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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,004 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 51

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday before Messrs. E. P. Cusick and J. Andrews, J.P., John Fogg and Thomas Evans, for having been drunk and disorderly in the…

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London Police Farewelled. Clergy Enlistments. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1918 · page 6

For hundred policemen of the Metropolitan force had an enthusiastic send-off at Scotland Yard to-day. They complete a draft of 4000 London policemen released for the…

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Alleged False Pretences. a Solicitor Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 3

Denis Leo Benedict Glasheen, solicitor, appeared before Mr A. Gates, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, on Tuesday afternoon, in answer to a…

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Baby Fatally Shot. Man Charged with Manslaughter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 1

An inquest was held in Sydney on Monday concerning the death of Teresa Todd, aged 14 months, who was shot in the right lung on May 31, and died on…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 13. (Before Mr. A. Gates P.m.) Solder Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 7

John Sylvester Brennan, 21, a soldier was charged with stealing the sum of £2, the property of Florence Barrett. Plain-clothes Constable Kennedly gave…

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Solicitor Charged. Alleged False Pretences and Forgery. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1918 · page 4

Denis Leo Benedict Glasheen, solicitor, was charted at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., that on July 5, 1917, at Went…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. P. Cusick, J.P., Robert Gear, for having been drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Cessnock Hotel, was fined £1, in default…

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Cessnock District News. Alleged Stealing. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 3

The Cessnock police on Tuesday made an arrest in connection with the robbery in Dann's store, Cessnock, recently. At the police court yesterday James Lawrence…

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East Maitland Police Court. Motorist Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 6

At the East Maitland Police Court on Friday, before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., Edward Augustus Fifth, was charged with driving a motor car to which a tail-light was not…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 6

At the Police Court' on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnut, an aboriginal named cassidy Samuels charged Wesley Freeman with having assaulted him on june 8,…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 4

Myles Joseph Skinner, 36, appeared before Mr. W. D. Geddes, J. P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning charged with having on June 13, at West Maitland, stolon…

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West Mattland Police Court. Monday, June 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 7

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday was occupied by Mr. A. Gates, P.M. FACTORY ACT PROSECUTION…

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A Revolver Incident. Returned Soldier Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 2

David Join Goddard, 34 years of age, a returned soldiers, was remanded at the Glebe Police Court yesterday on a charge of assaulting Martin Garrott Sayer, and with…

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Alleged False Pretences. a Soligitor Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 2

Denis Leo Benedict Glasheen, solicitor, appeared before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, on Tuesday afternoon, in…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 6

At the quarterly Licensing Court on Thursday, before Mesrs. R. H. V. Allnut, P.M. and Mesers A. Simmons and W. Bailey of liceneses…

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Charge of Murder. Verdict of Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 9

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

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Paterson Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court for the licensing district of Paterson will be held at the Courthouse, Paterson, on Tuesday, July 16…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 13. (Before Mr. A. Gates. P.m.) Soldier Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 8

John Sylvester Brennan, 21, a soldier was charged with stealing the sum o £2, the property of Florence Barrett. Plain-clothes Constable Kennedy gave…

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Solicitor Charged. Alleged False Pretences and Forgery. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 5

Deals Leo Benedict Glasheen, solicitor, was charged at the West Maitland Police, Court on Thursday, before Mr. Gates, P.M., that on July 5, 1917, at West…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, June 13. (Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Early Morning Squabble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 June 1918 · page 6

Cassidy Samuels, an aboriginal, charged Wesley Freeman with having assaulted him on June 8 in Foster's Lane, and also with having used…

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