Children's Court
In the Children's Court a lad 15 years of age was charged with maliciously damaging electric light globes at Hebburn Colliery. The P.M., deferred penalty for a…
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Courts & crime, 1913
1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 89
Human Bones Discovered. a Murder Charge
Charles Brown was charged at the Selwyn (Q.) Court on Tuesday with the wilful murder of George Vessey, Hampden…
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The sentence of death on Katterinyan, a Northern Territory aborigine, convicted of the murder of a Chinese, was changed by the Federal Executive to imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and J. W. Birkenhead. L.M.)
An application was made by Phillip Jenkins, licensee of the Criterion Hotel. Weston, for permission to make material alterations. Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared in support, and…
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Before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. Joseph Lynch was fined 5/ or 24 hours' for drunkenness, and 40/, with the alternative of…
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The Bench at the Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. Allnutt, P.M. Phillip Le Petit pleaded not guilty to driving a motor vehicle and failing to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East Maitland Police Court. Friday, November 7
The bench at the East Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
Phillip J. Doherty proceeded against Robert John Gulliver, claiming £6/10/, the claim being in respect of the sake of a cow.—Mr. R. A. Mackenzie appeared for plaintiff, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Coalmines. Small Debts Court
In the Kurri Small Debts Court yesterday, C. T. Hampton sued T. Robinson, the amount stated in the claim being £12/ 12/3 for goods sold. As there was an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Gold Coins
Complaints have been made lately that sold coins have been extracted from the bags of bullion forwards from the Continent to London. Several hundreds of gold…
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This afternoon Gabriel Bakel, a designer, shot. his wife before the eyes of their child, a boy of 4, and then committed suicide. The only details of the drama are those gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bank Notes Made in Gaol
A prison as a factory of spurious banknotes! Peterhead, on the Aberdeenshi[?]e coast, where long-time convicts from all parts of Scotland are confined, has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crow's Nest Tragedy. Woodruff Charged. Sydney
Mackay Woodruff was charged at the police court to-day with having attempted. to murder his wife and ,son at Crow's Nest. Ronald Woodruff son. who put his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tired Wife's Theft. Plan to Get in Prison
The tragedies of life in a country where domestic servants are expensive rarities, were vividly depicted in the New York police court recently, when the quiet, tired wife of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dastardly Crime. Murderous Assault. House Set on Fire
A dastardly assault is alleged to have been perpetrated at a farmhouse in Osborne park. three miles from Berrigan, at about 2, o'clock on Saturday morning The vicums…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BLACKS v. CHINESE. Fine Creek Murder
The sentence of death on Katterinyan a Northern Territory aborigine, convicted of the murder of a Chinese, was changed by the Federal Executive to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BLACKS v. Chinese. Pine Creek Murder
The sentence of death on Katterinyan, a Northern Territory aborigine, convicted of the murder of a Chinese, was changed by the Federal Executive to imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court. Thursday, November 6. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) No Tail Light
Philip Le Petit was charged with driving a motor vehicle and failing to carry a light in the manner required, to illuminate, the number plate. Defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1913. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Unclean Dairy Premises
Sen. Sergeant Donnelly v. W. Power Wybong. Pleaded guilty. Fined £2 costs of court, 6s. in default 21 days hard labor in Maitland Gaol. Fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Admiral's Death. Wife Tried for Murder. Plymouth, U.S.A.
Mrs. Eaton, widow of the late Admiral Eaton, who died from poisoning, has been tried on a charge of causing her late, husband's death and acquitted…
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