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Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 102

Fair Rents Court. Registrar's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

According to a report prepared by the Acting Registrar of the Fair Rents Court, there has been a remarkable difference in many cases…

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Alleged Murder. Second Tr[?]al of Accused. Verdict of Not Guilty

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

Elsie Louisa Krause, aged 17, who is charged, with having murdered her seven-months-old child, at Albury, was placed on trial for the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 3

At the Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs. J. W. B. Wsterhouse and E. J. Head, Js.'P., a youth named William Jones pleaded guilty to a…

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Divorce Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 5

Mr. Justice Gordon delivered judgment in the divorce suit William Gibb versus Rose Gibb. His Honor said there was no doubt that wilful…

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Municipal Revision Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 4

An open court for the purpose of revising the Hat of electors for the municipality of West Maitland will be held at they Court house, West…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 4

Ellen Sullivan (42) appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on charges of drunkenness and indecent language. She was…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

Messrs A. Simmons and .J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., occupied the bench at the police court yesterday. John Stafford, on remand, was…

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Alleged Receiving. Chemist Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 5

Robert Charles Cole (56), a chemist, was charged at the Central Court to-day, with having received one roll of black cheviot, one roll of black serg…

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Auckland Murder. Open Verdict. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 5

After the examination of 66 witnesses, the Coroner at Auckland (N.Z.0 returned an open verdict at the inquest on the youth Jew, who…

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Charge of Murder a Young Mother Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

The second trial of Elsie Louisa Krause, aged 17, on a charge, of having, murdered her child, Harold Walter Krause, seven months old, at Albury,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September 20th. (Before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 3

A female inebriate was fined 5/. or imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for being drunk in Castlereaghstreet…

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High Court Appeal. Workmen's Compensation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

Application was made to the High Court of Australia in Adelaide by Mr. Napier, K.C., for special leave to appeal from the judgment of the Full…

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Fatal Fracas. Troops and Police in India. Simla, September 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 5

A message from Chakrata says that a collision has occurred between British troops and civil police. During a quarrel between troops and a…

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Union Clerk Sentenced. Racecourse Losses. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 3

Herbert Lyon Riley pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of having stolen £4450, the property of the Railway Workers'…

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Cole Before Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2

Robert Charles Cole appeared before the Central Court to-day charged with having received goods valued at £1816, knowing them to have…

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Murder Charge. Vancouver Sept. 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 12

When Arbuckle appeared in court this morning District-Attorney Brady announced that he had decided to proceed with the murder charge laid by…

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Murder Charge. Young Mother Acquitted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 7

The second trial of Elsie. Louisa Krause(17) on a charge of having murdered her child, Harold Walter Krause, woven months old, at Albury,…

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[?]Et Murder Club. London, Sept. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 13

[?] Correspondents of the "Daily [?] Berlin states that the existed [?] secret murder club among [?] has been proved beyond…

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Fair Rents Court. Registrar's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 10

According to a report, prepared by the Acting Registrar of the Fair Rents Court, there has been a remarkable difference in many cases…

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Disputed Bet. Case at Goulburn Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 9

A case arising out of a betting transaction was heard at the Goulburn District Court, before Judge Bevan, when Tarnes Atkinson sought…

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