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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 80

Assaulting and Resisting the Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4

At the police court on Saturday morning last, before Mr. R. D. G. Fitz[?] Gerald, J.P., Patrick McHugh was charged with drunkenness, and…

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Affairs in Mexico. the Benton Murder. British Consul's Report. Washington, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

The British Consul at Galveston, Mr. C. A. S. Percival, who was deputed to proceed to Mexico and inquire into the murder of Mr. William Benton, a British subject, in…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 5

At the Kurri police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Dill, J. P., Herbert Clarke and Evan Jones, young men, were charged with behaving in a riotous manner in the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

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

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Alleged Bribe. a Constable Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 5

Constable OSwald Victor Simpson appeared at the Melbourne Court on Wednesday on a charge of haVing taken a peculiarly to forego his duty…

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The Benton Murder. British Consul's Report

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

Washington, Monday.—The British Consul at Galveston, Mr C. A. S. Percival, who was deputed to proceed to Mexico and inquire into the murder of…

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Rose Bay Murder. a Country Report

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

S. A. Smith, a traveller, now camping on the bank of the Bell River, Wellington, has informed the local police that he camped on March 8 between Cassilis…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

The Police Magistrate delivered his decision in the case of Henry Priestly v George Priestly, which was heard at Paterson on Tuesday. IT was a claim for £30/15/3, and…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and J. W. Brikenhead, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

Renewals of Heenses were granted to Henry Price, Caledonian Hotel, Aberdare, Heense fee £35, and Francis Moore, Wentworth Hotel, Bishop's Bridge, Heense fee £10…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Messrs. J.W. Birkenhead and S.E. Beaver, Js.P., Richard Hodges was proceeded against for being drunk and…

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Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

At Dungog Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Police Magistrate McDougall, an inebriate was fined 5s for being drunk in Dowling…

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Obstruction on Railway. Youth Charged and Remanded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 5

Raymond Harold Price, a youth, 16½ years of age, who was arrested near East Greta yesterday by Sergeant Murray, Constable Toohill, and Special Constable…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. McDougall, P.M., and Messrs T. Irwin, son., and F. A. Hooke, J's.P., George Anyon applied for a renewal of Bank Hotel…

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Turkish Methods. Aziz Bey Sentenced to Death. Constantinople, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 5

A court martial has sentenced to death Aziz Bey, formerly Turkish Military Commander in Cyrenaica, on a charge of reviving the Arab resistance there after the departure…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnuit, P.m.). Friday (To-day). Rabbit Prosecutions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

The Inspector of Stock (Canute Brooks), proceeded against Michael Quinn for falling to suppress and destroy rabbits on his property…

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Police Court. Wednseday March 17,1914 (Before Messrs G. Brown and H. E. Southwell, J'sP.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

Walter Raymond Radnige was charged with stealing 8 chaff bags, and one corn bag, valued 2/3, the property of the Caledonian Collieries,…

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Pugilists in Trouble. Assault on a Policeman. Los Angeles, March 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 5

Jimmy Clabby, the middle-weight pugilist and his trainer, Arthur M'Queen, were both sentenced to three years' imprisonment for beating a policeman in a street fight…

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The Duties of a Soldier, and the Police

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

Whatever may be the views of the British Prees and politicians regarding the action of those British officers who resigned when asked to…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. occupied the bench at the police court on Thursday. Frank Kenneth Curtis was charged with disobeying an order for the maintenance of…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 26

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

(Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.) Frank Kenneth Curtis was charged with disobeying an order for the maintenance of his wife. The amount owing…

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