Police Powerless
Not being content with plundering the Commercial Hotel, the mob visited the Golden Fleece and Railway Hotels, where considerable damage…
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Courts & crime, 1916
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Alleged Wholesale Stealing Two Arrests at Muswellbrook
For some time past M. Campbell and C0. the leading firm at Muswellbrook. (says the local correspondent of "Maitland Mercury"), was cognisant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss Reynolds' Case. Australian Soldier Charged. London
At the Inquiry concerning the case of Miss Reynolds, who was found unconscious on the railway line, evidence was given by the police that they found Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier and Wife Charged Alleged False Pretences. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Alfred William Gillet and his wife, Elizabeth Gillet, were, at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with falsely pretending to an accounts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Aftermath. Cuts and Bandages. Impending Court-work. Later, 1.26 p. m
About 600 soldiers arrived at the Central Railway Station at 9 o'clock this morning and demanded a train so that they would arrive at Liverpool…
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At the Newtown Police Court to-day William Henry Whituall, fireman, was charged with stealing in the warehouse of Minahan Bros. King-street, Newtown,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook Police Codrt. Saturday, February 12, 1916. (Before Mr. E. H. Kelly J. P.) Alleged Stealing
Edward Arthur Lea was charged that on 10th November, 1915, he did steal 5 drums of oil and 5 cwt. of white lead of the value of £17/17/6, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Stealing at Kurri. Postal Officials Committed. Kurri Kurri
At the Kurri Police Court this morning William Stuart Findlay (18), telegraph messenger, lately employed at the Kurri post office, was committed for trail at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Raid. London, Feb. 15
The police raided the premises of the Women's Social Union in Mecklenburg square, and solved copies of the union's newspaper, "Britannia."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Front. Numerous Court Martials. Petrograd
Violent artillery duels, followed by infantry actions, have been going on for a week on the Dvina-Riga front. The Russians, holding fast, repulsed all attempts at an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. Friday, February 11, 1916. (Before His Honor Judge Bevon.) IN DIVORCE.—McKENZIE V. McKENZIE
Bertie Clifford McKenzie, of Muswellbrook, sued for a divorce from his wife, Unetha Maria McKenzie, on the grounds of adultery with Percy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M. R. E. Evans, railway traffic inspector, proceeded against Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Police Court
At the Kurri Police Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. F. H. Roberts, P.M. William Stuart Findlay, 18, telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rioters Before the Court Many Sent to Gaol
The soldiers arrested for taking part in different disturbances were brought before the Central Police Court on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court
Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., in the Licensing Court held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, Donald James Frazer applied for the transfer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Police Court
At the Cossnock Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. H. Roberts, P.M., Cocil Sidney Millor, 17 years of age, was charged in company with a lad 15½ years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court
Before Messrs. W. Blissett, R. Partridge-Wall, and W. Cotterill, Js.P., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, John Lavis was fined 5/ and 6/ costs in default…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
Luis Duiss (50), a Frenchman, was before the West Maitland Police Court this morning, on charges of being drunk on the West Maitland railway station, yesterday, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Friday, February 18, 1916. (Before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P. Alleged Stealing
Peter Joseph Minck was charged that he did between 21st April, 1915 and 12th February 1316, steal at Muswellbrook in company with Sidney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before the Court. Two Soldiers Charged.sydney
Two soldiers were charged at the Water Police Court this morning. Private John William Hollingworth (25), charged with having broken and entered the premises…
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