Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 102

Bread and Jam. Applications to Profiteering Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 7

An application for an increase in the charge for bread at Bowral, Moss Vale and surrounding districts was refused by the Pro[?]eering Prevention Court…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Milk Crisis. Application to the Court. No Suspension on Proclamation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 4

An endeavour by the Grand Council of the Milk Suppliers' Association to have the recent proclamation fixing the prices of milk suspended was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Alleged Conspiracy City Hairdressers in Court. Violet Ray and Manicuring. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 3

Three men, George M'Donald and Arthur O'Donnell, hairdressers, and Adrian Ulm, agent, were before the Central Police Court to-day, charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Indecent Assault. Three Year's Penal Servitude

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

Harry Walker, aged 23, described as an actor, who was convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions of having indecently assaulted a girl of eight…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Cessnock Police Court. (Before Mr. G. Atkin P.m.) Tuesday, February 22, 1921

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 5

Gordon Apthorpe was fined £2, with 8/ costs, or 14 days, for having used improper language. John Dedrich was charged with having behaved in an…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, Amy Meyer proceeded against E. J. Miller, claiming £3/10/ for board…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dublin Tragedy. Cold Blooded Murder. London, Feb. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 5

Three constabulary orderlies were fired on in front of Dublin Castle. They were employed in the office of the Police Advisor, which they had left for…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Police and Firemen's Art Union Ticket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 4

It was stated at a meeting of the committee of the Maitland Hospital when the Police and Firemen's Art Union Carnival was being discussed…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Seamen's Dispute. Arbitration Court Discussion. Justice Powers to Hear the Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

The shipping trouble was further discussed before Mr. Justice Powers in the Arbitration Court in Melbourne. Mr. Owen Dixon, who appeared for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Indecent Assault. Actor Sentenced. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 6

Harry Walker (23), described as an actor, who was convicted at the Sydney Sessions of having indecently assaulted a girl eight years of age at Sirius Cove,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

St. Kilda Murder. Pierce Brothers Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 9

The second trial of the brothers James Thomas and Henry Pierce on a charge of murdering David Strung Davidson at St. on November 2, was…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Alleged Assault. Unemployed Labourer Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 5

Cecil Coe, a labourer, was charged at the Police Court this morning with having unlawfully assaulted Kathleen Basyll…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Rabbit Poison Storekeeper Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 6

A question of importance to country stores, as well as landholders, was heard in the Glen Innes Police Court, before Mr W. I. Perry, P.M. The…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Lismore Burglary. Two Men Arrested in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 5

A telegram, which was received police headquarters in Sydney, on Sunday from inspector of Woods of Lismore, stated that a store fit Yuki near…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Breaking Gaol. Fantastic, Story. London. February 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 10

The escape of Feeling is officially confirmed but Cublin denies that the prison authorities were hoaxed without, however, explaining how Teel…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Alleged Murder. Ex-constable Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 5

John O'Loughlin, formerly a constable, and recently a partner in a pastoral lease with Thomas, James a storekeeper of Burville (W.A.)…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Anderson Sentenced. the Judge's Comment. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

Found guilty of having procured unlawful drugs, John Anderson was sentenced at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to three months imprisonment…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

North Shore Murder. Coley Confesses Guilt

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 5

Wilfred Coley, charged with the murder of Gertrude M'Grath, at North Sydney, was again before the Brisbane Police Court to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Alleged Conspiracy Five Persons Charged. Hosiery Transactions. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 5

Five persons, Hector Moxley, a manager, Edmund Bartlett, a traveller, Robert Stokes, an agent, Ester Cook, an agent and Alfred Blakemore, a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Brutal Murder. Boy Committed. London February 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

At the inquest of Mrs Seabrook, the septuagenarina widow, who was murdered at St. Albans on January 27, a verdict of wilful murder was returned…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →