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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 89

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri police court, yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Cuteliffe, J. P.,William Barron, for having been drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Empire Hotel on August…

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The Lilydale Murder Detectives Baffled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 2

The Melbourne detectives admit that they are "up against a dead end" in the search for the murderer of Richard Knight, the old man who was found shot…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Young Woman Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 3

David Roger Fulton, a young Scotsman, was charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, with attempting to murder his sweetheart, Elsie Victor Wellington. The…

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Case of Harry Thaw. Canadian Court Proceedings. Montreal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 5

Judge Globensky outruled the New York attorneys' representatives when Thaw's motion to drop its habeas corpus proceedings were mentioned. Hundreds of…

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Police Court. Rabbit Cases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 3

In the local Police Court, this morning, before Mr. R. H. V. All[?]tt, P. M., Canute Brooks, Stock Inspector for the U.H.P.P. Board,…

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Italian Murder Case. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 5

Porter Chariton, who was extradited from the United States on a charge of murdering his wife at Como in June, 1910, has arrived at Naples…

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Alleged Assault at Morpeth. Charge of Assaulting Drill Instructor. Case Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 6

At the Morpeth Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M , and J. McCarthy, J.P., Ernest Edward Thompson, a jockey, was charged with…

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Strike Riots in Ohio. Fierce Conflicts with Police. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 5

Strike riots in Reubenville. Ohio, have, resulted in bloodshed, and fierce conflicts with the police. Two of the strikers were shot with fatal results, while others were…

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Solicitor Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 9

Mr. Arthur Newton, the well-Known Marlborough-street solicitor, has been sentenced to there year's penal servitude, and Berkeley Bennett. the man charged with him,…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

Mr. Allnutt, P. M., occupied the bench at the police court on Thursday. Arthur Pearce was charged with failing to send his child to school the required number…

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Police Court. Theft of Jewellery. Mild Sensations in Court. (Before Messrs J. C. Luscombe and H. R. Flanders, J'sP.) Wednesday, August 27, 1913

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

Sarah Moses and Jessie Moses (mother and daughter) were charged with having stolen a gold ring and gold heart from the residence of Mrs…

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Negro Lynched at Gaol Door

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 12

Hot Springs, Ark., June 19.—Will Norman, a negro, charged with the assault and murder of Garland Huff, 14 years old, daughter of Judge C. Floyed Huff, was…

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Assault by Suffragists. London, Aug. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 5

The Premier. Mr. Asquith, and his daughter were playing golf on the Lossiomouth golf-links, Eglinshire, and when they reached the seventeenth green two suffragists…

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Alleged Assault on Area Officer. Case Dismissed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 4

The charge against Ernest Edward Edward Thompson, a jockey, of having, on August 20, inflicted grievous bodily har, on Sergeant-Major Long while…

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Havymarket Shooting. Attempted Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 8

At the Central Police Court, Sydney on. Thursday, Claude Harold James Holley was charged with shooting a Senior-constable Charlton, with intent…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Young Woman Shot

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 6

David Roger Fulton, a young Scolman, was charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, with attempting to murder his sweetheart, Elsie Victor Wellington. The…

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The Samford Murder. Death Sentence Passed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 4

In the Brisbane Criminal Court on Friday, before his Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Pope A. Cooper, Ernest Austin was found guilty of the wilful murder of [?]…

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Wife Murder. Struggle in a Park

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 13

At Claremont (near Perth) on Saturday afternoon a young married woman, Cecelia Lucy Surradge, was murdered by her hus-band, Walter Surradge, who then attempted…

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Thieved From "A Drunk." Policeman Sentenced. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 4

At the Quarter. Sessions to-day, Josepli Alexander Murphy,- a policeman, was convicted of having stolen £2 from a drunken man. He was sentenced to…

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Police Court. Thursday, August 28. (Before Mr. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Non-attendance at School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 2

Arthur Pearcee was charged with failing to send his child to school the required number of days during the halfyear ended 30th ,June. The Sergeant…

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