Police Court. Wife Deserter Remanded
At the Police Court on Thursday morning last before Mr. P. J. Sheridan. J.P., William Charles Brown, who had been arrested in Cessnock the…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 80
Rose Bay Murder. Mystery Revived
The murderer of Edward Dixon, the shearer's cook, who was battered to death with a sapling in the scrub at Rose Bay, early on the morning of Saturday, February 21, is…
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A sitting of the Small Debts Court was held on Thursday, Mr. R. H. nV. Allnutt, P.M., presiding. Henry McFadden V.J.A. Grainger, claim…
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In the small debts Court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., Henry M'Fadden sued J. A. Grainger for the sum of £1/18/. Judgment was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall of a Fleet Paymaster. £13,000 Theft Due to Betting
Pleading guilty to converting to his own use £13,061/19/7. John Moffat Lowery, the fleet paymaster who absconded in November last from H.M.S. Ganges (a training…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Reeks Murder. Fresh Evidence. London, March 22
An officer, in the mercantile marine, and a friend of the late Mr. Reeks, who was murdered at Wolverhampton, has handed the Liverpool police several letters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Benton Murder. British Consul's Report. Washington, March 24
The British Consul at Galveston, Mr. C. A. S. Pereival, who was deputed to proceed to Mexico and inquire into the murder of Mr. William Benton, a British subject. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NON-VACCINATION. Court Scene in Melbourne
After the Justices at Port Melbourne Court on Thursday had conferred as to their decision in a vaccination prosecution, the Mayor (Councillor A. L. Page),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Angry President. Threat to Court-martial 100 Officers. Burlesque Dinner
President Wilson and his Cabinet are highly incensed at the frolics of the Carabao Club, consisting of officers of the United States Army and Navy, who at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Golden Rule Gus." Giant on Giant's Job. Police Chief Who Cleaned Up City
Berkeley, the university city of California. is said to be one of the cleanest towns, morally and physically. in the world, and the giant chief of police, Gas Vollmer, gets most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 30
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. G. Gale, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Friday, March 27. Rabbit Prosecution
Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. Canute Brooks (Inspector of Stock for the Upper Hunter P.P. Board) proceeded against Henry Reitz…
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The second trial is proceeding at Central Criminal Court of James mullan for the alleged murder of his wife. At the first trial the jury disagreed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Successful Burglary
Burglars entered the premises of E. J. Hagenbasm, optician, King-street, during the night, and secured eleven paris of field glasses, valued at £150…
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The Bench at the Kurri Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Three defendants were each fined 5s,…
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At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., an offender was fined 10/ in default three days, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. a Bush Lawyer
That some people use terms ambi guous in their meaning, and to their ultimate cost, was evidenced per medium of a charge preferred against a…
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In the small debts court John Bailey proceeded against W. Firth claiming £10 for loss of a horse, damage to sulky, etc., through defendant's alleged negligence in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Murder. Starchfield on Trial. London, Tuesday evening
Extraordinary interest is being taken in the trial at the Old Bailey of John Starchfield on the charge of the murder of his son, whose strangled body was found in a London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Driver Sentenced. Five Years' Gaol
Arthur Brown, the motor-car driver who had been found guilty of manslaughter, was brought up at the Central Criminal Court,Sydney, on…
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