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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 6. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 7

An inebriate, arrested in Church-street yesterday by Constable A very, did not appear and the recognisance of-5/ was ordered to be forfeited…

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East Maitland Police Court. Motorist Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 7

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr.A.Gates, P.M., Edward Augustus Firth was charged with oriving in motor can to which a tail-light was not at…

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Remarkable Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

William Dunn (16) while standing in his father's orchard at Dunn yesterday after noon, was spoken to by & well-dressed man, a stranger to the district. The man after…

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Weights and Measures. Interesting Police Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 2

Matters in connection with the administration of the Weights and Measures Act have been agitating Maitland business people of late, and a case that had…

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Gaol Bids for Pirates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 5

The Evening News" learns from high authority that Germany is [?]ruitng her submarine crews from the gulls owing to the unwillingness of the [?] to serve in…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

A court for the hearing of appeals against assessments in the Tarro Shire was held at the East Maitland Court House this morning before Mr. A. Gates, P.M. The shire…

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Cessnock Shire Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

All appeal court for the purpose of hearing appeals against the assessments in Cessnock Shire will be held in the Courthouse, West Maitland, on Thursday, 20th instant…

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Two Men Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 7

Detectives arrested two men in the city last night in connection, with yesterday's robbery at the E.S. and A. Bank. The men are now being detained pending further…

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Charge of Murder. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 7

The Merridin murder case was concluded in the Criminal court, Perth. The defences was that the deceased. Young, did not die from a spear stub in the abdomen, but from…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 6. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m.) Unclean Premises

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 8

Vincent Franks was charged with not keeping in a clean condition premises used by him in High-street, West Maitland, for the preparation of food…

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Police Court. Thursday, June 6th. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allautt, P.m.) a Youth's Lapse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 3

Alexander Hall, aged 19, was charged with having at Macrannie, on or about; May 22, stolen the sum of £2/15/-, the property of Howard Brooker…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 3

At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., a youth named Alexander Hall was charged with having at Macrannic, on or about May 22, stolen the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 7

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr. A. Gates, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 4

The trial of Gerturde Thompson for the murder of Catharine Tatum was commenced at the Central Criminal Court today…

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Alleged Assault. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 5

The adjourned cases arising out of the alleged assault on loyalists in Pelaw-Main Colliery were listed for hearing before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., at the Police Court to-day, but…

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Publican Charged. Value of Evidence Questioned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 1

At the Casino Police Court, Fred. Baker, licensee of the Federal Hotel, was charged with supplying liquor after closing hours. Evidence was given by…

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Missing Naval Code. Wireless Operator Charged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

At the Melbourne City Court, Sydney Paul Morris, formerly a wireless operator in the Defence Department, was, on Friday, charged with having in his…

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Solicitor Charged. Alleged False Pretences and Forgery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court thin afternoon before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., was charged that on July 5, 1917, at west Maitland,…

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N.S.W. Land Appeal Court an Interesting Decision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 6

The N.S.W. Land Appeal Court delivered judgment last week in the following case:—In the reference by the Minister…

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Polish Soldiers Mutiny Trouble in Austrian Army. Opening of Court-martial. Copenhagen, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

Court-martials on 91 officers and 84 men of the Polish Legion have began on a charge of mutiny on February 16. The whole of the Austro-Polish army…

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