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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 102

Marrickville Police Mr. Dooley's Denies Influence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 3

The Acting Premier (Mr. Dooley) referred to statements made at the last meeting of the Marrickville Council that following a deputation to him,…

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Boy's Shocking Crime. Brutal Murder. Attempted Suicide. London, Feb. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 2

A remarkable written confession by a 16-year-old boy named Donald Luton charged with the murder of a septuagenarian widow. Mrs. Seabrook on…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 7

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

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr. Elms Bowden, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday. BREACH OF LIQUOR ACT…

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Clerical Scandal. Consistory Court. London, Feb. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 2

Extraordinary "charges have been lodged by his brother-in-law and a canon, well-known and popular in the North, of England, against a minister,…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 9

Judge Beeby was further engaged with the case of Marcus Clark and Company, who were charged with having sought to obtain an unreasonable…

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The McPhee Case Question of Contractor's Payment. Effect of Court's Decision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 5

At the Municipal Council's meeting on Thursday evening a letter was read from Mr W. J. Cragg, solicitor, written before the recont case against Mr…

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Municipal Employment. West Maitland Council Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon the West Maitland Municipal. Council was. charged, with, on November 2, being an employer desiring to obtain…

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Mo Lun's Murder. Sensational Evidence. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

Evidence of a sensational nature was given by plain-clothes Constable Me carthy at the adjourned interest held to-day regarding the death of…

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Military Sentence. Questioned in Court. London, February 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Times" at Dublin states that the Court of king's Bench is hearing legal arguments on behalf of John allen. who was court…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., and Elias Bowden, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 2

Michael Stanley Moroney applied for a billiard license for premises in Pelaw Main. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for applicant…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 14. (Before Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., and Elias Bowden, J.p.). in Possession of Rug

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 2

Timothy Cotter, 54, was charged with, on February 10, having in his possession a travelling rug, reasonably supposed to have been stolen,…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 2

At the local Police Court, this morning, before Messrs. D. Fleming, W. V. Parkinson, and G M'Kay; J's.P., a young man named…

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Alleged Murder. Statements in Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

George Gunter, a homeopathist, aged 53, and Royal Vivian Thomas Berg a baker, aged 27 who were arrested a few days ago and charged…

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Howe's Valley Police Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 2

A letter has been received from the Chief Secretary's Department in connection with the public station at Howe's Valley, stating that an officer of the…

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Conspiracy to Cheat Two Men Sent to Gaol. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 5

Thomas Baker and John Jupp were sentenced to 18 months and 12 months imprisonment on a charge of having conspired among themselves and with…

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Murder of Mo Lun. Evidence at the Inquest. Poole Committed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 6

The inquest into the death of Jung Mo Lun, whose body was round by the New Lambton-Card[?] roadside on [?] 20 with gunshot wounds in the…

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Gaol Officials Hoaxed. Prisoners Released. London, February 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 5

The "Star" states that though the military are still silent, it is generally believed that a party of mock soldiers led by a bogus officer, called at the gaol…

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Unemployed in Sydney. Arrests by Police. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 5

About 200 unemployed march through the city this morning. They took possession of the sidewalk in George-street A large posse of police the majority…

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Woollen Mills. Parramatta Gaol Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 6

The scheme to establish woollen mills in the old Parramatta Goal, under a system of guild socialism, is still under active consideration by the committee…

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Clever Gaol Breaker. London, February 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 5

Londonderry reports another dramatic escape from prison. Francis Carty was awaiting trial by court martial. He filed the bars of his cell and used a rope…

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