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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 102

Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 3

In the Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. A. Simmons and W. Balley, Js. P., a renewal of the license of the Federal Hotel was granted to…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, October 3. (Before Mr. F. F. Potts). Case From East Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 8

Herbert Aaron Walters pleaded guilty, to having used insulting words In Mulbring-road, East Greta, on October 1, and to having resisted…

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Son Charged. Father Declined to Give Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

Marcus Aarun Michelson, 16, was before the police court to-day on a charge of stealing eight gold watches and 63 diamond rings, of the total value of…

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Shop Assistants. Matter in Industrial Court. Consolidation of Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 2

The hearing of the application of the Newcastle Shop Assistants and Warehouses Employees' Federation for a variation of the awards existing in the…

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Alleged Assault on Grocer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 5

Robert Steele and William Holmes were remanded at the police court on a charge of having assaulted Ernest Bibbs, a grocer at Paddington, last…

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Ex-constable Charged. Alleged Misappropriation of Money

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 3

Herbert Edward Fox. 38. was charged at the Melbourne City Court with having as an agent of Sir John Gellibrand chairman of the Villers…

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Constable's Death. Found Shot at Police Station. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 5

Constables Anderson, of Avondam, near Picton. was found dead in the police station last night, with a revolver beside him. Death was caused…

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Brothers in Court. Plead Guilty to Stealing £296. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

Two brothers, Edward Cark and Reginald Clark, pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to a charge of having stolen £296, the property of…

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Alleged Theft of Jewellery

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr P. E. Eldershaw, C.P.S., Francis Henry Buchtmann, a young man, was charged, on warrant, with having, at…

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Assault on Grocer Victim in Serious Condition

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

Ernest James Bibb, a grocer whose shop is situated at the corner of Boundary and Glenview streets, Darlinghurst, is in hospital with a serious fracture of…

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References in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

In the District Court this morning Judge Cohen expressed extreme regret at the untimely death of the Premier (Mr. Storey…

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Alleged Escapee Frenchman in Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 3

What was described by counsel for the defence as "another Dreyfus case" was mentioned at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday…

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London Unemployed. Brushes with Police. London, Oct. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

Unemployed demonstrations in Trafalgar Square attempted to invade the Grand Hotel in Northumberland Avenue Mounted policemen…

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Two Men Before the Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

Two men, named Robert Steele and William Holmes, were remanded at the Police Court to-day in connection with the assault…

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Red Ragger in Court. Committed for Trial. London, October 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

A Communist, William Wheeler was committed for trial at Sunderland to-day on a charge of sedition Documents produced in court…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

At the police court yesterday before Mr. P.E. Eldershaw, C.P.S., a young man named Francis Henry Buchtmann was charged on warrant…

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Our Telegrams. Four Persons Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

Four persons, John Thomas Riley, Jessie Riley, Christian Sunastrom, and Dennis Murphy, were remanded at the police court on a charge of…

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Warden's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

In the Warden's Court held at the East Maitland Court house to-day. Herbert Walter Eckford applied for authority to enter a number of…

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Japanese Murder. Spy Intrigue Suspected. Vancouver, October 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

New York police suspect an international spy intrigue behind the murder of Nitroarac Yasuhara, a Japanese, at the Empire Hotel to-day. The…

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A Wife Charged. Poison in Apple Pie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 7

At the Kyabram (Vic.) police court, Mary jane Phillips was charged with having attempted to administer poison to her husband. Francis William…

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