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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 80

Police Courts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 4

A husband and wife were before Mr. W.B. Pryor, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning the former charged with being drunk in Melbournes-street and…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 2

The monthly sitting of the Police Court was held yesterday. The presiding magistrates were Messrs J. C. White and E. Bowman, and the forenoon was wasted by the…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 2

At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Dill, J.P., Thomas Norris, for having been drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Criterion Hotel,…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Albert corkett, for having been drunk and…

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Robbing the Dead. Germans Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 5

Two german soldiers have been sentenced to death for robbing the dead and wounded. A third has been sentenced to penal servitude for life, and a fourth to…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 4

The new hotel at Bellbird near Cessnock, has been finished, and at the Licensing Court, to be held at the West Maitland Courthouse to-morrow, an application will…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 6

In the Small Debts Court, James Wolstenholmo, Ltd., sued Frank E. Hynes for £16/18/1, claim for goods sold and delivered. Defendant did not appear. After evidence…

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The Prize Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 5

The Prize Court to-day made an order for the detention of number of additional German steamers…

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Newcastle Circuit Court. Prisoners Sentenced. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 5

At the Circuit Court this [?] Pring passed the following sentences:—Kurt Bourkeman, breaking and entering at Stokton, four months hard labour…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday. October. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 6

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

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Robbing the Dead. Germans Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 2

Two German soldiers have been sentenced to death for robbing the dead and wounded. A third has been sentenced to penal servitude for life, and a…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 6

In the Children's Court, three boys were proceeded against for throwing stones, but the charges were withdrawn on payment of costs…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C.H. Gale and J. W. Borlenhend.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 6

Samuel William Snape, for whom Mr. A. E. Westcott appeared, applied for a certificate authorising the issue of a publican's license for premises at Bellbird…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., Stephen Timothy Houlahan, William Edward Houlahan, and Henry Jackson were charged with…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., a female inebriate who was no stranger to the court, was fined £2, with the alternative of…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., verdicts were obtained by O'Leary and Son v J. Edwards, for meat supplied, £4/11/6, with costs 4/.;…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Michael Howe and Phillip Howe, brothers, and both old offenders, were each fined £2, in default 14 days, for having been drunk…

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Newcastle Circuit Court. Prisoners Sentenced. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 3

At the Circuit Court this morning, Justice Pring passed the following sentences:— Kurt Bourneman, breaking and entering at Stockton, four months' hard labour…

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Assault on a Fort. Brussels, Aug. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 11

The Germans made a desperate attack on Sunday night on Fort Seraing, to the south of Liege. The assault was repulsed with heavy loss…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 4

In the Licensing Court on Thursday, at which Messrs. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., W. Bailey, and A. Simmons, Js.P., presided, renewals were granted to Richard…

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