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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 102

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 4

A young man, a stranger in the town, walked into the police Station at West Maitland last night and said he wanted protection and…

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Wholesale Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 5

Twenty - one charges of breaking entering and stealing were preforsed against john Cleve James at the Quarter Sessions this morning The…

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Brutal Assault. Constable Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 5

Constable Harding had o' casion to speak to two men about their behavioar in York - street last night where upon they attackel him in a bruta…

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Cashier Sent to Gaol the Gambling Mania

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 1

When, Les. Walters, recently cashier of the Newcastle was brought up on Monday for sentence for embezzlement, his solicitor explained that the…

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The Peden Murder Appeal Refused

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 3

The Full Court concluded the hearing on Tuesday of the application for leave to appeal in the case of Arthur Bryce Peden, who has been sentenced to…

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The Latest. Belfast Casualties. Police Use Armoured Cars. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 3

Two persons were killed and twelve wounded in the rioting at Belfast. The disturbance was renewed at 5 o'clock in the morning, and continued…

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Cashier Sent to Gaol. the Gambling Mania

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 2

When Lea Walters, recently cashier of the Newcastle Council, was brought up on Monday for sentence for embezzlement, his solicitor explained that the…

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Cessnock Police Court Tuesday, August 30, 1921. (Before Messrs. Jas. Scott and Sam Home, Js.P.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 8

George Young and Thomas Griffin were charged with having in their possession goods reasonably suspected of having been stolen. On the application…

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Bank Officers. Reinstatement of an Accountant. Arbitration Court 'S Powers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 5

The Full Court was further engaged with the application on behall of the Bank of New South Wales to make absolute a rule nisi for a writ…

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Charged with Burglary. Three Men Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 16

Some concern has been caused of late by the number of robberies at Bellevue Hill, but arrests made last night are likely, to clear some of them…

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Magistrate on Unemployment Dole

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 7

When a man was chuiged at Thames Police Court with being drunk, the magistrate, Mr Cairns, elicited that he was out of work and drawing…

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Four Men Committed Alleged Sheep Stealing. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 7

Thomas Stanley Cheeseman, Harold Bourke, Arthur Leslie Ranger, and Isaac Murray charged at Crookwell Police Court will having stolen a…

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Beaconsfield Murder. Two Men Committed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 9

Dr. Cole, Melbourne City Coroner, comeluded the inquest into the deaths of Frederick Sheard and Annie Sheard, at Beaconsfield. On June 12. John…

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The Peden Murder. Appeal Refused. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 14

The Full Court concluded the hearing of the application for leave to appeal in the case of Arthur Bryce Peden, who has been sentenced to…

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Police Force. Retrenchment in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 11

Retrenchment in the public service continues in Queensland. The police force is now being attacked with the pruning knife, every advantage being…

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Murder in Germany. Serious Situation. London, August 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 3

A message from Berlin states that public feeling over Erzberger's death has culminated in the organisation of a huge demonstration against the…

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Alleged Gaming House. Police Raid. in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 2

Senior- detective Mccann and plainclothes police raided the printing office of william whyte, a printer, in Barkly street Footseray (vic,). and…

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Fixed Meat Prices. Appeal to Full Court. Judge's Grade Valid

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 11

The Full Court, after hearing argument, decided that Judge Beeby's order in fixing the recall price on meat within the metropolitan and subu[?]…

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The Living Wage. Case in the Full Court. Rule Nisi Granted. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 9

Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., applied to the Full Court to-day, on behalf of the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Co., in support of an ex-parte…

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Alleged Murder. Mother and Her Baby. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 5

Elsie Louisa Krause, aged 17 years, appeared at the Central Criminal Court to - day. charged with having feloniously murdered her seven - months - old…

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