Police Court
At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr.C.H. Gale, P.M. Henry Joseph Griffen for failing to attend drill, was fined 2/ and 3/ costs of court, in…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 80
Daring Burglary
Burglars smashed the plate-glass window of Authony Hordern A. Sons premises, did damage to the extent of £20, and stole £50 worth of jewellery. The robbery was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waverley Murder. Accused Declared Insane
The story of the battering to death of a women at Waverley on the night of January 28 Was again told to a jury at the Central Criminal Court,Sydney, on…
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A sitting of the Licensing Court will be held to-day (Thursday) when an application by Harriet Stokes for a publican's license at Jerry's Plains will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starchfield Murder Case. Accused Father Acquitted. London
The case at the Old Bailey, in which intense public interest has been displayed, and in which John Starchfield was accused with the murder of his son William, aged seven…
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The bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. James Victor Bellfield, charged with attempting to commit suicide at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Police Court. Friday, 27Th March. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)
Patrick James Lunny and Clarence Edward McLeay were proceeded against by the area officer for failing to attend a compulsory drill at Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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,…
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At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. R.H.V. Allnutt, P.M., John McMahon was charged with assaulting William J.Chapman, and pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court. Thursday, April 2. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Case of Assault
Wi?iam Chapman procèded against John M'Mahon, charging him with as sault. M'Mahon pleaded not guilty. He had entered a cross summons against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court
The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was held at the Court House on Thursday, Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and Messrs. A. Simmons and Wm. Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Starchfield Murder Case. Accused Father Acquitted. London
The case at the Old Bailey in which intense public interest has been displayed, and in which John Starchfield was accused with the murder of his son William, aged seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pugilists in Trouble. Assault of a Policeman. Los Angeles. March 25
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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall of a Fleet Pay-master. £13,000 Theft Due to Betting
Pleading guilty to converting to his own use £13,061/19/7, John Moffat Lowry, the fleet paymaster who absconded in November last from H.M.S. Ganges (a training…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dramatic Murder in New York. New York, Feb. 8
America's "Veiled assassin," whose identity excited universal interest and baffled the police, was unveiled yesterday night— it was only a twenty-four hours murder…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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 2 →Police Ghost. Latest Phase of "Third Degree."
The use of a ghost by the Los Angeles police in working the "third degree' on a man accused of murder has been denounced by the lawyers of the prisoner, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Appeal Court. Dealing with Assessments
All Appeal Court, for dealing with appeals against assessments made by the valuers for the Municipality of West Maitland was presided over at the Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Town Mourns Murderer. Hanged for Brutal Crime. March on the Gaol. One Youth Reprieved
Seldom does the execution of a murderer evoke such a demonstration of indignation on the part of the populace as occurred at Manchester, when Ernest Kelly, aged 20,…
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