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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Judicial Murder. Case of Dr. Bull. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 13

The "Times" correspondent at Amsterdaw states that an English doctor named Bull has been sentenced to six years' hard labour for a crime which is not stated, but…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, October 23. (Before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.m.). Drunk and Disorderly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 3

Joseph Alexander Wright pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in High-street, on Saturday evening.—Countable Muir explained the circumstances, and defendant was fined…

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Exemption Court. Hearing of Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

After our report closed in yesterday's issue the following claims for exemption were heard before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P. M. at the West Maitland Courthouse…

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Captain Fryatt's Murder. Why It Was Committed. Amsterdam, Aug. 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 9

Why Captain Fryatt was murdered in such a hurry and who were chiefly responsible is made clear in an article in the chief Prussian Conservative paper, the "Kreuz…

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Queensland Sugar Award. Full Court Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 1
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The Queensland Full Court delivered judgment on Tuesday, in the appeal of the Australian Sugar Producers "Association, against Judge…

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Validity of Meat Act. High Court Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 8

The High Court has given the reasons which induced it to decide that the Queensland Meat Act was valid. Sir Samuel Griffith, the Chief Justice, said…

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Coal Miners Claims. Arbitration Court Discussion. Date of Hearing Fixed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 7

Mr. S. J. Morgan, assistant secretary to the Southern Coal Owners Association, applied to Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court, Melbourne, to be relieved of the…

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Exemption Court. Friday, Oct. 27, 1916. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1916 · page 2

The first sitting of the Exemption Court under the War Regulations opened at Muswellbrook on Friday, the Court being crowded. The…

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Filipino Charged. Alleged Maliciously Wounding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1916 · page 6

At Footscray (Vic.) several dapper, smartly dressed Filipino citizens of the United States appeared at the Police Court in connection with a shooting case at…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 5

At the Sydney police court, Angie De Luca (22), was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a parcel of opals, valued at £75, which had been sent through the…

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Clergyman Assists Police. Trouble at Surry Hills

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 6

Outside the Surry Hills polling booth on Saturday afternoon there was a scene, and at the Central Police Court, yesterday, William Henry Bruce, 21, was fined £5, or one…

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Exemption Court. Hearing of Local Applications

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The first batch of applications for exemption from military service was dealt with before the local Exemption Court, at the Court House…

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The Colliery Crisis. a Court Application. Serious Position. "Another Scrap of Paper" Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 1

IN the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. T. J. Morgan, assistant-secretary for the Southern Collieries' Coal Owners' Association, N.S.W., applied to Mr…

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Abstracting Cargo. Steamer Hands Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 7

[?]lous case of cargo broaching in con [?]with the steamer Port Albany. from [?] by members of the steamer's crew, [?]losed at the Port Adelaide Police…

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Exemption Court. (Continued.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 2

Joseph Michacl Leahey, laborer, Muswellbrook, had his application refused. John Hamilton McNaught, stated…

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Exemption Court. Friday, Oct. 27, 1916. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 4

The first sitting of the Exemption Court under the War Regulations opened at Muswellbrook on Friday, the Court being crowded. The…

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Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 2

At the police court yesterday tho bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Inspector, Hansen, proceeded against a number of defendants for neglecting to send…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 4

In the Licensing Court, held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Elias Bowden, L.M., the adjourned applications by Inspector Walker for the cancellation of the licenses of…

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