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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 102

North Sydney Murder. No Arrest Yet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 6

The dislocation of telegraphic communication, owing to the Christmas holidays, has materially hindered the efforts of the police in tracing the…

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Charge of Murder O'keefe Remanded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 8

At the Sydney [?] Police [?] O'keete, [?] of [?]…

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Charge of Murder. Preferred Against Mrs. Mort

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 7

Mrs. H. S. More, of Owen-streets Lindfield, who was found shot in a room at her residence while Dr. Claude J.Tozer, the well-known…

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High Court. New Judge Probable

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 13

In Federal political circles the Cabinet is creditor with the intention of introducing a hill at the earliest opportunity to add to the High Court Bench…

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League of Nations. International Court. London. Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

The necessary number of nations namely, twenty-two, have signed the protocol providing for the establishment, of a permanent Court…

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Bankruptcy Court. Increase in Petitions. But Smaller Deficiency

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

Tho petitions presented in the Bankruptcy Court during 1920 numbered 344, of which 199 were by debtors, 184 by creditors, and the…

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Lindfield Tragedy. Dr. Tozer Did Not Fire the Shots. Police Opinion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 9

Beyond a statement made by the police that they are satisfied the thooting at Lindfield on Tuesday. Which resulted in the death of…

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Emu Vale Tragedy. Hotelkeeper Charged with Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

James Richard Comerford He[?]sec of the Ema Vale Hotel, was charged at the Warwick Court (Q), with having on December 31 wilfully murdered…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

Daniel O'Keeffe was again brought before the central police court charged with having maliciously and feloniously murdered…

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Lindfield Tragedy Mrs Mort Charged

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

Mrs H. S. Mort, of Inglebar, Lindfield, was charged at the Royal North Shore Hospital last week with having murdered Dr. Claude J. Tozer. The…

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West Maitland Court. Tuesday, January 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. G. Atkin, P.M. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR…

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Constitution of Court. Judge Beeby President

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

Judge Beeby will be President of the Profiteering Prevention Court without additional remuneration. The appointment of any additional judge is not…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

Sue Tong, 62, a Chinese, cook appeared before Mr. W.S. Bromhead, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon, for failing…

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Alleged Stealing Accused's Request. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

James Grant, or Harry Smith, who was arrested last Friday a few minutes before his wedding ceremony was to have been performed, reappeared at the…

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A Painful Case. Deserted Woman Convicted for Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 6

May Groves (32), who was before the Central Police Court, Sydney, on a changed of stealing, 48 yards of silk valued at £19 from Mark Foy's said…

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British Unemployed. Conflict with Police. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

At Islington the unemployed who were recently ejected from their library stronghold counter-attacked yesterday with firearms, gaspipes,…

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Alleged Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

Phylis Carmier again appeared at the Central Police Court charged with baving feloniously and maliciously murdered william Coltins. Accused was…

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Arrest Stops Wedding Accused Before the Court. An Unsympathetic Magistrate. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

James Grant, who was arrested on Friday night while he was albout to be married, re-appeared at the Central Police Court to-day charged with having…

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A Criminal Cleric Italy's Rasputin. 24 Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

London, Monday.—The special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Milan writes:— There has been intense excitement…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., Winton Maxwell, 29, on remand was charged with…

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