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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

1,421 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 72

Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., occupied the bench at the Police Court yesterday. Inspector P.J. Kiley proceeded against Frederick Brooker for having failed to…

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Our Sydney Letter. The Fair Rents Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 6

The Fair Rents Court has got going at last. At the opening, Mr. Hall, the State Attorney-General, and Mr. Griffiths, the Minister for…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 4

Two young men appeared before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, one charged with being drunk in High-street last evening and…

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Motor Car Murder. Two Accused Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 5

At the Melbourne City Court on Wednesday, two men, Leslie Taylor, aged 23, a dealer, and John Williamson, aged 42, a mechanic, were charged with having insufficient…

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Soldiers on Trains. Police Court Casks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 7

Two soldiers, Robert Roberts and Nathan Kepling, were proceeded against at the West Maitland court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. B. Geddes and J. W. Birkenhead, Js.P., on…

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Police Duty

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 6

Pending the arrival here of Trooper Campbell, who is now on duty with the rolls, in the Scone district, Constable M'Vicar, of Newcastle, is temporarily…

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The Murdered Chauffeur. Two Men Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 4

John Williamson and Leslie Taylor were charged at Melbourne on Wednesday afternoon with having murdered William Patrick Haines, chauffeur, on…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 16. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Neglect to Destroy Rabbits

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 3

Inspector P. J. Kiley proceeded against Frederick Brooker for having failed to employ means to check and destroy rabbits on property at…

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Fair Rents Court. Further Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 7

[?] Webster was an applicant before Mr. John Jamieson, P.M., at the Fair Rents Court, for the determination by the court of the rent of her residence, 2 James Place, off…

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Payment for Holidays. Industrial Court Judgment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

In the Industrial Court, Sydney, Mr. Justice Heydon gave reserved judgment in the case of F. London, secretary of the Pastrycooks Employees Union, v. Ltd.,…

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War Conditions and Wages. Industrial Court Judgment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 4

In the Industrial Court on Wednesday, Mr Justice Edmunds gave judgment in the appeal of the Federated Iron workers' Association of Australia…

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Germanic Rage. Seizure of Kaiser's Court Castle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 16

Nothing has happened for a long time to cause the Hun Press to time so furiously as the seizure of the Kaiser's magnificent marble Castle Achill[?]ion at Corfu. The…

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Death of Two Men. Incidents of Sydney Police Cells

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 3

An unusual case of death was reported to the Sydney City Coroner on Monday. About 12:20 p.m. on Sunday Isaacs Bain, 54 years of age, a confectioner, lately…

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The Military Court-martial (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 6

The court-martial at Darlinghurst to day found there was evidence against Privates Hanson kain, Taylor Smith Sutherland, and Jackson, for not using…

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The Slingsby Case. Appeal Court's Decision. London, March 1?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

The Appeal Court has decided that the Slingsby child is illegimate. (On February 3 of last year Mr. Justice Hargrave Deane delivered judgment in…

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Postmaster Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions, Thomas Edward Mulholland, recently postmaster at Kensington, pleaded guilty to misappropriating £333 odd belonging to the Government. He was…

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Strike of Cadets. Police Court Prosecutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 3

At Bathurst on March 4, a number of cadets went on strike, and refused to drill, because they resented extra [?]rades ordered by the Minister for Defence, to make up the…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 4

A girl, 14 years of age, was charged with having stolen a fowl at Homeville, and a young woman was charged with having received same, well knowing it to be stolen…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 4

James Hipwell, for whom Mr. W. J. Enright appeared, applied for the issue of a duplicate license for the Aberdare Hotel, Weston…

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A Navvy's Death. Verdict of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 2

A verdict of murder was returned against Jacob Bachler at the conclusion of the adjourned inquest at Wagga on Saturday, on the death of Nathanial Griffiths, on the…

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