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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,004 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 51

Stealing From Wharves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 4

The magistrate, in sentencing Herbert Darcy to seven days' imprisonment, for stealing zine plate, said he had heard it stated that property valued at £100,000 was…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, Frbruary 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 8

The bench, at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was occupied by Mr. C. H. Cale, P.M. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…

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Bullahdelah Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

Before Mr F. F. Potts, P.M., at Bullahdelah, the police proceeded against R. Nelson, on a charge of falsely representing himself as a returned…

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Burglary at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

The Sample room at Cessnock Hotel was entered last night, and about 1 worth of woolens stolen belonging to Robert Reid and CO. Entrance was effected through a window. The…

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A Youthful Shebeener Girl of 17 in Court. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 3

At the Central Police Court this morning, Isabella King, a girl of little more than 17 years of age, was fined £30 for selling four bottles of beer on…

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News by Wire. Alleged Stealing. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 5

Charles Bradlaugh, or Brookshaw, appeared at Sydney Police Court on a charge of stealing £274, the property of John Borthwick, of Inverell. The Police Prosecutor said…

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Another Daring Theft. £27 Stolen. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 5

Another daring theft was carried out in the city this morning. Shortly after nine o'clock Oliver Tucker, an assistant employed by the Postmastor-General's…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, February 14. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). During on Footbath

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 6

[?] A cyclist, who was proceeded against by Traffic-inspector Hughes for riding a bicycle on the footpath in Regent-street,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Ellas Bowden and J. W. Blackenhead, L.Ms.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 6

The hearing of the applications by Andrew Thomas Brogan for a billiard license for premises at Cessnock, was resumed this morning, Mr. J. R. Carlton, for Mr. W. J…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

Robert Lees, 72 years of age, appeared before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning on a charge of having used indecent language in…

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Police and Firemen's Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

The Cessnock police have received a fur-ther supply of tickets (£100 worth) for sale, in connection with the police and firemen's sports. The local committee, which…

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Police & Firemen's Hospital Carnival. a Noble Effort. How Country Districts May Help

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 5

The incessant demands made upon business firms and the public generally on behalf of the various patriotic funds have seriously affected our many…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 16

Before the P.M., at the Police Court on Thursday, a number of defendants were proceeded against by Inspector Cardow for falling to comply with the law regarding destruction…

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Singleton Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 4

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., several people were proceeded against by Inpeople Cardow for having failed to…

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Militant Labour. Police Flouted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The beer strikers at Clonqurry (Q.) have been very active the last few days, openly insulting citizens who drink in hotels declared black. The men go about in groups. A…

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Victorian Police. Increase of Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 12
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Mr. A. A. Farthing, secretary to the Victorian Cabinet, has made it clear that the increase of 1/ a day granted by the Ministry to the sub-officers and men of the police force…

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Police & Firemen's Hospital Carnival. a Noble Effort. How Country Districts May Help

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 5

The incessant demands made upon business firms and the public generally on behalf of the various patriotic funds have seriously affected our many…

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Petrograd Horrors. Anarchy and Murder. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 5

A telegram from Petrograd relating happenings since February 6 conveys, an idea of the horrors of the situation. Street shooting has been the order of the day, becoming…

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