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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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

North Sydney Murder. Warrant Issued for Young Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

A warrant was issued on Thursday afternoon for the arrest of the young man, Wilfrid Ernest Coley, who is said to have been seen in the company of…

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Court Martials Epidemic. London, Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

There were 53 court-martials in Ireland for the week ending December 28. They included a driver in the auxiliary division, who was sentenced to…

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Sinn Fein Murder. a Modern De Quincey on the Irish Terror

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

Do Quincey's famous, paper on "Murder as a Fine Art" explores a wide and grizzily Held of homicidal horror, and for well-nigh a century it…

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East Maitland Court. Friday, January 7, 1921

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

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. INDECENT LANGUAGE…

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Warden's Court. (Before the Warden, Mr. G. Atkin.)

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

When the application of Agnes Eliza[?], to enter portions 22 and 23, parish Cessnock, 47, 30 and 39 Mulbring, 72 Stanford, to search for coal,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 4

Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M. at the West Maitland Police Court this morning,Patrick Keating was fined 10/ for being drank and disordely in…

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Emu Yale Tragedy. Hotelkeeper Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

James Record Comericerd [?]of the Ema Vale Hotel was charged at the Warwick Court (Q.) with having on December 31. which murdered…

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Bigamy Young Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 7

Kathleen May Ballarn aged 23, who was carrying a baby, in Brisbane City Police Court On Wednesday, charged that she, on May 16, 1919, at…

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Alleged Stealing. Accusld's Request. Sydney

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

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 Connvicted for Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 7

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

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Bankruptcy Court. Increase in Petitions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 12

The petitions Presented in the Bankruptey Court during 1929 numbered 344. of which 199 were by debiors 134 by creditors and the…

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West Mailand Court. Tuesday, January 4

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

The bench at the West Maitland police Court on Tuesday was occupied by Mr. G. Atkin P.M. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 11

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

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Case Remitted to Magistrate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 6

The appeal of First-class Sergeant Mennry against the decision of Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., in dismissing a charge, of consigning diseased cattle laid against…

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Athens Murder. London Jan 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Athens correspondent reports that Colonel Fatseas ex-president of the court-martial, which was established under the Venizellal regine…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Messrs, G. Atkin, Elias Bowden and J.W. Birkenhead, L.Ms, presided at the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning…

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Departure of Police Officer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 6

Sergeant W. J. Small, who has been transferred to the charge of Burren Junction police district, was in Singleton during the week bidding good-bye…

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North Shore Murder Search for Coley. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 5

The police are still searching for William Coley, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Gertrude McGrath…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, January 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

"Mr. G. Atkin, P.M. occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. ILLTREATING A HORSE…

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Crime in America. (Published by arrangement). Riot of Robbery and Murder. Prohibition's Starling Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

We have it dinned into our ears with exasperating repetition from every prohibition platform that drink is the mother of crime. America is…

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