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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

1,421 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 72

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt occupied the bench at the police court on Thursday. Patrick Plains Shire Council V. H. H. White. Defendant was charged with…

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Alleged Theft. Booking Clerk Acquitted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 9

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, before Judge Scholes, Herbert Arthur Elbourne, booKing clerk, was charged, with the theft of £530 from the railway booking office on…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 6. 1916. (Before the P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 7

Win Perry v Win Henry, claim £1/2/, alleged to be due for work and labor done. Mr J. E. M'Intyre for complainant, who gave evidence to the effect that de had…

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"Navy in Gaol." New York, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 7

The consensus of newspaper opinion is that the German navy it still a navy in gaol, which assaults its gaoler now and then, but remains in gaol nevertheless…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 6

Before the Licensing Court on Thursday, Edward Cummins, of the Imperial Hotel, applied for a music permit for his licensed premises on Saturday, June…

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District Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

A sitting of the District Court was opened at the local Court House on Friday morning, before his Honor Judge Bevan. The case of Ritchie…

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Police Court. Thursday June 8. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 5

Patrick Plains Shire v. H. H. White. Defendant was charged with failing to destroy noxious weeds, and was fined £10, costs of Court 6/, and professional…

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Chapter X. a Problem in Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 4

HE will, as Mr. Baynes agreed, was certainly…

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Boy Shoots Himself. Police Hoaxed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 5

Alfred See, the boy who was shot in the arm at Kerr's Creek on Tuesday, has now told the Orange police a sensational story. His former story was that a short man armed with a…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 6

The District Court and Quarter Sessions will open at the Courthouse on Monday next, June 12. It is understood that about eight cases are listed…

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West Maitland Police Court. Saturday, June 10. (Before Messrs, W.B. Geddes and D.J. Ryan, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 6

The defendant in a charge of drunkenness, a man 55 years of age, was fined 5/ the alternative being 24 hours. REMANDED…

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Taxi-cab Mystery. Accused Before Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 7

At. the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, Frederick Wilson, 26, ship's officer, and Mary Wilson, 21, were charged with, at Dural, on June 4,…

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The Petrol Case. Morgan Before the Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 9

Henry Alfred Morgan, 52, appeared before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, last week. Mr. Alec. Thomson, instructed by the Crown…

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Dural Hold-up. Accused Before Parramatta Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 7

Frederick Wilson, 26, a ship's officer, and Mary Wilson, 21, a domestic, appeared before Mr. Fitzhardinge, S.M., at the Parramatta Court, charged with stealing a motor car valued at…

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A Greek's Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the murder of a Greek named George Pappageorgl in a restaurant at the Haymarket. After hearing further evidence…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 7

An application for the transfer or the [?]cense of the Sportsnian's Arms Hotel, Gre[?] to Emily Lamont from the late-William Lamont, was granted…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 12. (Before Mr. W. J. N. Fincham, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 7

An elderly woman, who was drunk in Bourke-street on Saturday, was fined 10/, with the option seven days imprisonment…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

Before Mr. W. J. N. Fincham, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, an inebriate, who had been lodged in the lockup by Constable Hill, was fined 10/,…

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Murder of a Greek. Coroner's Verdict. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

The murder of George Pappageorgi, a Greek, at his restaurant,, Georgestreet, on May 4th, was further inquired into by the City Coroner this…

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