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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

1,303 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 66

M.L.A. in Court. Wife's Maintenance Claim

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 3

Thomas Michael Keegan, member for Glebe in the Legislative Assembly, was proceededagainst tit the Sydney police court on Wednesday for negleeting to…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, July 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 6

The Bench at the "West Maitland Police Court, to-day, was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. DRUNKENNESS…

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Too Fat for Gaol. Montreal Woman's Advance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 2

Even fatness has its advantages writes the Montreal correspondent of the "Daily Express." Mrs. Antonia Volkovitz, a restaurant-keeper, discovered this when she was…

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East Greta Cases. Police Magistrate's Hope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 7

The adjourned cases from East Greta were continued at the West Maitland police court yesterday, before Mr: C. H. Gale, P.M., after our report closed. Annie…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 3

At the police court on Saturday, before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, J.'sP., William White appeared on a charge of having broken and entered the…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, July 8. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 6

The Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Thirty-six cases were listed, in which…

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Industrial Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 5

In the Industrial Court application was made on behalf of the employees in hotels, clubs, restaurants and retail shops for a variation of their awards, so as to provide…

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Catts Alimony Case. Divorce Court Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 6

The application on behalf of Eva Alice [?] for [?]anmony pedente lite was again before Mr. Justice Gordon in the New South Wales Divorce Court yesterday. Mrs. Catts…

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Catts Alimony Case. Divorce Court Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 6

The Catts divorce case was again before Mr. Justice Gordon in the New South Wales Divorce Court, when the report of the Registrar in Divorce on the means of…

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Hawker Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Henry Robert Sainty was charged with that at East Maitland on May 8, he, being the…

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Warden's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

The Warden, Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the Warden's Court held at East Maitland this morning. Hoctor Cumeron McDonald made application for…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, July 8, 1919. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

Arthur Blanch and Owen Curry were each fined 10s and 6s costs for playing a game of two up to the annoyance of passengers at…

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Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 4

Included in police promotions made public yesterday are the following:—To be Sergeant first-class: R. Graham (Muswellbrook); to be constables first-class,…

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Too Fat for Gaol. Mntreal Woman's Advantage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 10

von fatness has its advantages, writes to Montreal correspondent of the "Daily press." Mrs. Antonia Volkovitz, a restrant keeper, discovered this when she was…

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Military Apprentices. Industrial Court Judgment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 6

Judgment was delivered by the Full Industrial Court in two appeals Which involved the question of giving consideration to the time taken up by apprentices while…

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Police Officer Farewelled. Sergeant Sn[?] Shall's Repirement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 9

First-class Sergeant J. C. R. snu[?] of Kurri Kurri, who retired from public service on July 1, was farewelled in Lewis Hall, at a social, on the 2nd instant. by…

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Catts Alimony Case. Divorce Court Proceedings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 7

The application on behalf of Eve Alice catts for alimony pedente lite was again before Mr. Justice Gordon in the Near South Wales Divorce Court on Tuesday. Mrs. Catts…

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Warden's Court. Application for Authority to Enter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 9

In the Warden's Court at East Maitland Friday Albert Andrew Holland applied for authority to enter Portions 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 66. parish of Stanford, to search for…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 4

An unusually light list of business was presented to the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. H. Gale), at the West Maitland Police Court to-day. A prohibition order was issued…

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Big Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 5

During the week-end burglars entered the warehouse of Stanton and Mellick, silk merchants, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, and secured 430 silk shirts and over 30 pieces of…

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