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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 59

Admiralty Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 4

The Admiralty Court found that the collision between the steamer Koroowara and the tug Federal was due to faults on the part of the former, and that the latter was…

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Grant Hervey. Charged with False Pretences. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 4

Grant Hervey appeared at the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Docker, to answer a charge of false pretences…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 2

A female, who had previously been before the court, was fined 10/ for being drunk. CHARGES OF PERJURY. William Fairley was charged with that he…

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Local and General News. Police Patriotic Contributions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 4

The Superintendent and all other members of the local police force, and those throughout the district, are making regular monthly contributions to the Belgian Fund. The…

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The Court Martial. Provost-marshal on Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 2

The special court martial entered, upon the hearing of the last case in regard to German New Guinea, at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, yesterday. The accused was…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 4

Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and R. Partridge-Wall, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning Inspector F. W. Hanson proceeded against Frank…

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Wollombi's Police Officer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 3

Senior-Constable Gray, who has been stationed at Wollombi for a number of years, has been transferred to Bellingen. The news of…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., presided at the Shire Appeal Court, on Monday, when Mr. W. J. Enright, on behalf of the Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer, appealed…

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When Paris Fell. the Kaiser's Plans. Pillage and Murder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

Tho Kaiser has not taken Paris. Consequently his long-planned triumphal march on the gay city has had to be "postponed Indefinitely," owing to tho interference of…

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The Court Martial. Provost Marshal on Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 7

The hearing of the charges against Captain Lionel Babbington Ravenseroff was continued by the special court-martial at Victoria barracks, Sydney, yesterday…

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Mutineer Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 5

All Austrian sailor has been sentenced to death for firing at Admiral Hans, and inciting his comrades to join the Italians…

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Singleton Letter. Singleton, Saturday. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 2

At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnut, P.M., George Duncan, a dairyman, of Ravensworth, was charged with having his dairy in an…

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Big Theft of Butter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 1

A young man, Ernest Charles Holmes, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court on Wednesday on a charge of stealing butter valued at £130…

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Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 4

In a list of promotions issued yesterday by the Inspector-General of Police, Third-class Sergeant Hilder, of the Newcastle city police, had been promoted to the rank of…

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A Mean Theft. Hospital Matron's Gift Stolen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 5

Miss Jean Ward, matron of the Granville Electorate Cottage Hospital, Auburn, was robbed on Wednesday night of a silver casket containing jewellery…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

A sitting of the Shire Appeal Court, Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., presiding, was held on Thursday. Mr. W. J. Cragg appeared for the shire council, Mr. Glasheen, of…

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When Paris Fell the Kaiser's Plans. Pillage and Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 4

The Kaiser has not taken Paris. Consequently his long-planned triumphal march on the gay city has had to be "postponed indefinitely," owing to the interference of…

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Alleged Horse and Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 4

Sergeant Murray, who was accompanied by Constable Kennedy, this morning effected the arrest of a person who has been charged with stealing two horses and three head of…

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Prize Court. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 5

The steamers Gibraltar and Macedonia, with their cargoes, have been declared lawful prizes…

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