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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 59

Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

George Patterson v. Mrs. A. Tremain claim for £2/5/6 goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount claimed with 3/ costs…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 1. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Indecent Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

Robert Skinner was charged with having on February 15, within hearing of persons passing on the Great Northern Road, used indecent language. Defendant, for whom…

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Police Court. a Suspected Sheepskin. £20 FINE

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

At the local Police Court, on Friday last, before Mr. R. H. V. All[?]utt, P.M., Stephen Walsh was charged with having a Glengarry…

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Khaki Uniform for Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

A new summer uniform for the country police is to be given a trial. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Cann) has sanctioned Several uniforms being made and…

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District Court. Page v, MAFEEY. The Judge's Summing Up of the Case

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

In the case heard before Judge Bevan at the Singleton District Court, in which Nurse Page sued Dr. Maffey for £400 damages for slander) and in which…

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Muswellbrook District Court. Saturday, February 27, 1915. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan.) Blairmore Road Matter. Hall Bros., Appellants: Woolooma Shire Council Defendants

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 7

MR. JAS. YOUNG, instructed by Messrs. Dalrymple and Blain, appeared for appellants; and Mr. G. E. Flannery, instructed by Messrs…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

At the Kurri Police Court this morning the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. An incbriate was fined 4/, and 6/ costs, or 48 hours…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

In the Children's Court three boys, under 14 years of ago were charged with being uncontrollable children. Inspector Hanson, of the State Children's Relief Board gave…

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Police Court Tuesday March 2nd. 1915. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, a number of residents were fined 5/ and 6/cost for stock straying. In cases of second offence the fine was…

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The Police Force. New Regulations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 7

A new code of rules for the government and discipline of the members of the Police Foree of the State has been issued. The regulations embody the police, evolved by…

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The Afternoon Shift. Applications to Full Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

Cases arising out of the afternoon shift trouble formed the subject of applications yesterday to the Full Court (Sir William Cullen, Chief Justice, Mr. Justices Pring…

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District Court. Saturday, February 27, 1915. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan) Hall Bros. V. Woolooma Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 4

This was an appeal by Hall Bros of Blairmore Aberdeen, against the decision of the Woolooma Shire Council in refusing to pass the plans…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland police court this morning. A cab-driver was fined 2/6 for being drunk. A case in which A. Eather claimed…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Muswellbrook, Wednesday. Police Court—a Motor Car Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 6

At the monthly sitting of the Police Court hero yesterday, befor Messrs. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., Herbert Robert Flanders proceeded against Ernest Sternback for an…

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Police Transfer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

Mr. G. Richardson, who has resigned the position of special constable of Hebburn colliery, was recently made the recipient of a suitably inscribed smokers' outfit, as a mark…

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The Wheat Grab. High Court Appeal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 2

The High Court of Australia sat in Melbourne on Monday to deal with the special case on the validity or otherwise of the New South Wales Wheat…

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Brave British. Murder of Wounded. Germany's Last Hope

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 10

On October 31, when 2400 Scots' Guards, South Wales Borderers, Welsh and Queen's regiments, held hastily-constructed trenches in…

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The Afternoon Shift. Full Court Applications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 6

The hearing was continued in the Full Court yesterday of argument in support of the applications in connection with the afternoon shift trouble will the court reserved…

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German Terrorism. Fate of Tamines. Murder by Machine Guns. Boulogne, Jan. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

Tamines was a little Belgian town of the province of Namur. It had its station cafes, hotels, banks, and shops. Mining and smelting employed the majority of the…

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PAPER No. 6. Cessnock Court House, Etc. Copyright: All rights reserved by the author

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

The old Court House, which at the end of January last was sold to a local resident for £29 and removed by him, was built by Contractor…

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