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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Serious Charge J. D. Williams Before the Court. Remanded for Eight Days. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day, James Dixon Williams, late Managing Director of the Greater J. D. Williams Amusement Company, was charged with…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning an inebriate was fined 10/, in default three days, George McDonnell, charged with fraudulent appropriation of money, at…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

At the Muswellbrook police court, on Tuesday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnut, P.M., Stephen Kelly was charged with stealing a pain of paperhanger's scissors, the property of A…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, February 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. George Platt was charged, on the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 4, 1913. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

A hawker's license was granted to L. W. Spohr. (J. Brooks v., John McKenzie, for failing to destroy rabbits. Mr. R…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

In the small debts court, John James s[?] Thomas Russell to recover £10 as compensation for alleged slander, at Abermain, on June 8, 1912. Mr. Braye appeared for…

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Industrial Court. Sitting in Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

Several local cases were heard in the in[?] Court which sat at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, being presided over by Mr. Chas. Hibbie, Industrial…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court, yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Robert Mays and Fredrick Stanley [?] charged with behaving in a riotous man[?]…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, February [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 7

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and George Winkley, J.P. DRUNKENNESS AND LANGUAGE…

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The Fitzroy Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

An application for bail in the case of Harold Thompson, who is awaiting his trial on a charge of the wilful murder of Arthur Trotter, at Fitzroy…

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A Police Burglar. Confesses to Crimes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 8

The policeman, Charles Alfred Remmers, who white doing night duty as a constable in Wellington, N.Z., committed several burglaries, pleaded guilty to all the offences…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Before the P.M., Mr. Walterus Brown, on Thursday morning a man named Holley was charged with allegedly stealing a horse, the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

At the Kurri police court this morning before Mr. E. J. Cut[?] J.P. Allan McLean, for having been found drunk at Abermain last night was fined 26, or the rising…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

Before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., at the Police Court on Thursday, William Willis pleaded guilty to carrying firearms on Sunday, 26th January. A fine of £ 1, with 6/ costs, in…

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Sensational Murder Trial. Threr Persons Sentenced. Paris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 3

A dramatic murder trial has just been concluded Madame Clerc, the keeper of a boarding school at Sevres, and two men, Nollett and Parratta, were charged with…

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A Juvenile "Criminal." Magistrate's Severity

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 12

Considerable comment has been caused by the action of the Lismore Police Magistrate in committing to gaol a lad of 16, convicted of setting fire to a heap of sawdust at…

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The Fitzroy Murder. Thompson Committed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 13

The Melbourne Coroner on Thursday opened an inquiry into the death of Arthur H. Trotter, the commercial traveller who was murdered in his house, George-street…

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Industrial Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

A sitting of the Industrial Court, was held on Thursday, before Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate. Robert John Munro was charged with…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 6th. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

William Willis was charged that on Sunday, 26th January, he was found carrying firearms. He pleaded guilty. The Sergeant said that a number of…

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Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 4

The Maitland District Court will be opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Tuesday, 18th instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of hearing…

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