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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 89

Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 4

A sitting of the Licensing Court was held on Thursday, before Messrs R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. R. Faulkner, and A. Simmons. An application for the…

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A Brutal Assault. 15-Year-Old Boy Robbed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 5

A brutal assault took place in Belmore-road, Randwick, on Thursday night, when a 15-year-old boy, John Parkes, of Luke-street, was set upon by two…

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A Bush Murder. Boy's Head Severed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 6

News was received in Melbourne on Tuesday of a brutal murder in the Wharparilla, district, about 14 miles from Echuca. The victim was John Anderson, aged 15…

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Newcastle Circuit Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 5

At Newcastle Circuit Court on Tuesday, before. Mr. Justice Sly, Frederick William Hunter was charged that he did, at West Maitland on April 4, steal certain articles of…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 2. (Before R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.). Alleged Insulting Language

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 7

Sydney Ninnes was charged with having used insulting words to Alice Lester on 11th September, on the road Carrow Brook to Singleton, within the hearing…

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Assault in a Train. Accused Committed for Trial. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 6

Alfred McArter, Lionel Leslie Abrahams, Frederick John Anderson, and Frederick Ford, the alleged train robbers were brougnt up before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., yesterday…

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107 in the Shade. Prisoners Allowed to Sleep on the Gaol Roof

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 9

Intense suffering was reported from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northers Texas as the result of a [?] wave which had continued for 12 days. At dawn on the morning of…

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Accused Before the Court. Muswellbrook, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 14

Four suspects, Alfred M'Arter, Lionel Leslie Abrahams, Frederick John Anderson, and Frederick Ford, under arrest, were charged at the court this morning,…

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Crime in India. Police Official Murdered. Delhi. Sept. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 3

Halip Adodeb. the senior head constable of the Criminal Investigation Department at Calcutta, was shot in the head in College—square, where the Nationalists usually hold…

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Mob in a Law Court. Rich Man's Son and a Factory Girl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 12

"Extraordinary scenes attended the conviction at Atlanta of murder in the first degree of Leo Franks, son of a wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, October 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1913 · page 2

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

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with at the local Police Court on last, before Walterus Brown esq., P.M…

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New York Murder. Exciting Scene in Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 3

New York, Saturday.—During the inquest into the death of Anna Ameuller, whoso dismembered body was found sewn up in a sack in the Hudson River,…

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Daring Burglary York-street Bank Entered. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 2

A gang of burglars broke into the York-street branch of the Bank of New South Wales and worked inside the bank during Sunday and this morning…

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Local and General. New South Wales Police Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 4

On the H.R.A. and H. Association's Slow Ground on the evening of the 15th instant, the New South Wales Police Band, 38 strong, and comprising first-class musicians, vocal…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., William James. Parkinson was granted a hawker's license. C. W. While was…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 4

In the Smail Debts Court a large number of cases were listed, in which the Cessnock Shire Council proceeded against defendants for recovery of arrears' of rates…

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Suffragettes at Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 5

Eleven persons have been fined various sums from £1 to [?]£3 for rioting on the occasion of the arrest of Miss Kenny. Lilian Lenten, who in June last escaped from…

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Bedford Hunger Strike Died in Gaol. London Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 5

Albert Davis, who was sentenced to gaol at Bedford, hunger struck and died. At the inquest, the gaoler stated that it was not hecessary to acquaint the Homo Secretary…

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