District Crime. Annual Police Report
The only serious crime committed in the Maitland district during 1916 and which has not been [?] up is what is known as the Patorson River mustery, but…
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Courts & crime, 1917
1,229 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 62
A Cowardly Assault. Young Man Sent to Gaol
"He is a parasite on women and an idle wastur." remarked Sergeant Mitchell to Mr. Bar[?], the magistrate, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, at the conclusion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, January 2. (Before Mr. W. B. Goddes, J.p.) Remanded
Harry Smith (30) was charged with having at West Maitland on December 20 stolen the sum of £3/10/ from Leslie [?] Caroll…
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At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Edward Bertie Stratford, a soldier, was charged with having at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Summer Hill Sensation. Attempted Murder. and Suicide. Sydney
A sesational affair occurred at Summer Hill this morning as the result of which Robina M'Leod (23) is in a critical condition with a bullet wound in her left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Murder. Russian Tragedy. Germanophile the Victim. London
The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd states that the Police have traced a blood-stained track from Prince Yusupoff's Palace to a newly-cut icehole in the Nova…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cold-blooded Murder. Climax of Brutality
London, Monday.—An Admiralty communique narrates an outrage wherein German savagery in torpedoing merchantmen appears to have reached its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). Vagrancy
Henry Oswalt Mason, 39, was [?] with being an idle and disorderly [?] having insufficient lawful means of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Conspiracy. Murder Duma's President. Paris
The "Journal" gives revelations of a plot to assasinate M. Milukoff, the president of the Duma. The man entrusted by the Black Hundred to Carry out the murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chauffeur's Mad Act Attempted Murder and Suicide. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
At 1.30 this morning Mr M'Leod, a builder, at Summer Hill, was awakened by the sound of shots in his daughter's bedroom. He rushed in and found his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Shots. Police and Suspects. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
About 4 o'clock this morning Constable Power noticed, a man furtively creeping under a verandah in Liverpoolstreet. The constable, unobserved,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale P.M.)
The transfer of the license of the Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock, from William Ward to William J, Collier was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potters Bae Zepp Sequel. Colonial Officer Acquitted at Court-martial
Before a general Court-martial at Middlesox Guildhall recently Second-Lieut. Basnott was charged with drunkenness while on active service at Potters Bar on…
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Emily Miles, alis Amelia Smith, 39, and Nellie Davis, 31, appeared before Mr. W. B. Goddes, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning charged with…
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The bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Two persons were each proceeded against by Mr. R. T. Sarginson…
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At the Warden's Court this morning at East Maitland, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Albert G. Lidsfield applied for suspension of labour conditions under agreement 139,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Wire. Seamen Sent to Gaol. Sydney
Eight seamen were sent to gaol to-day for being absent without leave from their vessel at Fremantle a ortnight ago. Evidence was given that the vessel was returning with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Contracts. Aldermen Before the Court
At the Paddington Police Court, Mr. King, S.M., bad before him cases arising out of the recent developments in the Waverley Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cowardly Assault. Young Man Sent to Gaol
"He is a parasite on women and an idle waster," remarked Sergeant Mitchell to Mr. Barnett, the magistrate, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, at the conclusion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton
The bench at the Police court on Thursday was occuped by Mr. W. H. Fncham, S.M. When Augustus Power was called upon to answer charge of having behaved in a riotous…
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