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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 102

Our Telegrams. Burglary at the Glebe. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 5

Burglars broke open a safe at a grocer's shop in the Glebe road during the night, and secured [?]23 in cash…

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Police Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

Sergeant H. Lillie, of the Sydney police force, was in Maitland to-day, and at the Courthouse conducted the annual examination of members of the…

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Still Six O'clock. Closing Hour for Hotels. Full Court's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

The question of the closing hour of hotels was decided by the Full Court to be still 6 o'clock. The matter came before their Honors Sir. William…

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Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.m.) Tuesday, August 15, 1921

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 5

For being drunk Ralph Scott was fined 10/, and £1 each on two charges of having used improper, language. Scott was also charged with having been…

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Peeps at the Past. the Celebrated Cattle-stealing Case. an Interesting Letter. John Bingle to Lord Glenelg (No. XXXX.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

The evidence of the above case is resumed and concluded in this issue, with the next will close the series of articles commenced some…

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The Bread Act. Question of Dough-making. Full Court Decision

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 6

The Full Court concluded the hearing of a special case of interest to bakers, in which William Maze, a police inspector, was the…

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Burglary in Store. Smart Arrest by Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

Another particularly smart piece of work has to go to the credit of the West Maitland police, and it is one on which those concerned deserve…

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Murdered Priest. Hightower Charged. Vancouver, Aug. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 2

While Father Heslin was being burled to-day the police were, completing the evidence with which they expect to convict William Hightower…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 14

An application for the transfer of the licence of the Exchange. Hotel, bargs, from Mat[?]hew Mark, Cariwright to James Watts, was granted…

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Police Court. Thursday, August 18. (Before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P.) Travelling Without Ticket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 6

George Castling, aged 36, was charged with travelling on the railway from Newcastle to Singleton without procuring a ticket. It was stated that…

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East Maitland Court. Motor Omnibus Casks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 16

The bench at the East Maitland Police Court on Monday afternoon was occupied by Mr. G. Alkin, P.M. The cases of the East Maitland Municipal…

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Murder of Pries 'Frisco Mystery. Six Bullet Holes in [?] VANCOUVER, Au[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 12

A message from Sun [?] states that the city is stirred with a remarkable case of the napping and subsequent made…

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Still Six O'clock. Closing Hour for Hotels. Full Court's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 6

The question of the closing hour of hotels was decided by the Full Court to be still 6 o'clock. The matter came before their Honors Sir William…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, August 15. (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P.m.). Offensive Behaviour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 14

William Skineer pleaded guilty to having behased in an offensive man [?] in High-street, on Saturday afternoon, but not guilty to a charge of…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 6

Before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., at the police court on Thursday, George Castling was charged with travelling…

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Hired to Murder. American Story. Vancouver, August 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Kansas City says that a sensation has been caused through the publication in a newspaper of a confession by Samuel…

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West Maitland Court. (Before Mr. G. Atkin, P. M.). Monday, August 22. Ill-treating a Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 8

Before Freeman charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse, and John C. Walsh with causing the horse to his ill-treated. A plea of not guilty was…

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Burglary at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

During Sunday night an attempt was made to effect an entry into the Cesssnock District C-aperatiVe" Store, at Aherare, by forcing the locks…

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In a Lancashire Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 6

In Blackburn the other day a woman entered the police court, leading a toy about 12 years old by the hand, and as soon as she could get the magistrate's…

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Police Offices Re-arranged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

With the removal of the headquarters of the Supprintendent of police to Newcastle, a re-arrangement of offices has been made at the West…

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