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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 89

Accused Before the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 5

Ernest Hurry Thompson was charged, at the Police Court with shooting at Constable Kammel in Castlereagh-street lat night with intent a murder him. It was…

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High Court Judge. Swearing in ceremony

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 7

Mr Charles Powers, late Crown Solicitor for the Commonwealth, was on Thursday sworn in as a judge of the High Court of Australia…

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Supreme Court Vacancy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

It is definitely stated, either Mr-Adrian Knox, K.C., or Mr J. M. Harvey will be appointed to the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench, caused by Mr…

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Police Gourt. Tuesday, April I, 1913, (Befor Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, F.m.) Unlawful Detention

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 8

George Frederick Rowland [?] wilfiam Elliott, unlawful detention of five head of cattle. Mr.J.E.Mclntyre, of FitzGerald…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court this morning Messrs. E. J. Cuteligge and W. Gillon, Js. P., Ordered a prohibition to issue against Bartholomew Hindes for a period of 12…

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Darling Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

Thieves entered the establishment of Osborne and Co., jewellers and opticians, George-street, and secured jewellery of all kinds to the value of £100. The robbery is considered…

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Suffragists Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

Olive Hocken has been sentenced to four month's imprisonment for being concerned with the recent fire in the pavilion at the Rockampton golf links…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H . Gale, P.M. MAINTENANCE CASE…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, before Mr H. E. Page. J.P., William Henry Managh was charged with drunkenness and offensive behaviour in Burdekin…

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Maitland Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

On Saturday last a bookmaker named Daniel Flannagan, of Inverell, as fined £15 or three months imprisonment for stealing the sum…

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Burglary in City. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

A burglary occurred at the premises of Messrs Osborne and Co., jewellers, George-street, last night, and over £400 worth of jewellery was taken…

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"Wild Man." a Showman Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 4

A case, which caused considerable amusement, was heard at the West Maitland Police Court on Friday, when Percy William Stevenson was charged with…

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Police Changes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

Sergeant Nanearrow, who has been stationed at Narromine for some years, has been removed to East Maitland in place of Senior-Sergeant Curry. The latter has been…

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Lasso for Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

The police authorities of Hull are (says the "New York Tribune") seriously considering sending men to the western part of America to take lessons from the cow country in the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 8

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. PROFANE LANGUAGE…

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Spurious Tickets. Tram Conductors Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

Vivian Ernest Humphery and Alfred Ernest Eccleston, tram conductors, appeared at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday on a charge of having,…

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Chief Commissioner in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

The Chief Commissioner of Railways was defendant in the Industrial Court in cases in which two employees declared that they had been underpaid. A plea of guilty was…

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Death-trap for Motorists. Murder by Wire Across Road Berlin. March [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

Heir Rudolf Plinz, a Berlin jeweller [?] his wife were killed in extraordinary [?]stances while motoring last night near [?]…

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Kaiser Sister's Lost Diary. Consternation in Court Circles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 6

A message from Berlin says: The anxiety in the now palace over the loss of the diary of Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse continues. The Kaiser has resorted to all…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

At the police court yesterday, [?] P.M., eleven young men [?] with having behaved in a [?] on Sunday evening, March [?]…

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