Outrage and Murder. Little Girl's Fate
A little girl, Dorothy Myra Small, aged 11, living with her parents in Rocky Point Road, Rockdale, was outraged and afterwards strangled to death…
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Courts & crime, 1917
1,229 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 62
Cessnock Police Court. Land Tax Prosecution
At the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Arthur Holden Lindeman and George Frederick Lindeman, as trustees of the estate of the late Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drinking Methylated Spirits. Dilemma of Melbourne Police
The Melbourne police are face to face with a difficult phase of the liquor question. There have recently been several cases in which is was found that persons arrested for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court
At the East Maitland Police Court this morning Lilian Balkes, alias Mary Wills, way fined [?] with the alternative of seven days imprisonment, for drunkenness,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Fraudulent Conversion. Navy Office Clerk Charged
David Flynn Doneghue, stall clerk at the Navy Office, Melbourne, was remanded on Tuesday, charged with the fraudulent conversion of £330. A…
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(Before Messrs. C.H. Gale, P.M., J.W. Birkenhead and Elias Bowden. L.Ms.) James Owers, for whom Mr. H.M. Cohen appeared, applied for the renewal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Mr. C.H. Gale. P.m.) Failing to Register
Peter Schwartz., 44, was charged with committing a breach of the War Precautions Act in that he failed to register. Sgt. Murray stated that defendant had told…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing Fruit
Three boys appeared before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., in the Children's Court at East Maitland this morning on a charge of stealing fruit from a residence in Newcastle-street. The eldest, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spying in the Park. Unregistered German Sent to Gaol
At the Bathurst Police Court Otlo Williams, alias Becker, 38 described as a labourer was charged before Mr. C. Jennings, that being a German he had failed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mysterious Monk. at the Russian Court. Extraordinary Revelations
The cables informed us, a few days ago of the shooting, by members of the Russian aristocracy, of the mystic Russian monk Rasputin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stabbed with Hatpin. Navvy Sentenced for Assault
How James Go[?]mon, an elderly man, who looked after the Oddfellows' Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney, during the absence of the licensee, was so severely stabbed with a…
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Henry Schultz, alias Densea, alias Hansen, 42 appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on a charge of vagrancy. On the application of the police he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court
Sitting as Licensing Magistrate at the local Courthouse on Thursday, Mr W. H. Fincham, P.M, granted a transfer of the license of the White Swan Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. (Before Messrs. E. Bowman, C. H. Cox and J. C. White, J's P.)
Ruby Lee v. Helena L. A. Lawliss, claim for wages. There were two cross cases, Helena L. A. Lawliss v Ruby Lee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Business Men's Quarrel
Percy Hildebrandt was charged with having at West Maitland on January 10, unlawfully assaulted David Tickle. Mr. J. R. Carlton appeared for prosecutor, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Failing to Register
Peter Schwartz, 44, was charged with committing a breach of the War Precautions Act in that he failed to register. Sgt. Murray stated that defendant had told…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drinking Methylated Spirits. Dilemma of Melbourne Police
The Melbourne police are face to face with a difficult phase of the liquor question. There have recently been several cases in which it was found that persons arrested for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sugar Workers' Award. High Court Decision
When the appeal by the Australian Sugar Producers' Association against the order by the Queensland Supreme Court, prohibiting the carrying out of part of Acting Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., J. W., Birkenhead and Elias Bowden, L.Ms.)
James Owers, for whom Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared applied for the renewal of the license of the Carrington Hotel, West Maitland. Applicant said that since the…
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