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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

1,303 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 66

Dungog Court. Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 6

Before Mr. Fletcher, Polices Magistrate, on Thursday, 17th inst., the application of Mrs. Mitchell for the transfer of the license of the Erringhi…

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Wardens Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 6

John David Morrish, a miner, was granted authority to enter certain lands, also Theodore Richard Towells was granted similar authority…

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Shire Appeal Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 6

There were several applications for reduction of assessment by owners of blocks of the Lyndhurst Vale estate. In the first case the appellant said…

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Boys Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

At the East Maitland Children's Court this morning three boys, residents of Islington, and aged respectively 16, 14 and 13 years, were charged with attempting to break and enter the…

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Licensing Court. Application for Colonial Wine License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 3

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday. Edwin James Anstey applied for a certificate authorising the issue of a colonial wine license for premises in…

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West Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., William James Hunter, 31, was charged with having at West Maitland on April 15 given…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

Before Messrs. W.B. Pryor and A. Young, Js.P., at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, Lancelot Matthews, 22, a carter, was charged with having at East…

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The Tuck Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 15

William Doyle, 17 years of age, was arrested on Saturday night in William-street, Sydney, in connection with the murder of Hugo Tuck, also known as Albert Spencer,…

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The Tick Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

William Doyle, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Hugo Tuck, was brought up at the Police Court on Saturday morning last,…

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Police Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 2

Two members of the local police force, Constables Ford and Stinson, have received orders to report for duty at headquarters in Sydney at the…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

The Circuit Court will open at the East Maitland Courthouse on Monday, and included in the cases set down for hearing are the following:—Joseph Harrison and…

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Accused Before Court. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 15

William Doyle, who was arrested in connection with Tuck's murder, was brought before the Sydney Police Court this morning. When accused entered the dock,…

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Murder at Munich

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent under date April 25, states that a message from Munich reports that Spartaeus soldiers dragged from the hospital and killed Count Arco Valley…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 28. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). Drunkenness and Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 7

E11en Sullivan, 38, was charged with being drunk in Elgin-street on Saturday morning and with having made use of indecent language. She pleaded guilty, and…

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Betting Transaction. District Court Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 3

At the Wagga District Court His Honor Judge Bevan had before him a case in which J. Lonsdale sued Thomas Hanson for £12/10/ representing a bet made on…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, April 28. (Before his Honor Justice Sly)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 2

The sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court were opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, before his Honor Justice Sly. Mr. H. V. Jaques was Crown Prosecutor and Mr…

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Horse Trainer Charged. Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 6

At the Redfern Police Court, George Bell 36, a horse trainer, was charged with stealing on May 1 1918 a gold bangle belonging to Annie Faddy, and a gold bangle, a…

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Cessnock Police Court. Saturday, April 26. CESSNOCK, Tuesday. (Before Mr. J. B. Scoble, J.p.) Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 6

Clarence Freeman Shins, allas john sims, on remand from Bathurst was charged, that between February 13 and 15, he did steal a saddle and bridle, valued at 16, the…

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Maitland Cir[?] Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

In connection with the civil side of the Maitland District Court, His Honor, Justice Sly intimated that he would not take the civil business before 2 o'clock…

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Supreme Court Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. George Marlow, well-known in the [?]cal circles, has issued a Supreme Court writ, against the camden Park Company, Ltd. claiming £500 damaged in respect…

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