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Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 80

Police Court. Friday, May 1, 1914. Rabbit Case. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 2

Canute Brooks, Stock Inspector for the Upper Hunter P.P. Board, proceeded against Thos. H. Fleming, for failing to destroy and suppress…

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Man Before the Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 8

David Keenahan, aged 25, was brought before the Police Court on Wednesday charged with having in company with three other men…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Before Messrs. W. McLauchlin and D. J. Ryan, Js.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Joseph Alexander Wright, for being drunk and disorderly…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

The Bench at the Police Court on Thursday was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. Heetor Horne and Athol Horne pleaded…

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Boy Sentenced to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 12

Andre Martin, a lad of 17, was yesterday condemned to death at Beauvais. There were several very curious circumstances about the verdict. In the first place, a capital sentence…

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Appeal Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Mr Allnutt presided at a sitting of the above held in the Court House last Wednesday morning, when the following appeals were dealt with:—…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly sitting of the above was hold in the Courthouse last Wednesday afternoon, Messrs F. Bowman, and J. C. White…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 5, 1914. Before Mr. R. H. V. ALLNUTT. P.M.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 8

A man named Malcolm Martin Harris was arrainged on a charge of having it was alleged, stolen one he[?] the property, of Edgar Henry…

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Police Force. Extraordinary Charges

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 15

At last night's meeting of the Labour Council in Sydney extraordinary charges against some of the police were made by Mr. T. Weler (Trolly, Draymen, and…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Defence Cases

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Two lads, Hector Horne and Athol Horne, pleaded guilty to a charge of committing a breach of discipline while on parade, to wit, disobeying the…

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Marriage Proposal in Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 13

At the Redfern Police Court recently, a girl received and accepted a proposal of marriage. Alice Mary Nicholls, (18) was charged with theft. The evidence was to…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Woman Committed for Trial. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

At the Police Court to-day, .Alice Mabel Rankin was charged with shooting Albert David Irvine with intent to murder him…

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Demonstrators in Court. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

Mr. Upton Sinclair and several women refused to pay small fines and were sent to gaol, for three days. Mr. Sinclair declared that he was on the…

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Curious Court Case. Wagmer's Children. Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 5

Isolde, wire of Herr Beidler, conductor of the Court Opera at Munich, has instituted a suit at Bayreuth against her mother, in which she claims the right to describe…

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Maitland District Court Wednesday, May 6. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 8

The Maitland District Court was opened on Wednesday at the West Maitland Courthouse before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. The members of the legal profession…

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East Maitland Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 4

Owing to alterations in the prison system more of the prisoners of the State are being sent to Maitland gaol now than has been the case for some time past, and yesterday…

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Espionage. Ex-school Teacher Sentenced. Berlin, May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1914 · page 2

A former school teacher named Stroh has been sentenced at Leipzig to five year imprisonment for esplonage. He compiled a map of Strassburg forts and underground…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

At the Kurri Police?Court this morning before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., James William McCabe (27), was changed with deserting his wife at Greta…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B.Geddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Joseph Davis was fined 10[?] in default three days for drunkenness, while for having…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 5

Alfred Luby was committed for trial charged with shooting at his wife with intent to murder her, also with having attempted to commit suicide. Constable Porter…

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