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Courts & crime, 1916

1,421 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 72

Exemption Court. Applications by Brothers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 5

The applications by John Charles Edmonds and William Edmonds, miners, of Telarah, were called before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Courthouse on…

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Clergyman Assists Police. Trouble at Surry Hills

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 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 Thursday, November 2. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 8

The Court resumed the hearing of appeals for exemption, Lieut. Francis representing the military authorities,. On the application of District…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November 6. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M.) Resisting the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1916 · page 7

John Hart, 43, a labourer, was charged with being drunk in High-street, on Saturday afternoon, an with resisting Constable Best Whilst in the execution of his…

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Exemption Court. Cases at West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1916 · page 7

Patrick J. O'Connell, farmer, Bolwarra, was granted temporary exemption to December 31 by Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M., at the West Maitland Exemption Court…

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Police Court. REX. v. HARRIS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

Before Messrs S. N. Dark and J. A. Jones, J's.P., on Friday, E. G. Harris, of Pontelands, Waukivory, formerly of Arabella, was charged with…

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Exemption Court. West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 4

The following cases were heard before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, P.M., at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day. Walter Thomas Skinner, grooer. West…

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State Industrial Court. Preference to Unionists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. Justice Edmunds, in the State Industrial Court in Sydney on Monday, expressed the view that preference to unionists should be refused when a union had broken the law…

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Prize Court Award. Sinking German Cruiser. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 5

The Prize Court, has awarded £3000 to the crew of the submarie E 8 for sinking the German cruiser Prinz. Adalbert with 600 aboard in the Baltic, on 23rd October, 1915…

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The Sydney Fires Accused in Court. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 November 1916 · page 2

The twelve I.W.W. men were before Mr Justice Pring to-day, charged with conspiring together to burn down business promises, to secure the release of…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs D. Fleming and K. S. Kelly, J[?]s.P., Carl John Burgman was fined 10/ or 48 hours in the lockup for drunkenness…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 2

At the Police court yesterday the bench was ocupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. James Bonomini, an Italian, was charged that he did, at Aberdare, on October 5, sell…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court W. Eggins, who was summoned for arrears of rated alleged to be owing to the Cessnock Shire Council pleaded that he was not the owner…

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Exemption Court. East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 6

The following applications were heard at the East Maitland Exemption Court yesterday afternoon after our report closed:— George Lewis Perrett, Tarro, applied on…

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Muswellbrook Letter. the Exemption Court. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1916 · page 2

It is gratifying to note that the vagaries of some of the exemption courts have aronsed the disapproval and brought forth the consure of the Prime Minister and a section…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 4

At the Kurri Court yesterday, Messrs J. Dill and G. Telfer, Js.P., ordered prohibitions to issue for 12 months against William Eade and Jane Ann Knot…

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Exemption Court. West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M., was on the bench at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning when the following claims for exemption were heard…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, November 9. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.) FUrTHER ADJOURNED

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 7

George Calopades was charged with aiding and abetting an unlawful game, to wit, two up. Mr. T. A. Hill said that Mr. T. A. Braye…

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Reign of Terror What German Police Do. Reichstag Muzzled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 November 1916 · page 4

Amsterdam, Monday.—In spite of the fact that the Reichstag expected its session to last until Thursday, it was suddenly dismissed on Saturday, as the…

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