News From Ireland. a Startling Murder. London
An armed and masked band broke into the residence of the Lord Mayor of Cork early this morning and shot him dead. They then decamped in a motor car…
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Courts & crime, 1920
1,672 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 84
English Crime Wave. Police Chief's Plea for the Cat. [?]
The many recent crimes of savage lawlessness in London and the country are causing both official and public anxiety. The question most widely discussed is "What…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Morpeth Police Court
Henry Smith was before Mr. E. J. Cutcliffe, J.P., at the Morpeth Police Court on Saturday and was fined 2/6, or the rising of the court, for being drunk, and 5/- or 24…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Police Court. Monday, March 22. CESSNOCK
At the police court yesterday Sarah Craft was charged with attempting to commit suicide on March 18. There had been a fre at Craft's residence the night previous, and…
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A sitting of the local Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Mr G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr A. Simmons, J.P. George T. Howard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Most Foul. Horrors of Bolshevik Tyranny
In his Guildhall speech the Prime Minister has put forward the disastrous proposal to make friends with the Bolsheviks (writes a correspondent to the London "Daily Mail")…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Court Horadam v. Horadam. a Singleton Case. Sydney
In the Supreme Court to-day William Joseph Horadam, a returned soldier, previously living at Glendon, near Singleton, applied to Mr Justice Gordon for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-internee Sentenced. Allegations Against Ministers
A recently released German internee, Paul Frederick William Alfred Klatt, a commission agent, was tined £50, in addition to six months imprisonment, at the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Use of Firearms. Mr. Justice Wade's Comments. Two Soldiers Sentenced
At the Control Criminal Court Mr. Justice Wade passed sentence on two returned soldiers, William Henry Blackburn and George James Cook, both of whom had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Woman's Death. Charge of Murder. Sydney
Annie Edith Naughton (60), who was dressed in deep black, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court this morning on a charge of murdering Mary Jane Ryan at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lubra Wreck. Marine Court Finding
The Marine Court consisting of Judge Cohen with Captains [?] Hall and H.C. Chudleigh [?] inquired into the circumstances surrounding the w[?]eek of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gundagai Poisoning Case. Wife Charged with Murder
At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, before Mr Justice Wade, Florence Amy Agnes Elliott was charged with having on July 6 at South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton
At the police court before Mr. G. Atkin, Police Magistrate, Purvis Marshall pleaded guilty to not having travelled his required daily mileage with a mob of 3040 sheep, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Theft From Steamers
The theft of 6000 yards of Bretonne not, valued at £1000, which had been consigned on the steamers Cooce and Palma to the firm of Reid and Smith,…
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Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr. A. Simmons, J.P., in the local Licensing Court, the license of the Federal Hotel. Bourkestreet, was transferred from George T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I.w.w. Men Allegations Against Police
According to Mr Garden, secretary of the Labor Council, the police, have started in every suburb and in country towns to harrass speakers who advocate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Adjournment Until
At the Police Court on Monday, before Mr. E. P. Cusick, J.P., Sarah Craft was charged with having, on March 18, at Ceasnock, attempted to commit…
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The license of the Lochinvar Hotel was transferred from John Thomas Keys to James Fraser A billiard license at Cessnock was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Friday, March 26. (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.m.). Case Adjourned
James Minslow wa charged with that he did at West Maitland on March 11, he then being charge of a vehicle, drive with such wilful neglect as to cause bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court. a Wengen Case
Thomas Stephen Walsh and his wife, Esther Walsh, were plaintiffs, and Albert Elias Friedman, brother of Mrs. Walsh, was defendant, in a…
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