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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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

Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 4

Amongst a batch of police promotions just issued by the Inspector-General, appear the names of John Thomas, Singleton and Robert James Mills, who have been elevated to the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., who occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, had before him four men, who were charged with being drunk yesterday…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 4

Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning a young man pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on Monday, and to having used…

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Cowardly Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 5

Henry Selwyn was walking along one of the aisles of a picture show in darkness, when a man stepped in front of him and dealt him a heavy blow over the left eye,…

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