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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 102

Police Farewelled. Inspector Buzzacott and Constable Kennedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 11

Before the business of the West Maitland Police Court commenced on Monday the Branch and Legal profession farewelled Inspector Buzzacott, wa[?]…

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German Communists. Pickwickian Police. London, March 30

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

The "Times" Berlin remarks that the Communist agitation has moved in the direction of Leipzig. Whether the sporadic outbursts will…

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Rejected Lover's Vengeance Murder and Suicide. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 5

Allan Lloyd, aged 25, a tram conductor, murdered his former fiancee, Gladys Ivy Merill, aged 19, at Mascot, this morning, and then committed suicide…

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Police Raid. an Alleged Opium Den. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

The police raided an alleged opiumdensin Fosten-street, city at a late hour last night. One of the inmates a Chinese…

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Price of Milk. Disobeying the Court. Judge Beeby's Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 2

In the Profiteering Prevention Court at Newcastle Judge Beeby was asked by the milk supply companies to revoke the intermediate prices for milk. Mr…

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Unemployed Use Threats Police Guard Premier's Office Mr Dooley Warns Warner

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 7

Another development in the matter of the, unemployed occurred in Sydney on Wednesday, while the Cabinet was sitting at the Treasury discussing the…

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American Peonage Williams on Trial. Search for Arms in Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 7

New York, Wednesday.—A message from Covington (Georgia). states that John Williams' trial has opened. Heavily armed guards searched all…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, April 4. (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.m.). Cases Adjourned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 13

Cases against Dichys[?]os Joseph McGuire, licenses of the Angel [?], for breacues of the Liquor Act, were [?] journed until April [?] on the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., J. W. Birkenhead, and Elias Bowden, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. A…

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Sentenced for Fraud Repatriation Clerk in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 3

Albert Edward McCann, a repatriation clerk of South Grafton, pleaded guilty at the Grafton Quarter Sessions to charges of' omitting to…

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Quarterly Meeting Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, the bench being occupied by Messs. G. Atkin, P.M…

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Constable's Murder Speechley on Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

The trial of Charles Wynn Speechley, charged with the murder of Constable Frederick Wm. Wolgast in Centennial Park, was commenced…

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Sentenced for Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

Thomas Botsam (26), a trimmer, was charged with having stolen a quantity of serge, at the Central Police Court to-day. The magistrate said he could…

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Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

A batch of police promotions is announced to take place as, from April 1. Most of them, however, relate to the metropolis. Constables E. H…

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Smart Police Capture

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

Sergeant Carman and Constables Burke, Tracey, Laney, and Trew, of the George Street North Police Station, figures in an exciting arrest on Friday…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

An adjourned sitting of the Licensing Court was held this morning, to deal with the case of Thomas Joseph McNamara, licensee of the Rose Inn…

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Constable's Murder Accused's Statement. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

The trial of Charles Speechiey, charged with the murder of Constable Welgast was resumed to-day. Accused made a long statement…

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Murder of Negroes. Imprisonment for Life

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

New York, Sunday.—Covington Williams, the Goorgia planter charged with peonage and the murder of negroes, has been found guilty of murder and…

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La Barte Sentenced Seven Years' Penal Servitude. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

Those Butler La Barte, who was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, was brought up to-day for sentence. The Chief Justice said that had it not been…

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Wolgast Murder. Trial of Charles Speechley. Additional Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 6

Further evidence was heard in the Central Criminal Court, before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, in the case in which Charles Wynn…

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