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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 80

Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. H. [?] P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 7

Joseph Adaml v Edward Peters and James Peters, claim for £4/13/. for wages. Mr. Jas. R. Carlton for plaintiff, [?] Mr. Jas. H. F. Waller for the defendants, after…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 6

The Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Harold Williams, for having made use of…

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Another Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 5

The grocery shop of Thomas Savage, George-street, was entered last night by burglars, who got away with about £S worth, of goods. This is the seventh…

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The Shoreditch Tragedy. Police Court Evidence. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 5

John Starchfield appeared at the old Bailey Police Court, charged with the murder of his son William, a boy oft seven, whose strangled body was found under the seat of a railway…

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Police Heroism

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

From time to time the conduct and methods adopted by the large body of men representing the police force are subjected to vituperative criticism on…

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Pelaw-main Assault Case. Wheeler Fined. Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 7

The bench at the Kurri police court this morning, was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale P.M. Andrew Rae, a shotfirer at Peiaw-Main,…

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The Liverpool Murder. Sensational Evidence. London, Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 5

At the trial of Summer and [?] for the murder of miss Bradfield, the court was crowded. The police gave evidence that they…

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Boy's Escape From Gaol. Picks a Look and Shifts Thirty Bricks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

At, the Parramatta Sessions a young German, named Robert Woolf, 15, who pleaded guilty to escaping from Windsor Gaol, was brought up for sentence…

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The Reeks Murder. Still a Mystery. London, Feb. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 5

The Wolverhampton police are satisfied that the suspected passenger on the steamer Grampian is not concerned in the murder. A report from St. John, Newfoundland,…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 3, 1914. (Before Mr. G. Mason, acting P.m.) the Bowling Green. Smith v. FLANDERS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

This was a case in which A. A. Smith sought to recover from H. R. Flanders the sum of £l4 16-6 for work and labour done in connection with the formation of a…

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Police Magistrate on Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

Mr. R. II. V. Allnutt, who officiates at police Magistrate at Singleton, is at present spending a holiday at his home, near Quirindi, having been granted six weeks' leave…

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KURRl Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Jam or Germany was charged with having a pair of military boots in his possession…

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Wolverhampton Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 3

London, Tuesday.—Not the slightest trace has been found of the murderers of Thomas Kent Reeks, the Sydney engineer, who was found dead in a…

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Care of Babies. a Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 3

The case against Sarah Jane Naylor, alias Williamson, on a charge of wilfully and without reasonable excuse neglecting to provide adequate and…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

Two cadets were proceeded against [?] having failed to attend a compulsory drill, and were each fined 5/, together with costs in default to undergo seven day's…

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The Liverpool Murder. Stories of Accused. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 5

At the trial of Gen. Summer and S. Eltoft for the murder of Miss Bradfield, whose body was found in a sack in a canal at Liverpool, Summer was cool and alert in the…

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Pirates at Wedding Feast. Murder Guests. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 2

Pirates near Nanking raided a house in which a wedding foast was being held. They seized all the property and murdered 23 guests. Twenty…

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West Maitland Court. Thursday, February 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Mr. [?] Gale, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

Robert Fenwick and Mary Turner were proceeded against at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., with having behaved in an…

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Taranga Fire. Woman Charged with Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 7

Jane Nightingale, 26, appeared on remand at the Central Police Court, Brisbane before Mr. Egglinton, P.M. charged with having on January 27: [?] Murdered…

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