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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 102

Small Debts Court. Claim Against Laundryman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 3

In the Small Debts Court held at the West Maitland Court house yesterday afternoon before Messrs. Elias Bowden and C. J. [?]…

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Industrial Court. Breaches of Dressmakers Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 6

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, occupied the Bench at the Industrial Court held at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday…

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Pistolling the Police. (Published by Arrangement.) Women "Bootleggers."

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 4

The latest phase of the degrading results of Prohibition in America is reported in the New York "Tribune." Says the paper:—Women fought beside their men…

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Alleged Murder. Doctor Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

Dr. Alexander Nicholls, on remand, appeared at the Gympie police Court, charged with the murder of Ivy Williams on April 18…

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Alleged Murder a Doctor Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 4

Dr. Alexandra Nicholls, on remand, appeared at the Gympie Police Court, charged with the murder of Ivy Williams on April 18…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 2

At the local police court, before Messrs. D. Fleming and T. .J. Purvis, Js.P., a man named John Stewart, a travelling tinsmith, was…

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Murder of Native. Accused Released From Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 11

Charles Athelstan Park, a drover, who on December 11 was sentenced to death for the murder of a native, "Big Boy," at Balfour Downs Station…

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Murder of a Girl. Queensland Doctor Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

Further evidence in the case in which Dr. Alexander Nicholls is charged with the murder of a girl named lvy Williams was heard at…

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Police Allegation. Young Man Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 9

Aloysius Christopher Tops, of Hage 31, a fashionably-dressed young man, appeared before the Central Court, charged with being an idle and…

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Beaconsfield Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

There ia a suspicion that the man whom the Melbourne police are look-ing for in connection with the Beaconsfield murder may be in Sydney…

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Gigantic Theft. Vancouver, July 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 3

A message from Minneapolis states that one of the greatest personal embezzlements in the history of the United States is disclosed with the…

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Motor Accessories. Alleged Stealing. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 13

Frederick George Cairns, 40) was remanded at the Central Police Court on a charge of breaking and entering Dodge Bros.' shop in…

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Tumblong Tragedy Peden Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

At the Sydney Central Criminal Court on Thursday, evidence was concluded, in the trial of Arthur Peden, charged with murdering his wife at Tumblong, by…

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Sydney Robberies. Two Men Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

At the Glebe Police Court Kenneth Bruce Lewins (22), labourer, and Sydney Reilly (19), labourer, were charged with breaking and entering the…

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Police Messages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 4

This morning Superintendent Childs received a message to the effect that the river at Mconan Flat was lift. 2in and falling although it was still…

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Alleged Murder. Two Men Committed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

The Sydney City Coroner inquired into the death of George Le Garde 60 years of age, bootmaker, of Surry Hills, who was assaulted in his shop…

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Wardens Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 11

William Smith applied for the suspension of labour conditions attaching to mining leases 96, 97 and 9s, Parish of Maitland for sox months…

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Tumblong Murder. Further Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

Further evidence for the defence was given at the trial of Arthur Paden at the Central Criminal Court to-day…

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Tumbalong Murder. Medical Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 5

The trial of Arthur Peden, charged with the murder of his wife at Tumbalong, was resumed at the Criminal Court to-day…

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Brutal Murder in New Zealand. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 14

Francis Edward, a Jew, aged 20 has been found murdered on a [?] lot at Archhill, new Zealand head had been severely battered,…

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