsupial skins, valued at £150, from Darling Harbour railway yards…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Suspected of Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

Detectives arrested two youths in connection with a safe robbery at Woolloomooloo on Wednesday night…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Opinions of the Police

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

Superintendent Edwards, who for some years has had charge of the Weights and Measures Department, referring to the letter of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Municipal Anneal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

The adjourned appeal court in connection with assessments in the East Maitland Municipality was held at the East Maitland Courthouse this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. B. Buffler…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

New York Graft. Allegations Against Police. New York. Aug. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

The disclosures which have been made with regard to the graft prevalent in the city police force are amazing. The bank clearing-houses are aiding the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

At the Police Cour on Thursday, before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, three youths were charged with stealing 10 lambs, the property of a Boggabri grazier,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Conspirators Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 7

Cairo, Wednesday.—The trial of the conspirators in the recent plot to assassinate the Khedive, Viscount Kitchener, and the Egyptian Premier has been…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Clapham Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

The naval deserter from H.M.S. Drake, who, after his arrest at Colo Vale, stated thae he and another were connected with the Clapham Common (London)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Cairo Conspiracy Cases. Plotters Sentenced. Cairo

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

In connection with the conspiracy to kill the Khedive and the Prime Minister of Egypt and Lord Kitchener, Waki has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

New York Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

New York. Thursday.—The disclosures of "graft" in the city police force are amazing. The bank clearing-houses are assisting the investigation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

The P.M. (Mr R. H. V. Allnutt) and Mr R. Faulkner. L.M. presided at the Licensing Court on Thursday. The only business was a application by Harriet…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Student's Crime. Sentenced to Death. Budapest Aug. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

In June last, while M. Cuvay, a Royal commissioner from Croatia, Mas motoring with M. Hervioc, Chief of the Education Department at Agram, a Bosnian student name[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Girl's Strange Story. Alleged Assault at Homeville. Young Man Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

A sensational story was toldq on Sunday to the police by a young girl named Phemie Simpson, a resident of the town, who alleged that she had been waylaid by three or four…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Rosenthal Murder. Further Arrests. New York. Aug. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

Jack Sullivan, who has been arrested in connection with Rosenthal murder, has promised to tell on Monday what he knows of Bickers' connection with the murder…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Shocking Tragedy at Annandale. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

Harry Johnson, a resident or Annandale, shot a man named George Morgan, dead this afternoon. He then fired at his wife, the shot going through her right hand. He then…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Strike Riots. Conduct of the Police. London, Aug. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. Chester Jones, metropolitan magistrate, has issued his report in regard to the [?] strike disturbances at Rother[?] He Justices the action of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Equity Court Case. Interpreting a Will. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

In the Equity Court, to-day Mr J[?]tire Rich interpreted the will of the late Walter Hall, in respect to the discretion of the trustees in disposing of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

West Maitland Police Court. Monday August 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

Tho bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs, C. H. Gale, P.M., and J. W. Pender, J.P COMMITTED FOR TRIAL…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

In the Children's Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale P.M., a boy, 10 years of age, on three charges of stealing sums of money was [?]rdered to the sent to an institution for 12…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →