Police Court
At the West-Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., a man was committed to the Newcastle Reception House for eight days for medical…
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Courts & crime, 1915
1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 59
News by Wire. a Savage Assault. Sydney
At the Sydney Police Court Claude Hamilton was fined £10 for biting constable Jeffries on the wrist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hermann Sentenced. Three Years' Imprisonment. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
At the Criminal Sessions to-day, Joseph Earle Hermann was again brought up and two fresh indictments were filed against him. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge. Death Sentence Passed. Old Woman's Money
The story of an attack upon an old woman while she was counting her money in a houser at Redfern was told in the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, before the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Watch Civilians. Rome, March 22
Gorman and Austrian subjects have been advised by their Consuls to leave Italy at the earliest opportunity. The police are watching many now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Unwilling Witness. in Divorce Court
Mr. Justice Gordon, sitting in Divorce Jurisdiction yesterday, had occasion to admonish, and threaten with committal for contempt of court, a young woman who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Court-martial. Army Service Frauds, Paris
A court-martial has been, opened against M. Deselaux, Chief Army Paymaster and ex-secretary of M. Caillaux, and six others, on charges of misappropriation of army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder
Owen John Hegarty was arraigned before the Chief Justice at the Central Criminal Court, charged with having murdered Wong Kee in Goulburn-street, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Letter. Police Court
Before Messrs. E. P. Cusick and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., at the police court on Tuesday, William Allen and John Robertson were charged with having stolen at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday March 25. (Before Mr. C.H. Gale, P.m.). Stealing in an Hotel
Mark Mason (37), on remand from Newcastle, was charged with stealing at West Maitland on March 17 a silver watch, a rolled gold chain, a greenstone gold-mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Charge. Death Sentence Passed
At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, a young man, named Archibald Harnett was arraigned on an indictment charging him with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Act Upheld. High Court's Decision
The High Court on Tuesday delivered judgment in the case of the appeal by the Commonwealth Government. against the finding of the Inter-State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C.H. Gale, P.M. and Elias Bowden, L.M.)
Renewals of licenses were granted to Francis Moore, Wentworth Hotel, Bishop's Bridge, annual value being assessed at £50, license fee £10, and to E.F. Garratt, Empire Hotel,…
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At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J. P., Charles James Prescott, was charged with having wilfully and obscenely exposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Let Them Have It!" How the Highlanders Charged. Drunken Germans Fight Hard
Captain—with his revolver in his hand, swung his sword round his head and gave the order: "Charge, and let them have it. Show them what Highlanders can do" (writes…
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At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, John Maxwell for being drunk in Lee-street, was fined 5/[?] with the alternative of the rising of the court, and 10/…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Molong. Woman Shot At
About 11 o'clock on the night of the 17th, Mrs. Kiernan, who was alone in an isolated house near Cumnock, was startled to see two strange men enter her room. They…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →French Scandal. Paymaster Sentenced. Paris, March 26
Desclaux, M. Caillaux's ex-secretary, and chief army paymaster, who was tried by court-martial for misappropriation of army supplies and provisions for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passport Conspiracy Germans Sentenced. New York, March 1[?]
Richard Stegler, a German reservist, has been sentenced to sixty days's imprisonment. His accomplices—Richard Nodden and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Municipal Appeal Court
The town clerk of West Maitland (Mr. W. J. Saunders) notifies by advertisement in this issue that appeals against the municipal valuations for 1915 will be heard at…
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