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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday. January [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 11

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday was occupied by Mr. A. O. Butler, relieving Police Magistrate. IMPROPER LANGUAGE…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court Returns. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

Following is a return of the business transacted by the C.P.S. at Cessnock for the year ended 19191231: Cases under Vagrancy Act and Drunkards' Provisions of the…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, January 6. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 6

The bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was occupied by Mr. A. O. Butler. P.M. Edward London was charged, that…

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Australians Court-martialled. Extensive Frauds. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 12

Wholesale allegations concerning the moral obligations of certain officers and non-coms of the Australian demobilisation camp were made at a courtmartial…

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Hohenzollerns' Private Life Two Sons in Divorce Court (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

The ex-Kaiser's two sons, Joachim and August, have instituted divorce proceedings. Sensational rumours say that an ugly…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

The only case at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was one in which. James Germyn, 27, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the…

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Grazier Charged. Alleged Intent to Defraud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 6

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, Albert Ernest Brown, 17, a grazier, of Murrumbeena, Victoria, was charged with obtaining £1000 from Alexander Steedman, of the…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. A. O. Butter and Elias Bowden. L.M's. Stanley Stack applied for the…

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Unemployed V. Police Excitement in Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 3

About 200 unemployed, representative of many industries and discharged returned soldiers, assembled outside the Labour Bureau in Brisbane on Friday…

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Burglar Shot by Police Confederate's Daring Escape

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

Mr Dewiek's tobacconist shop, at Strathfield, was the scene of a sensational encounter early on Saturday morning. A waitress at the railway station about 3…

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Sinn Feiners. Attack Police Barracks. London. January 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

A hundred Sinn Feiners with bombs, revolvers, and shot guns made a night attack on the police barracks at Castle Hackett, Galway…

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To-day's Telegrams High Court Vacancy. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

The names of Messrs. Shand. Blackett, Campbell, Ralston, and Owen are mentioned in connection with the vacancy on the High Court bench…

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Attack on Police Barracks. Sinn Feiners with Guns and Bombs. a Hasty Retreat. London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 3

A hundred Sinn Feiners, armed with revolvers and shot guns, attacked the police barracks at Castle Hackett, County Galway, and wreeked it with bombs, and…

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Cessnock District News. Police Court. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The bench at the police court on Monday was occupied by Messrs. J. Doyle and J. B. Scohie, Js.P. John Grant was fined £1, or 7 days, for…

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Sir Edmund Barton. High Court Tributes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 7

A high tribute to the late Sid Edmund Barton was made in the High Court in Melbourne, by Mr. Justice Knox, Chief Justice who expressed the Court's serve of the great…

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Police Court. Rabbit Cases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

At the local Police Court, on Wednesday last, before Mr. A. O. Butler, S.M., the Upper Hunter P.P. Board proceeded against James…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

Norman McDonald, 20, a returned soldier, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court with having stolen a patent smooth [?], valued at 35/, the property of Myer…

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Assault, Language, and Damages

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Arthur McCarthy, a young man, appeared on five charges, namely, assaulting Sam Coroneo and Constantine Coroneo, using insulting…

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Police Risks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

That a policeman is at times called upon to encounter many dangers is well known, but there are other dangers which come from most unexpected…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

In the Licensing Court, before Messrs. Butler, E. C. Lukey, and C. H. Scott, L.M's., the quarterly report of the Inspector was read. The…

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