Unprovoked Assaults. Two Men Sent to Gaol
Two young men, who said they were returned soldiers, were sent to prison by Mr Macfarlane, S.M., on Saturday for unprovoked assaults on females in…
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Courts & crime, 1916
1,421 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 72
Casement Case. Before Appeal Court. London
The Court of Criminal Appeal Mr. Justice Darling presiding, has begun the hearing of Roger Casement's appeal. Sergeant Sullivan indicated that the…
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Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday. Mr. W. Springbett, sanitary inspector…
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Mounted Constable Freebody, who has been stationed here a year is about to be transferred to another district. He is an capable young officer, and has the distinction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-conscriptionist. Goes to Gaol. London
Mr. J. P. Fletcher, un-secretary of the Australian Freedom League, surrendered to the London police for rejusing to pay a fine of £100 for complicity in the publication of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale occupied the bench at the Kurri Police Court on Wednesday. Ralph Scott was fined 40/, or one month, for having been drunk and disorderly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court John Stevenson sued William Hanson to recover £2/1/11 alleged to be due for goods sold. It transpired that defendant had become bankrupt in 1915…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crime in America. Police Raid a City
Philadelphia, Monday.—A great raid, designed to clear the city of criminals, was carried out to-day. Five hundred and fifty-two arrests…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three-card Tricksters. Demonstration in Court
The three-card trick was the subject matter of a prosecution in the Rockhampton District Court, when John (known as "Nigger") Telfer and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, July 20. (Before Messrs. C.H. Gale, P.M., and J. M. Dawson. J.p.) Indecent Language
Edward Dalton, a soldier was fined £2, in default 14 days, for having used Indecent language. MOTOR DRIVER FINED…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C.H. Gale, P.M., J.W. Birkenhead, and Elias Bowden L.Ms.)
The transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel from William B. May to Francis E. Morris was granted. Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared in support of the…
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In the Warden's Court, held at the East Maitland Courthouse this morning, before the Warden (Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.), Mary Eames applied for the cancellation or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That Police Offences Act
The expected has happened in connection with the recently-passed Police Offences Act. Indeed, if medical testimony is to be believed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anti-conscription Meeting. Police Warning
The Anti-Coaseription Leagua has been granted permission to take a lorry into the Domain on Sunday afternoon next for use as a platform in conneetion with a mooting in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anti-conscriptionist. Goes to Gaol. London
Mr. J. P. Fletcher, ex-secretary of the Australian Freedom League, surrendered to the London police for refusing to pay a fine of £100 for complicity in the publication of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Domestic Tragedy. Murder and Suicide
John William Lynch shot his wife, Christina Lynch, at Jack River (Vic.), on Sunday, and then committed suicide. When the doctor and the police arrived the woman was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder. Result of Argument
A tragic affair occurred in Cashol-steet, Christchurch, (N.Z.) A labouer named Allen, and Private Michael Carey, who was on final leave engaged in a heated argument,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casement Case. Before Appeal Court. London
The Court of Criminal Appeal, Mr. Justice Darling presiding, has begun the hearing of Roger Casement's appeal. Sergeant Sullivan indicated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Crime Wave Murder and Suicide Rife. People Mentally Depressed. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
The United Press, in a message from The Hague, says:— "A ghastly crime and suicide wave, is sweeping over Germany, due to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. A first offender was fined 2s 6d for drunkedness, Edward Dalton, a soldier, pleaded not…
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