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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Court Assesses Kisses at £2/10/-. Kissee Also Liable

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5

With the advent of the open-air kissing season, Judge Page, of Milwaukee, set the price at £2 10s per kiss. This is official until further notice, the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 3

At the police court on Thursday T. O. Easterbrook, Walter Eveleigh, and, and Edward Eveleigh, were each fined 10/. with 6/ costs, for being on hotel premises on Sunday…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1914 · page 4

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

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, two inebriates, ono an invalid pensioner, were each lined £1, in default seven days. John Roach, an old man…

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Solicitor in Court. Charges Withdrawn. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 3

Arthur Deery, sollettor, was before the police Court to-day charged with having frandulently misapproached a cheque for £1024 received under the authority of…

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Maitland District Court. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzbardinge.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 3

At the Maitland District Court on Friday last the following' cases were heard: HOT WATER SERVICE IN STALLATION…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. William Batten, for having behaved in…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 4

At the police court this morning the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M. Eric Moran, for having made use of…

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The Melbourne Murder. Suspect Before the Court. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 2

Antonio Soro, an Italian, 28 years of was before the City Court this morning charged with the murder of the schoolmistress. Miss Bickett, in Royal…

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Murder in Melbourne. Schoolmistress Shot

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 1

While walking through Royal Park, Melbourne, towards home about 4 o'clock on Monday, Miss Patricia Bickett, aged 22 years, a State school teacher,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 6

At the police court yesterday, before Messrs. J. W. B. Waterhouse and A. Simmons, Js.P., Frederick Puxty pleaded not guilty to assaulting John Moss, at…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., John Roarty, for indecent behaviour, was fined 10s, and 6s costs. A prohibition order for 12 months was…

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Cessnock Police Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Tuesday, Sept. 15

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

For behaving in an improper manner in the yard of the Northum-berland Hotel, William Batten was fined 20/- with 6/- costs…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P. occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. On charges of drunkenness, two defendants, against whom there were…

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Solicitor in Court. Charges Withdrawn. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 10

Arthur Deery, solicitor, was before the Police Court to-day charged with having fraudulently misappropriated a cheque for £1024 received under the authority of…

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General De La Rev Shot Dead by Police. a Disregarded Challenge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 7

Capetown, Wednesday Afternoon.—A tragedy which has caused a sensation, throughout South Africa occurred last night…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1914 · page 2

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

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Tragedy in Melbourne. Murder and Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

The Rifle Club Hotel, at the corner of Lygon and Elgin streets, Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, kept by Mrs. Alma Jefferson, a young married woman, was the scene of a double…

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Case Against Solicitor. The Magistrate's Remark. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 3

At the Police Court to-day the case in which Arthur Decry, solicitor, was charged with fraudulent missappropriation was again called…

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Germans Court-martilled. Paris, Sep. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 5

Germans blow up the railway bridge near Staples. The Germans caught at Cise Misson, attempting to blow up a bridge, were court-maritalled, and ordered to be shot…

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