District Court
A District Court will be opened at East Maitland Courthouse on September The last day for filing plants is Monday next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1914
1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 80
How the Police Score
For instance, an accomplished safe-blower will rarely be a good pickpocket, or a gunman an expert forger. Each action requires native ability as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jewel Thieves' Luck. Escape From Waiting Police
By an extraordinary picee of good fortune two burglars who early on the morning of July 13 blew open a safe in the offices of Messrs. T. Altshulor and Co, manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local News. Police Court
Thursday was a blank day at the Police Court, no cases at all being presented for hearing by the Police Magistrate, Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadmeadow Tragedy. Verdict Op Murder. Ashman Discharged
The inquest, concerning, the death of Ether May Houghton, the victim of the Broadmeadow murder, during the night of July 25, was concluded in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Riot Over a Girl Two Thousand Defy Police. Mounted Men Charge
A remarkable incident occurred at the Andover Police Court as a sequel to three nights of rioting in the town over the affairs of a girl and a local tradesman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, August 21
The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by M. R. Gale. P.M. DRUNKENNESS AND LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sevenfold Murder. Shocking Crime in Italy
A man named Simon Planetta, aged 50, ran amok, armed with a rille, in the country near San Glovanal Blance, and killed seven persons. First he shot the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Attempted Murder. Three Men Arrested. Newcaste
When the driver of the Speer's point tram was nearing Brush Creek, at about 7.30 o'clock on Saturday night, he noticed an object on the time. He stopped the tram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Consulting-room Murder. Mrs. Carman's Position. New York. July 16
These are today's development in the consulting room murder myself, for which Mrs. Carman, the wife of a fashionable Long island physician, is detained by the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drama of Jealousy. Police Inspector Acquitted Paris July 13
"He adored me, but I did not, care for him. so, I tried, to make him jealous through the other,who was equally indifferent to me." Such was the evidence given with frank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Story. Alleged Attempted Murder
When the drivor of the Speer's Point tram was nearing Brush Creek, near Lakeo Macquarie, at about 7.30 o'clock on Saturday night, he noticed an, object…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Gaol
The Executive! Council, at a Meeting yesterday, approved of , the appointment of Mr. T. Piper as gaoler at Maitland Gaol. Mr. Piper has been in charge for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merchantmen. the Prize Court. London, Aug. 26
The Prize Court will next week deal with 112 captured ships of an aggregate tonnage of. 116,376. The Holland Amerika liner Potsdam, from New York, with 300…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Peer's Execution. Remarkable Murder Recalled. the Strange Story of the Fourth Earl Ferrers
In Debrett, in the historical data relating to the distinguished family of Shirley (of Ferrers, in the peerage of Great Britain), appears the following sentence concerning the fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council v. Inspector-general of Police
Some months ago, the local sanitary inspector having reported that the Muswellwellbrook lockup promises were in a bad condition, from a health point of view, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Letter. Police Court
Mr. R. H. V. Allnuti occupied the bench at the police court on Thursday. Alfred Lucas Stacy was charged with failing to keep his dairy premises clean as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Sentence. Brisbane Murder
"In the Criminal Court, Brisbane, before Mr. Justice Real and a jury, Sidney Johns appeared on a charge that, on July 18, at Brisbane, be wilfully murdered William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sevenfold Murder. Shocking Chime in Italy
A man named Simon Pianetta, aged 50, ran amok, armed with a rifle, in the country near San Giovanni Blanco, and killed seven persons. First he shot the municipal…
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