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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 59

Municipal Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 4

The appeal court in connection with the East Maitland municipal assessments was held at the East Maitland Courthouse today. before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

At the Went Maitland Police Court this morning, Mary Jane Duke (40), for being drunk in Elgin-street yesterday, was fined 5/, and for using indecent language £2…

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Hanged for Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 2

Andrea Sacheri, alias Joseph, Cutay, Italian, was hanged on Monday morning in Freemantle Gaol for murdering a little girl named Jeann Bell,…

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Desperate Assault. Hungarian's Story. Buda Pesth, April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 12

A Hungarian officer relates how his regiment in the Carpathians was ordered to hold a certain position. They dragged guns up the mountain side over 1000…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., DRUNK IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 6

At the Kurri Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. Dill, J.P., Donald Grant, an elderly man, was charged with stealing from the Abermain Hotel, on Saturday night, a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning Ellen Tooze (34) was charged with having on or about April 18, at West Maitland, stolen one silver brooch, one…

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Police Station and Telephone

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

At the Maitland show the Hon. Walter Bennett had an opportunity of meeting Mr. Police Superintendent Goulder. and brought…

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A Disputed Will. Application to Probate Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 6

An application in respect of the will of the into Arthur Dingwell Fordyee Jamieson, late of Sydney, station employee, was heard before Mr. Justice Street, in the Probate…

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The Railway Smash. Arrest of the Night Officer. Cask Before Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 8

Excitement was caused at Yass on Monday when it became known that John Sylvester Cotter, the night officer who was in charge of Binalong Station when the recent…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 6

At the police court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Alexander McIntosh was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for having been drunk and…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, April 21. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Police Court this morning, in the absence of Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., who was engaged in Sydney…

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Submarine Warfare. Murder at Sea. Admiralty Warning. London, April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty state, in connection with the torpedoing of the Vanilda, that the killing of fisher folk for no military purpose; will [?] escape attention. This is the second murder…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 7

(Before Messrs. W. J. M. Fincham, Elias Bowden, and J. W. Birkenhead, L.Ms.). William Henry Brown was granted a renewal of colonial wine license at Laguna…

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Maitland Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 4

The Maitland Circuit Court will be opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Monday next, before his Honor, Mr. Justice Pring. The following cases have…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April, 22. (Before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.m.). a Shire Prosecution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 7

Cyril Creek was charged with having deposited rubbish in Raymond-street, Homeville. Mr. T . A. Hill appeared for defendant, and pleaded guilty…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.M., Henry Mandleson was charged at the instance of inspector W. Springbett, of the Cessnock Shire, with…

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Endangering a Boy's Life. Wire-walker Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 7

The Heffernan wire[?] of the White City, were in the Paddington Court yesterday, Thomas B. Heffernan being charged with causing his young son to take part in…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

In the Children's Court several trainees were enarged with failing to attend compulsory parades. Owing to somewhat peculiar circumstances in connection with…

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Murder and Suicide. a Sydney Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

The fatal shooting in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, on April 17th, resulting in the death of May Leigh and Frederick Farnell, was inquired into by the Sydney…

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