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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 80

Police Court. Thursday, October 8. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 3

Stephen Timothy Houlahan, William Edward Houlahan, and Henry Jackson were charged with trespassing with stock on the reserve at Howe's…

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War News by Mail. More German Atrocities. Murder of Five Civilians

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

A terrible story of the murder in cold blood of French civilians by German soldiers at Lorrach, on the Franco-German frontier, on August 1, before Germany had declared war…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied tho bench at the West Mattland Police Court this morn­ing. For riotous behaviour in the Angel Inn on October 10, Joseph Corbett and Alfred…

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Cowardly Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 4

William King was accosted by three men in a dark laneway in Redfern early yesterday morning. They asked him to give it, a bottle of beer he was carrying. King…

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Wrong Number. "The Town Gaol"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 3

A gentleman was staying in one of our large provincial towns, when he heard that Mr Money boy, his partner in business, was at another…

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The Afternoon Shift. Industrial Court Prosecutions. Minute Book Produced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 6

In the industrial Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Heydon, the hearing wan continued yesterday, the case of the East Greta Company was further dealt with in…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

..At the Kurri Police Court yesterday, Messrs. J. Dill and C. A. Lynch, Js.P., ordered a prohibition to issue against Maurice Murphy for a period of 12 months…

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Local and General. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Aubrey James Cyril Smith was charged with having used indecent language on October 5. There…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

The beach at the police court yesterday was occupied, by Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. John Madden, who was previously convicted, was fined £2, or one month's…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

At the Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. R. H. V. Alluntt, P.M., and Wm. Bailey and A. Simmons, Js.P., the hearing was resumed of an application by William…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning Joseph Wilks was fined £2 with the option of 21 days' imprisonment for having been drunk…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 15. (Before Mr R.H. V. Allnut, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 6

A ''first offender" was fined 5/ for drunkenness. John Madden,an elderly man, against whom were previous convictions, was…

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Police Court Tuesday 13th October, 1914. (Bofore Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 2

W. J. Spilstead was charged under special warrant with being the keeper of a common gaming house under the provisions of the Gaming Act 1912…

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Parrot's Kiss in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 5

A parrot's kiss decided its rightful ownership in Tottenham Poilce Court recently, when an Edmonton bird fancler named Bitton was summoned by Mrs, Alice Evans for…

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Industrial Court. Thursday, October 15. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 3

Walter Smith, butcher, was charged with failing to keep a proper wages sheet containing the name of an employee, George Kidd…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, October 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1914 · page 6

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

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1914 · page 6

E. G. Kelly v. F. W. Geary, claim for £9 19, 10, work done and material provided. Mr. W. J. Enright for plaintiff and Mr. Jas. B. F. Waller for defendant…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs R.G.D. FitzGerald and J. C. White J. P.'S, two residents were fined (1 each for breach of the…

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Maitland Coalmines. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 4

The bench at the Kurri Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Daniel Northey pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

The bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M Ernest Ford was fined 2/6 und 6/ costs, or 48 hours, for having been drunk and…

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