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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 102

Muswellbrook Reminiscence a "Proper" Magistrate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

Law Courts throughout history have been the scene of many amusing incidents, and an occurrence in the Muswellbrook Police Court, many…

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A Brutal Assault. Woman Rendered Unconscious

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 2

A young married woman, Mrs. Hansen, who lives with her husband at North Bondi, was the victim of a brutal assault on Friday…

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A Brutal Assault Woman Rendered Unconscious

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 1

A young married woman, Mrs Hansen, who lives with her husband at North Bondi, was the victim of a brutal assault on Friday…

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Island Murder. Native Policeman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

A native policeman at Nine, in the Cook Islands, was murdered with a tomahawk following his over-officious interpretation of the quaint…

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Cargo Pillaging. Evidence of Inspector General of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

Continuing his evidence before the Cargo Pillaging Commission in Sydney, Mr. Mitcheell. Inspector- General of Police, said that a few years ago in…

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Stolen Naval Plans German Court Deals with Traitor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

The relentlessness of German justice when it is a question of naval or military integrity was seen in a case at Hamburg lecently, when a workman named…

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Charge of Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1921 · page 5

Hector Moxley, department manager, and Edmund Bartlett town traveller, were placed on trial at Darlinghurst sessions charged with…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 4

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. James M'Lauchlia, J.P. For being drunk in High-street…

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Police Court Cases

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

At tho local Police Court on Tuesday, William Selfe, a stranger, was fined £2, or 14 days for travelling by railway from Newcastle to Singleton without a…

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Alleged Theft of Hosiery Traveller and Ivlanager in Court. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

Hector Morley, departmental,maniager, and Edmund'Bartlett, town traveller, were placed on trial at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of…

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Alleged Drugging. Two Women Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 4

Maisie Pierce (24) and Beatrice Mcintosh,(37) were committed for trail at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on a charged of stealing £82 from John…

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The Newport Murder Joke Accused Youth Remanded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 1

On Monday, at Melbourne, Frederick William Lohse (19) was formally charged at the City Court with the murder of the lad, George Day, the victim of an…

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Magistrate on Income Tax Non-payment Cause of Supertax. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

"If everybody paid their income tax we wouldn't have this wretched supertax," said Mr Gale, S.M,., at the Central Police Court to-day, in imposing fines…

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The Latest. a "Breeze" in Court. Mr Mahony and Mr Hayes "He'll Get What He's Looking For." (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

At the Cockatoo Dock Inquiry, to-day Mr Hayes said he did not know'of, any conspiracies between' the unions and the chairman of the Shipbuilding Tribunal…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 3

At the monthly sitting of the Police Court on Wednesday Mr. Atkins, P.M., presiding, John Muir was charged with having driven a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 6

At the police court on Tuesday, William Solfe, a stranger, was fined £2, or 14 days, for traveling on the railway from Newcastle to Singleton…

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Police Transfer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 4

Serdeant J. Coates, of West Wallsend, and formerly of Maitland, who has been appointed to Cessnock, will rake up his duties there at the end of…

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Cessnock Police Court. Tuesday, May 24, 1921. (Before Mr. G. Atkin P.M.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 3

Fred Laula pleaded guilty to indecent behaviour in a yard of the Cessnock Hotel, also to using language, not exactly of the kind usual to such localities. I…

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Counterfeiters. Gang Suspected by Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 4

Evidence of what the police are inclined to consider a concerted plan by a gang of counterfelters to coin and circulate counterfeit money in…

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"Making Bread." Humorous Comment on a Scone Court Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 2

A "Sunday News" scribe comments thus on the recent Scone Police Court case, Crown v. Surman, for "making bread" during…

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