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Courts & crime, 1917

1,229 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 62

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 7

At the monthly sitting of the Police Court, the only cases set down for hearing and dealt with by Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., were alleged breaches of the…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 4

Mr, G. H. Gale, P.M., was on the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. Joseph Foster was charged with having used obscene language in Riley-street,…

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Police Stoned by Crowd. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 5

Yesterday's rioting over the potato trouble was serious. In the area of the vegetable market the mob pulaged the shops. The police charged with revolvers and then the…

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Fire at Any Cost. Amazing Story in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 6

Extraordinary alogations regarding the cause of recent fires at Kilkenny, near Adelaide were made during the hearing of a Criminal Court case at Adelaide, when two…

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The Five Dock Murder. Eyles Appeals to Full Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

William Graham Eyles, who was convicted of murdering his wife at Five Dock, and who had a fresh trial, being again convicted, again…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 2

The business before the Licensing Court on Thursday related to the removal of the license of the While Swan Hotel to premises to be known as the Criterion Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 2

The business before the Licensing Court on Thursday related ot the removal of the license of the White Swan Hotel to premises to be known as the Criterion Hotel,…

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African Heroes. Native Who Charged Enemy Single-handed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 10

Accounts of the splendid feats of the native soldiers of tropical Africa are not usually published in England. But the Colonial Office has issued a few of them…

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African Heroes. Native Who Charged Enemy Single-handed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 10

Accounts of the splendid feats of the native soldiers of tropical Africa are not usually published in England. But the Colonial Office has issued a few of them…

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Police Court. Tuesday, July 2nd, 1917. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 2

Frederick Smith, charged with being unlawfully on licensed premises of the Railway Hotel, Muswellbrook after licensed hours. Mr E. H. Cohen…

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Five Dock Murder. Conviction to Stand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 3

The Full Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday concluded the bearing of the appeal of William Graham Eyles, who has been convicted and sentenced to death on a charge of…

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Wagga District Tragedy. Alleged Wife Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 8

A sensational development has taken place in connection with the tragedy which occurred at The Rock last Friday. Inspector Duprez on Friday afternoon arrested…

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Five Dock Murder. Conviction to Stand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 3

The Full Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday concluded the hearing of the appeal of William Graham Eyles, who has been convicted and sentenced to death on a charge of…

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The Katoomba Murder. Herbert Shaw's Appeal. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

The Full Court to-day had before it the appeal of Herbert Keith Shaw against the sentence of death passed on him for the murder of George King, at…

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Danish Police. Espionage Arrests. Copenhagen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 13

The sequel of a police investigation into a local espionage case was the arrest of the head of the Copenhagen office and two we men assistants also of three men who were…

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An Extraordinary Story. in the Divorce Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 6

Eliza Ethel Perkins (formerly Davidson), who applied in the State Divorce Court for a dissolution of her marriage with Frank Cyril Perkins, on the ground of desertion…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 4

There was very little business to engage the attention of the police magistrate. Mr. C. H. Gale, at the west Maitland police court to-day. sunday trading licenses were Remember what France has done, and give, give, give. 6596…

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Newspaper Publisher Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 7

In the Broken Hill police court on Friday william Diggory Barnett, secretary of the A.M.A., was as printer and publisher of the "Barrier Daily Truth: charges under the…

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Brookfield Charged. Alleged Insulting Words. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 5

percival Brookfield, M.L.A. appeared before the central police court to-day on a charge of having used insulting words in the Domain on last sunday week to the effect…

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Suspected Murder. Labourers Death at Waverley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 8

A tragedy surrounded in mystery was revealed at waverley on saturday night, when Mrs. Mary June Morris returned home to her residence, 6 Albion-street, near charing…

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