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Courts & crime, 1919

1,303 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 66

East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court, before Messrs. J. Young and F. Duncan, Js. P., John McLaughlin, a young man, was charged with having behaved in an indecent manner in East…

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Melbourne Riot. Treasury Offices Wrecked. Brutal Assault on Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

Wild scenes, culminating in the wrecking of some of the State Government offices, and the wounding of the Premier, Mr. Lawson, occurred in Melbourne yesterday…

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London Police. London, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

The police Commission recommends an eight-hour day, and a starting pay of £3/10/ per week…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, July 22. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 7

The bench at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Thomas Clayton was charged, that on…

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Sentenced for Mutiny. Seaman Gets Twelve Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

With her jibboom and foretopgallant mast missing, her docks swept clean of all small boats except one, and a casualty list of two men swept overboard, the American…

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Nelson's Bay Case. Alleged Wife Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 5

The Newcastle district coroner Mr. C. Hibble) held an inquest on Elsie Langford, who died in Newcastle Hospital on July 16 from the effects of a bullet wound, Mr. H…

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Walsh Dealt With. Fined £200 and Sentenced to Three Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 6

Sitting in Commonwealth Jurisdiction in Melbourne, Mr. P. Cohen, P.M., dealt with the case of Thomas Walsh, secretary to the Seamen's Union, who…

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Heavy Court List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 4

There is every indication of Monday next proving an unusually busy day at the West Maitland Police Court. Apart from a number of what might be termed ordinary cases…

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Tennis Court to be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 4

East Maitland has its bowling green and its croquet green, and now everything points, to its getting a tennis court put down on the reserve in proximity to the two…

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Red Cross Goods. Swede Fined for Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 3

Martin Lersson, 57 years of age, a foreman stevedore, was charged at the Globe Police Court, with having unlawful possession of two old paris of military boots and…

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Nelson's Bay Scooting. Langford Before This Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 6

Herbert Edgar Langford (29), engineer, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court with having, at Nelson's Bay, on June 20, shot at Frank Howell, with intent to…

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Melbourne Riot. Treasury Offices Wrecked. Brutal Assault on Premier. Police Disperse Mob. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 3

Wild scenes, culminating in the wrecking of some of the State Government offices, and the wounding of the Premier, Mr. Lawson,…

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Sent to Gaol for 3 Months

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 2

Thomas Walsh, secretary of the Melbourne Seamen's Union, was on Monday fined £200 and sentenced to imprisonment for…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Tuesday, July 22,1919. Trouble Over a Duck

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

James Lonergan was charged that on the 6th day of June, 1919, he did steal in company with another man, unknown, one duck…

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Police Magistrate's Leave

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

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Police Magistrate, will be entering on extended leave from the end of next week, and will spend six months on vacation before resuming duty. During…

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Singleton Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 9

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the police court yesterday. I Charles Leslie Rose, a senior cadet,…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, July 22. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 3

The bench at the Cessnock police Court on Tuesday was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Thomas Clayton was charged, that on…

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Red Cross Goods. Swede Fined for Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 5

Martin Lersson, 57 years of age, foreman stevedore, was charged at the Glebe Police Court with having unlawful possession of two old pairs of…

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To Be Imprisoned. Considine Charged with Disloyalty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 3

Sitting in Federal Jurisdiction in Melbourne, Mr. Kelly, P.M., dealt with the adjourned case of Michael Patrick Considine, M.H.R., for the Barrier, on a charge of…

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Nelson's Bay Case. Alleged Wife Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 3

The Newcastle district coroner Mr. C. Hibble) held an inquest on Elsie Langford, who died in Newcastle Hospital on July 16 from the effects of a bullet wound. Mr. H…

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