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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,004 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 51

Returned Soldier in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Before Mr. W. J. Hozell, at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, a returned discharged soldier was charged with drunkenness.—The police stated that defendant had in his…

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Buried Alive. "Professor" Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 10

An astonishing story of a young compositor who was hypnotised and practically burled alive by a self-styled professor is disclosed in the latest West Indian…

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Find of Jewellery. Two Men Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 13

A large quantity of jewellery was found by detectives near the Victoria Park Racecourse last week, and subsequently two arrests were made. Early this week the men…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday. january 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 6

The bench at the west Maitiand police court to-day was occupted by C. H. Gale. P. M. and Elias Bowden J. P. PROHIBITION ORDER…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Joseph Alexander Wright appeared before Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday on charges of being drunk on the East Maitland railway…

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[?] Assault on State Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

In the Children's Court at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon, the guardian of a State boy was charged with having assaulted the lad. Inspector Hanson…

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Police Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

The annual examination for police, to enable candidates to qualify for promotion to a higher grade in the service, was held at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day. There…

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Anti-conscription Speaker. Sentenced to Six Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

At the Central Summons Court, yesterday, Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., dealt with the adjourned case in which Percy McDonald, an anti-conscription speaker, who…

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Railway Employees Charged. Alleged Larceny of Samples

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

Joseph Edward Walton and Frederick James Mepstead, young men described as railway employees, were charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, with stealing on or…

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Lease of a Racehorse. Small Debts Court Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

In the West Maitland Small Debts Court yesterday, over which Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., presided Francis Holderoft, of Millers's Forrest sued James Graves, of East Maitland,…

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Police, Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Matters were Very 'quiet at the West Maitland Police Court to-day. Only one case required the attention of the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. H. Gale, that of an inebriate, who…

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Murder Enquiries. Petrograd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 5

M. Lenin is personally enquiring into the recent murders. Shingareff was widely known, and very popular in petrograd, and Knochin was equally so in Mocow. Even…

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Murder of Members. Others Imprisoned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 3

The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that M. Shingareff, an x-Minister of the Provincial Government, and M. kokoshkin,…

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Local News Dairies in Police Patrol District

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

In that portion of the Singleton district controlled by First-class Sergeant Nacarrow, as local authority in connection with the Dairy Supervision Act,…

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Conditions in Hungary Industry at a Standstill Frequent Collisions with Police. Zurich, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

The earlier and more optimistic reports from Austria are believed to have been due to Austro-Swiss propaganda. The "Neuste Nach Richten" says the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. G. Hazell. J.P., Edward Mayfield Crickenden was remanded to Inverell, on a charge of disobeying an order…

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Police Hospital Carnival

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

A big effort is being made by the New South Wales Police and the Firemen to assist the Hospitals, and to that end a big art union is being arranged under the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

The bench, at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday was occupied by Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Elias Bowden, J.P. PROHIBITION ORDER…

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Buried Alive. "Professor" Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 13

An astonishing story of a young compositor who was hypnotised and practically buried alive by a self-styled professor is disclosed in the latest West Indian…

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Anti-conscription Speaker. Sentenced to Six Months

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

At the Central Summons Court on Monday, Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., dealt with the adjourned case in which Percy McDonald, an anti-conscription speaker, who…

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