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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 102

Police Court. Three Charges of Theft

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Before Mr. J. B Scoble, J.P., at the local Police Court, on Tuesday morning last, Francis Frederick Fitton, a stranger, on remand from…

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Constables Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Charles Speechley who is charged with the murder of Constable Wolgast in Centa[?]ial Park was again before the Central Police Court to-day…

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North Sydney Murder

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Cable advices from Capetown report that Wilfred Ernest Coley, for whose arrest a warrant has been issued in connection with the North…

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Stolen Cigars. Receivers Sentenced. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

George Poulton and Henry Schm[?] who had been found guilty of receiving in connection with the loss of [?] cigars the property of [?]rt and…

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An Old Offender. Brutal Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Ida Abbott a domestic aged 27, was fined £10 in default four months imprisonment for unlawfully assaulting [?]ry Kirby, an [?]derly woman…

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Kidnapping Case. Rescued by the Police. Vancouver

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The Los Angeles police have rescued Mrs. Withcrill, whose kidnapping was reported recently. She was found to have been imprisoned…

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Profiteering Court. Marcus Clank &. Co.'s Case. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Judge Beeby was further engage with the ease of Mar[?] Clark an Company, who were charged with having sought to obtain an unreasonable…

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Constable's Murder Suspect Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 9

Charles Wynne Speechley. 31 years of age motor mechanic who was apprehended on the 27th ult at Cabramatta and questioned in connection…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The monthly sitting of Muswellbrook Police Court was held on Tuesday last, before Mr. Allan, P.M. BAKING ON SUNDAY…

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Mo Lun's Murder. Young Max Charged. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 7

Fresh developments have occurred since yesterday in connection with the murder of the: Chinese, Mo Lun. At the Newcastle Police Court this…

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Prohibited Immigrants. Japanese Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 3

Four years ago three Japanese built [?] boat at Singapore and travelled [?] to Thursday Island. They eventually reached Australia unknown to the…

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Assault and Robbery. Sensational Shooting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 12

Charles Edward Currey was arrested in Melbourne early on Sunday morning on a charge of robbery with violence at Fitzroy (Vic), in Sensational…

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Ireland the Murder Campaign

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

London, Wednesday.—Two . masked men entered the house of Mr Robert Dixon, a justice of the peace, at Dunlavin, and demanded money. On being…

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Stolen Blouses. Labourer Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 8

Ralph Corn well, a labourer, aged 28, who the police stated in court is identical with the man who was chased and arrested by Constable McEntee…

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Labourer Sentenced. Loses Control of Himself. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

At the Hobart [?] Court Clement Drake a bush labourer was sentenced to five years imprisonment on a charge of having presented a loaded…

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Mrs. Mort. Changed with Murder [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 12

A special court, presided [?] Mr. Prior, magistrate, [?] Bay Gaol on Friday [?] charged Dorothy [?] with the [?]…

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Waterfront Pilfering Cigar Thieves Sentenced. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

George Poulton and Henry Schmidt, who had been found guilty of receiving in connection with th© loss of 8000 cigars, the property of Birt and Coy,…

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The Interrupted Wedding Bridegroom Sentenced. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

James Grant, who was arrested at a Redfern church, whither he had gono to get married, was to-day sentenced to three years' imprisonment on five…

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A Split Pound Note Man Charged with Forgery

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 8

At the Sydney Central Police Court David Stewart, a French polisher, was charged with having uttered to Iris Dowling a forged Australian one pound…

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Plucky Police Recruits. London, January 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 10

The police and military in [?] were attacked on 42 occasions were killed but the police inflicted more severe losses than they…

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