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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 December 1916 · page 5

James Wilson was before the police court to-day under a writ of habeas corpus, charged with the murder George Pappageorgi, in April last…

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Haymarket Murder. Member of I.W.W. Charged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 2

James Wilson, aged 35, who is at present an inmate of the Long Bay Penitontiary, was brought out of gaol yesterday morning, on a writ of habeas…

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A Wife's Death. Husband Charged with Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 5

William Graham Eyles was placed on trial at the Criminal Court charged with the murder of his wife, who was found strangled at her home in Balmain. The Crown…

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Police Court. Alleged Detention of Property. Jones Bros. V Henny

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 5

At the Police Court on Friday last, before Mr Gale; P.M., R. and H. Jones sued Albert' Henny for detention of property, alleging that a calf…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Two Young Men Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 2

At the Darlinghurst Sessions, Charles Roxburge, 33 years of age, and Sydney Hamilton, 20, were sentenced by his Honor Judge Hamilton on a charge of…

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Revision Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 2

A sitting of the court for the revision of the jury [?] was held at the Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. H. Dight presiding. The list was gone through in due…

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A Licensing Case. Evidence of the Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 4

At the Bathurst Police Court a case against a man who was charged with having been on the promises of the Travellers' Arms Hotel during…

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Local News. J's.P. Revision Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 2

A sitting of the court for the revision of list of justices of the peace was held at the Court House on Monday, Mr Charles Dight presiding. The list was…

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Paterson Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 4

The next Quarterly Licensing Court for the Heensing district of Paterson will be held at the Paterson Courthouse on Tuesday, January 16…

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Equity Court. Disputed Right-of-way. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) Friday, December 8, 1916. Scholes v. Blunt

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 2

This was a claim by the plaintilff, Joseph Battersby Scholes, that the defendant, Daniel Blunt, should be restrained from…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, December 14. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale. P.m.). a Railway Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 7

John Thomas Skinner, a [?] was charged with having, on August 31, travelled from Waratah to East Maitland without having previously paid his fare, and with…

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Double Bigamy Charge. Returned Soldier In Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 2

A returned soldier, George Harold Asquith, and Blanche Edith Farran were each charged with bigamy at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 4

Edward Eckford was proceeded against at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M., for the recovery of 19/, sanitary fees due…

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Local and General News. Warden's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 4

An application for the cancellation of forfeiture of registered milling tenement No. 91, held by the defendant (William Earnest Taylor, late of Kearsley) in the village of…

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Coal-lumpers' Dispute. Before the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 5

In the industrial Court to-day, Mr. Justice Edmunds had before him a reference from the Minister in regard to the dispute between the men engaged in discharging coal at…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 4

An elderly man, who appeared before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 5/…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 7

Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., occupied the bench at the police court on Thursday. Albert Bruderlin, a young man, pleaded guilty to having assaulted William Henry…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Two Young Men Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 9

At the Darlinghurst Sessions, Charles Roxburge, 33 years of age, and Sydney Hamilton, 29, were sentenced by His Honor Judge Hamilton on a charge of conspiracy…

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Sentenced for Sedition. Wellington (N.Z.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 6

Robert Semple, a prominent Labour man, on each of three charges of seditious utterance has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment…

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An Island Murder. Native Trader Tomahawked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 3

News of a horrible murder was brought to Sydney yesterday from the New Hebrides by the island steamer Makambo. The victim was a recruiter of a French labour schooner, and a…

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