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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

1,421 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 72

Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

in the following [?] matter the amount stated which had been paid into court was ordered to be paid to plaintiff: —Cessnock Shire Council v. Florence…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham P.M., Stanley Rhodin was Proceeded against for having driven a motor without…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

At the police court on Wednesday, the bench was occupied by Mr. W. J[?]M. Fincham, P.M. Joseph frederick Kaloushek, an Austrian,…

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Police Pose As Soldiers. Catching Publicans. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

The Labour Council earned a resolution last night disapproving of policemen posing as returned, soldiers in order to trap publicans…

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Local and General News. Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court on Thursday. before Mr. G. McKay, J.P., Ralph Scott was remanded to appear at Kurri on a charge of disobeying an order for the support of his…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 7

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, when renowals of a number of licenses were granted, the bench was occupied by Messrs. W. J. M. Fincham, P. M., and…

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Trapping Publicans. Criticism of Police Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

The resolution paused by the Newcastle, Labour Council, disapproving of the poilce posing as returned soldiers, in order to trap publicans, caused Mr. Mitchell,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Geddes, J. P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. Two elderly men were each fined 5/ for drunkenness, one having been arrested in…

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Local News. Clean Sheet at Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 6

Singleton is well maintaining its reputation as a more than ordinarily law-abiding community. On Thursday last, the Usual day for court business,…

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The Train Sensation. Evidence at Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 11

John Thomas Woodburn, John Gheoghan and Thomas Bennett, on remand, were charged at the police court last week, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., with…

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False Pretences. Sentenced to Two Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 3

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, William Charles Dannes who recently town clerk at New [?], pleaded not guilty to a charge of false pretences…

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Military Officers Charged. Alleged Attempted Extortion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 1

Lieutenant Sharard Michael Becher, 32 years of age, Provost Marshal at Liverpool Camp, and Sergeant-major Mark Waugh, 37 years of age, were…

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An Italian Hanged. a Melbourne Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

The Italian, Antonio Picone, who shot deal Joseph Lauricella, another Italian, in the Victoria Market, Melbourne, was hanged on Monday morning…

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Liquor Act Cases. Local Publicans Charged. Alleged Selling After Hours

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 10

Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings at the West Maitland police court on Monday, when the cases brought against local publicans for alleged selling after hours were…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 4

At the police court on Saturday, before Mr. G. Harris, J.P., John Edward Atkinson, for having been drunk at Aberdare the previous day, was fined 5/ or 24 hours, and…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, September 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Alleged Treason. Police Raid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 5

A raid was made upon the premises of the Industrial Workers of the World, in Sussex-street, Sydney, on Saturday morning by, a body of police and detectives, under…

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American Bomb Murder. Trial Concluded. San Francisco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 5

After a prolonged trail Warren Billings has been found guilty of murder for bomb-throwing at the Preparedness Parado on July 22…

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Local and General News. Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 4

Mary Ann Silcock made application at the Licensing Court, West Maitland, to-day for the transfer of the license of the Exchange Hotel, held by the late Benjamin Silcock, to…

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Men Before the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 5

The four men arrested in connection with Saturday's raid on the Headquarters of the I.W.W. were charged at the police court to-day with alleged treason. Accused were…

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