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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

1,163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 59

Police Court. Alleged Embezzlement

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M., Thomas Ambrose Gollan appeared in answer to a charge that…

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Ex-solicitor Sentenced. Three Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 1

Frederick Sydney Gannon was at Sydney on Thursday sonteneed to three years' imprisonment with hard labor in Goulburn Gaol. Gannon had pleaded…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Geddos, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. For being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and vehicle a defendant…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 3

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., presided at the Police Court on Thursday. Arthur Donaldson was charged with having at Singleton railway station, on…

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South Africa. Rioters Sentenced. Johannesburg, Nov. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 2

Various terms of imprisonment and fines have been imposed upon eight of the Newlands rioters, including a woman named Fitzgerald, who was prominent in the…

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Solicitor Sentenced. a Mean Crime. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 4

Frederick Sydney Gannon was to-day sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour. Gannon pleaded guilty to a charge of, having fraudulently appropriated…

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Police Court. Thursday, November 4th, (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) a Female Drunk

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 8

A respectable-looking woman, of middle age, who was minus her headgear, and is a stranger to Singleton, pleaded guilty to having been drunk at…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 4

Before MR. C. H. Gale, P. M., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Robert. Turubull was fined 5/- or 24 hours, for being drunk, and £1, or 14 days, for…

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Police Inspector Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 4

A shire council inspector in Queensland recently proceeded against an inspector of police for a breach of the by-laws in driving without lights. It was contended on behalf…

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Local and General News. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, but there was only one case to engage his attention. It was a charge of being…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

John Williams appeared before Mr. J. S. Brown, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday on a charge of attempting to steal from the till on the premises of John…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

The bench at the police court yesterday was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. Alinutt. P.M. W. A. Richards was charged with having…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

The bench at the police court yesterday was occupied by Mr. R. H. V. Alinutt, P.M. W. A. Richards was charged with having…

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Attempted Train Wrecking. Youth Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 5

In the Adelaide Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Goredon and a jury, Sydney Smith, aged 17, was arranged on a charge of having placed four steepers and in iron guage on…

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Alleged Swindle. Company Promoter Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 5

Stephanus Petrus Heyns, charged with stealing £200, the property of the secretary of the France-Australian Christmas carnival and others, was before the Police Court to-day…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J. P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, an inebriate was fined £2, or 14 days' imprisonment. The defendant has well over 100…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 4

At the police court on Friday, before Mr. A. Patterson, J.P., Alfred Hampson, on remand, was further remanded on a charge of stealing a cash box, stamps, postal notes,…

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Alleged Big Swindle Company Promoter Charged. "The Soldiers' Stores."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 6

Sydney, Friday.—Stephanus Steyne was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing £2OO, the property of the Franco-Australian…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, November 11. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Breaches of Rabbit Act

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 8

W. A. Richards, of Falbrook Creek, was charged with having neglected to destroy rabbit's on his property, between July 27 and October 26…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, November 11. Casley V. White

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 8

Mrs N. Casley claimed £16/10/9 from Henry White, balance due on an account for board and lodging. There was no defence and a verdict…

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