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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,672 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 84

I.W.W. Murders. Criminals Sentenced Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

Seven members of the I.W.W. have been sentenced to terms ranging from 25 to 40 years for the murder in connection with the "famous Armistice Day." riot at Centralia…

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Coogee Murder. Evidence for the Defence. Meagher Acquitted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 9

The trini of John Mengher (34), on a charge in murdering his win; Marje Kathleen Manager at Coogee on November 20 last, was continued at Darlinghurst, before Mr. Justice Wade and a jury…

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Sensation on a Train. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Two Ladies Roughly Handled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

The Singleton police were informed by telephone from Rix's Creek on Saturday night that a sensational ease of assault and robbery had…

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Retrospective Award High Court's Judgment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 14

The Commonwealth Court of Coa[?]tion and Aribtration has power to [?] retrospective awards, giving back pay the date of expiration of an old [?]…

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A Chinese Grog Shop Big Seizure by Police. Stock Worth £2000. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 4

Phillip Le Chin, a Chinese storekeeper, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with selling Chinese brandy without a license…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court was occupied by Mr. G. Atkin, J.P. INEBRIATES DEALT WITH. Two inebriates were dealt with. One was…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. Accused Committed. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 5

William Benjamin Ellis, a young man, was committed for trail at the Police Court to-day to the Singleton Quarter Sessions on June 22, or elsewhere, as might be directed,…

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Disobeyed Court Order

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

For having failed to comply with an order made by the West Maitland bench for the Maitland bench for the maintenance of his wife, an individual, who had been arrested at Albury, after…

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Cessnock Police Court. Stealing Poultry. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 6

At the police court on Monday before Messrs. G. Broken and S. W. Snape, Js.P,. Ernest John Hamilton was charged that, on April 10, at Bellbird, he did steal five…

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Police Court Acoustics

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

On many occasions visiting judges, magistrates, and lawyers have commented on the defective acoustie qualities of the local police court. The same…

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Attempted Burglary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Mr and Mrs A. H. Abbott and faily, "Kenilworth," Dungog, are spending holidays at their seaside house at Harrington and during their…

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Sydney for Murder. Father O'reilly's Startling Statement

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

Father O'Reilly, principal of St. John's College at Sydney University delivered a speech upon Stan Fein at an irish-Ireland concert in the Sydney Town Hall last…

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Crime in Ireland Police Constable Shot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

London, Saturday.—A party lying in ambush at Nenagh fired at three constables. One was shot dead, and a third was in a dying condition,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Two Accused Committed Loaded Revolver in Evidence. The Maternal Instinct

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

At the Police Court on Friday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., Augustus Martin Brickman, aged 23, and Albert Henry Wiseman,…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Ladies' Railway Experience Young Man Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 3

At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse J.'sP., William Benjamin Ellis, a young man, of respectable appearance,…

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R. D. Meagher's Application Refused by Full Court. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

The Full Court to-day announced its decision regarding Mr R. D. Meagher's application for reinstatement as a solicitor. It was considered that no new…

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Assault and Robbery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

At Singleton Police Court, on Monday, William Benjanim Ellis, a young man of respectable appearance, answered to his ball on…

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Acquitted Ok Murder

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

The trial of Robert Fahl at Perth (W.A.) for the murder of Otto Bismarck Haub as concluded. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground that accused was…

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Dual Murder. Paris Mystery. London, Monday Night

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

A Parish Message states that the police nonplussed by a dual murder having similar remarkable features. A wealthy retired merchant named Dest…

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The Irish Police. Their Dangerous Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

The attempt on the life of Lord French reminds me (writes an ex-District Inspector in London "Dally Mall") that the personal danger to which officers and men of…

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