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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 102

Magistrate as Sailor. Shipping Office Inquiry. Getting First-hand Information

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 4

For some weeks Mr. A. Ormonde Butler, P.M., of Tamworth, has been conducting a special inquiry into the conduct of the Sydney…

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The Cardiff Murder. No Clue. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 5

No clue has yet been discovered to show who shot the Chinese near Cardiff. It has been suggested that boys out shooting may have caused his death…

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Small Debts Court Transactions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 4

Figures supplied by Mr. W. S. Bromhead. Clerk of Petty Sessions at West Maitland dealing with the Small debts transaction for the year…

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Constable's Murder Murderer Still, at Large. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 5

The death of Constable Wolgast, who was shot while pursuing a man in Centennial Park on Wednesday night has caused widespread regard…

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Ex-constable Shot. Charge of Intent to Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 6

At the Prahran Court (Vic.), Countable frederick Barnard aged 50, was charged with shooting with inteat to murder Thomas Davies, a former…

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The North Sydney Murder. Wireless From Steamer. Coley Believed to Be Aboard

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 6

Afters following up many false clues the police, who are searching for Wilfred Ernest Coley, in connection with the murder of a young woman at North…

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Brutal Police Murder. Fairs, Etc., Banned. London, Jan. l9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

The manner in which the unfortunate policemen in Ireland are brutally murdered is garphicaly shown in an official story from Dublin of the death…

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Police Count

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

At the police court yesterday, before Messrs. J.W. B. Waterhouse and G. H. Coughlan, Js. P. a stranger named John Smite, aged 67, was charged with…

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Police Superintedent's Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Superintendent Whitfield, who is in charge of Tamworth Police District was in Singleton this week visiting relatives and old acquaintances. The…

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Chinese Gardener's Death Strong Evidence of Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 6

A Chinese gardener named Mo Lue was found dead on Thursday near "The Lookout," between Cardiff and Lambton. An examination at the morgue…

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Cardiff Murder. Search for Perpetrator Money Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 7

Mo Lun, who wan murdered on the Cardiff-New Lambton road on Thursday evening, had been engaged with two compatriots in the conduct of a…

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Muswellbrook Chronicle Saturday, January 22, 1921 Police Couiit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

At the local Police Court, before Messrs. Budden and McKay, j's.P. on Thursday morning, Albert Henry Fletcher, aged 27 years, was charged…

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Death of Constable Wolgast Official Police Opinion. Gun License Act the Only Hope. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

The death of Constable Wolgast has caused widespread regret throughout the force. The murderer is still at large, all efforts so far to trace him having…

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Constable's Murder Police Investigations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 3

The police are leaving no stone unturned to find the murderer of Constable F.W. Wolgast. Apart from the fact that the dead man was a…

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North Sydney Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 5

The Government is geing urged to in create the reward offered, for the capture of the North Sydney murderer to £500…

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Man From Mungindi. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Three young men were arrested at Kensington on Saturday on charge of assault and robbery. As Constable Brogan, of Kensington, was returning…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

The bench at the licensing court held at the West Maitland Courthouse today, was occupied by Messrs. G. Atkia. P. M. Elias Bowden and…

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East Mattland Court. Monday. January 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. G. atkin, P.M. occupied this bench at the West Meitland Police Court this morning. DRUNKENNESS…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At the local Police Court on Saturday morning last, Albert Henry Fletcher, on remand from the previous Thursday on a charge of…

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