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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,229 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 62

Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

At the Kurri Police Court on Monday, before Mr. G. Telfer, J.P., Thomas James Stevens, for having been drunk, on the Stanford-Merthyr railway station, was fined…

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A Mean Theft

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

A youth named Keith Taylor (18), pleaded guilty at the Sydney Sessions to a charge of stealing postal articles. Judge Docker stated that the articles…

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Charge of Stealing Furniture

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 1

Further evidence was heard at Newcastle on Monday in the cases in which John Giles, storeman, was charged with stealing furniture to the value of £354,…

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Quietness at Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

Matters were especially quiet at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, notwithstanding the fact that it is one of the regular court days. There were no police or…

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Riot in Dublin. Count Plunkett Arrested. Police Officer Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—There has been a riot in Dublin. Count Plunkett (the Sinn Feiner who was recently elected for the North…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

A court for the hearing or appeals against valuations in the East Maitland municipality was held at the East Maitland Court-house to-day before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

Upwards of 100 appeals were lodged against the Tarre Shire rating of Pelaw-Main holdings. The appeals were set down for hearing at the court held before Mr. C. H…

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Court-martialled. Man of Many Names

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

Private E. Dellagio, "unattached," appeared before a court-martial at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, comprised of Lieutenant-Colonel V. Le Gay Brereeton, Captain…

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West Maitland Shooting. Woman Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 6

Margaret Ethel Andrews, a young woman, appeared before Mr Justice Pring and a jury at the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst, on Thursday,…

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Singleton Letter. Singleton, Saturday. Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. R. H. V. Allnu[?], P.M., occupied the Bench at the Police Court on Thursday. A young man named Charles Samphier, wearing the Returned Soldiers badge, was…

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Enlistment or Gaol. Protest From Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 2

Objection was raised at the last meeting of the local War Service Committee to judges remitting sentences on prisoners who give an undertaking to enlist. Lieut…

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Five Sock Tragedy. Eyles Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst, on Wednesday the trial of William Graham Eyles on a charge of having murdered his wife, Ellen Eyles,…

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Two Years' Gaol. Clerk with 12 Children

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 1

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday George Victor Delaney pleaded guilty to a charge of having, while a clerk in the Cumberland Paper Board…

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Police Court. Thursday, June 14th. (Before Mr R. H V. Allnutt, Pm. "Guilty by Accident."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 7

Charles Samphier, a young man, wearing the Returned Soldiers' badge, when asked how he pleaded to a charge of having assaulted a lad named Reginald…

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The Snow Case. Appeal Against Full Court's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 11

The result of the long standing Snow case still hangs in the balance, but a step nearer finality was reached oh Thursday at the High Court in Adelaide, presided…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. INDUSTRIAL CASES…

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Benzing's Confessions. Seized with a Murder-list

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 6

Dr. Lee Brown, Government Medical Officer at the Penitentiary, in his evidence at the inquest after the hanging of the condemned main Benzing, stated that Benzing…

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News by Wire. Katoomba Murder Trail. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 5

The trail of Herbert Shaw for the murder of George Henry King, at Katoomba, was commenced at the criminal Court to-day. Accused, who is only 19 years of age,…

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Cessnock Grazier's Will. Equity Court Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 5

In the Equity Court, Mr. W. A. Parket, instructed by Mr. A. E. Westcott, of Cessnock (Sydney agent, Mr. R. Harris), appeared for the plaintiffs, George Alexander…

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Constantine's Fate Royalist Protests. a Distracted Court. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 6

Mr. Jeffries (the "Times" correspondent at Athens) states that during the closing hours of, Constantine's reign M. Jonnart (Allies' Plenipotentiary) encountered all…

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