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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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The Recent Police & Fire-men's Carnival. Scone Hospital Benefits by £71 13s 9d

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 2

Sergt. Bell had an agreeable surprise in store for the management of the local Hospital when he yesterday presented a cheque for £71…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

There was only a light business sheet before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., at the Court on Thursday. One offender was fined £4, in default one month,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 20. (Before MR. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Youth Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 9

Richard Gardiner, 18, on remand from Sydney, was charged with having at West Maitland, on May 15 stolen a sum of money amounting to £7/10/, the property of Hyam…

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Police Changes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 7

There will be several important changes among the higher officers of the New South Wales police force during next few months. The superintendents are due for retirement…

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"Give Me a Kiss." Song That Led to the Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 8

An amusing case was heard at the Lithgow Police Court, when a constable charged a youth with using insulting language. The evidence showed that as the officer was…

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Bonnet Rouge. Duval Sentenced to Death. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 10

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports:—At the Bonnett Rouge trial, Mr. Duval, the manager, who received huge sums from enemy sources was sentenced to death…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

The Secretary of the Dangar Cottage Hospital was very gratified at receiving, through the local police, a cheque for £124/1/11, representing returns from…

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Famished Austrians Alleged Murder. and Cannibalism. London, Tuesday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 5

Professor Soften Delmer, writing from Switzerland, sends a sensational story of famine and oannibalism in Austria. He vouches for the authenticity of the tale and…

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German Justice. Allegations Against Supreme Court. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

There were angry scones in the Reichastag when the Independent Socialists charged the Supreme Court with exercising class justice. and strengthening the military dictatorship…

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Maitland District Court. Tuesday, May 21. (Before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on Tuesday, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. ALLEGED SLANDER ACTION…

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The Sinn Feiners' Trial. Open Court and British Jury Urged. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

The "Daily News" is of opinion that the Sinn Foiners should be brought to upen trial before an impartial British jury in order to let the facts be brought…

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Local and General News. Police Court Bench

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 4

The State Cabinet will shortly take into consideration a proposal for adopting a now scheme in connection with the Police Court Bench. There will be a re-demarcation of…

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Police and Fireman's Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 2

The secretary of the Danger Cottage Hospital has received, through the local police, a cheque for £124/1/11, representing returns from Art Union tickets disposed of in…

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News by Wire. Full Court Appeal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1918 · page 5

Defendants in the action Croaker v. the proprietor of the Bathurst "National Advocate," appealed to the Full Court to-day for a new trial on the grounds that the damages…

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Local News Police Appointment

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

It is understood that Sergeant Menary, chief police officer at Wee Waa, is to be transferred to Singleton to till the vacancy caused by the departure of…

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Berlin Court Scandal. Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 5

An unsavoury case that is tickling the palate of Berlin society, was opened in the courts on Saturday. The son of a prussian general, von Rudeck, has charged the son and…

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Letter to the Editor. Maitland District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 3

Sir,—Your report of the case of Roberts and Redim[?]y is misleading The terms of settlement were:—(I). I was to be allowed sufficient out of money received to cover my…

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Police Appointment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 2

The vacancy in the police force here caused by the removal of Sgt. Nancarrow to Narandera will, it is understood, be filled by the appointment of Sgt. Menary, of Wee Wan…

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Industrial Court. Union Fined. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 5

In the Industrial Court to-day Mr. Relin gave judgement in the case the Minister for Labour and Industry against the Stove and Piano Frame Moulders and Stove Makers…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 4

The adjourned case in which James Murray was charged with having a West Maitland in November, 1916 stolen a military cap, the property of Robert George Alcorn,…

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