The Court Martial. Alleged Looting. Sydney
The court martial continued its sittings, at Victoria Barracks to-day. Lieutenant David L. Davidson was charged, with having stolen at German…
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Courts & crime, 1915
1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 59
Rabaul Looting Charges. Court-martial Opened. Sydney
The special court-martial constituted by the Commonwealth military authorities to try several officers and men of the Australian Expeditionary Force to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court Martial Colonel Paton, V.d., Honorably Acquitted
The Court Martial which sat at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, yesterday, to hear the charges of alleged looting at Rabaul, in which Colonel J. Paton, V.D., C.O. 17th…
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The bench at the police court yesterday was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. Allautt, P. M. John Thomas Wells, for using insulting language, was fined £1, with 7/ costs, or 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wilful Murder the Lusitania. Coroner's Finding
At the inquest as to the loss of the Lusitania, Captain Turner, who was in charge of the liner, in his evidence stated that when he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Verdict of Wilful and Wholesale Murder
THE verdict of wilful and wholesale murder against the Kaiser, the German Government, and the submarine crew, returned by the jury in the Lusitania…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Court Martial. Officer Exonerated
The case against Lieutenant David L. Davidson, of the 22nd Battalion, Senior Oadets, who was charged before a Court Martial at Victoria Barracks with having stolon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Manager. Sentenced for Forgery
At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, John Smith, fate manager of the Newcastle West branch of the New South Wales Government Savings Bank,…
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Lord Crewe speaking in the House of Commons, said the communication respecting Prince Ruprecht, of Bavaria ordering the murder of British…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court. Thursday, May 13. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)
John Thos. Wells, for using insulting language, was fined £1, with 7/- costs, or 14 days. A. Casey was ordered to pay 2/6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record of Murder Brutal Excesses German Inhumanity
London, Wednesday.—The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that after an inquiry extending over six months, Mr James, Bryee's committee has prepared a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Seas Murder. Roosevelt's Denunciation. New York
Mr. Roosevelt, in a magazine article entitled "Murder on the High Seas," says that America is neutral just the same as Pontius Pilate was neutral…
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Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. Two young men were charged with being drunk in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Appeal Court
A court for the hearing of appeals against assessments in the Cessnock Shire was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning. Messrs. A. E. Westcott, P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dungog Police Court Friday, May 14, 1915. (Before C. H. Gale, Esq., P.M.)
A number of cases dealt with Were of interest to dairymen, and electors. Mr T. S. Coleman, Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Police Court
At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. INDECENT LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with Treason. German Millionaire. Copenhagen, May 18
Berlin advices stale that a millionaire, Senater Possehi Lubeck, the owner of Swedish and Norwegian mines, has been arrested for treason, by supplying England with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court, the shire clerk (Mr. Percy Crampton) preceded against 14 defendants to recover arrears and current rates, totalling £21…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kurri Police Court
At the police court yesterday, the benen was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Robert Curran, for having behaved in an indecent manner in the yard of the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Jewellery
A thief entered the Granville Electorate Cottage Hospital and stole a silver casket containing jewellery valued at £30 belonging to the matron…
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