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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 85 of 102

Arrival of Ex-nun at Police Headquarters. Protection Claimed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 6

Thursday's excitement began when exSister Liguori, accompanied by a man, was brought before Superintendent Bannan, head of the Sydney detectives, at…

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Scene in Court. Accused Swallows Cheque. Drugs Administered and Cheque Recovered. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 14

Gilbert Pershouse appeared at the Aramac Police Court, Central Queensland, yesterday on two charges of false pretences. When evidence on…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1921 · page 6

Mr. H. H. Chappendall, P.M., occupied the bench at the police court yesterday. Thirteen defendants were each fined…

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Police and Firemen Unprincipled Practices. Unprincipled Pract[?] Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1921 · page 5

The secretary of the Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival states that quite recently cases had come under his notice in which metropolitan…

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West Maitland Court Monday, October 31. (Before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, P.m.). Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1921 · page 2

Two brothers, first offenders, who were charged with being drunk in digh-street on Saturday evening [?] not appear, and their recognisances of…

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Police Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

Mr F. W. Crane, of Bathurst, has been appointed to act temporarily as Police Magistrate at Maitland pending a permanent appointment in Succession to the…

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Charge of Stealing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

At the Dungog Police Court on Saturday last Ernest J. Buck, a youth, was charged before Mr W. H. Dening, J.P., with stealing 3 1/2 cases of…

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Assault on Tram Guard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

Two men boarded a tram last night and when asked for lares became aggressive. One struck the conductor a terrific blow on the jaw with a steel…

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Manslaughter. Sentenced to Ten Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice Lukin, in the Supreme Court, Brisbane, Henry Arthur Dale, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of Frederick Hawes,…

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Murder by Typhoid Germs Horrible French Plot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 3

Paris, Saturday.—A message states that the "Gentleman Girard" Cases one of the strangest in the history of scientific crime has now opened. Henri…

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Murder by Typhoid Germs Horrible French Plot. Paris

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 2

A message states that the "Gentleman Girard" case, one of the strangest in the history of scientific crime, has now opened. Henri…

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The Ryan Libel Appeal. Decision of Court Reserved

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 1

The hearing was concluded in Melbourne on Friday by the High Court of argument on an application by the Public Curator of Queensland, as executor…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 4

James Brenuan, 60, who appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on a charge of vagrancy, was sentenced to two months hard labour…

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Alleged Stealing. Four Persons Charged. £6000 Involved. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 5

Four persons, William Willams, Sydney Ackland, Percy Spitteleouse, and Florence Williams. (wife of the, first-named defendant), were charged at…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 2

At the police court on Monday, before Messrs. A. Simmons and .J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., a young man named Harold Clive Hinton was…

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Attempted Gaol Breaking. Indian Conspiracy Defeated. Delhi, November 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 5

A large number of prisoners in the Lahore Central Goal made an organised attack to break the main gate, Prisoner smashed the…

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Burglary in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 5

The premises of Symms, Pattison, and Co., Pitt-street, were broken into last night, and goods valued at £141 stolen. The booty consisted of serge…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 6

A sitting of the police court was held yesterday before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, P.M. The case in which Frank Maher was…

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Police Court. Wednesday, November 2nd. (Before Mr H. H. Chippindall, P.m.) Showground Betting Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 2

This case, in which Frank Maher wa3 charged with having betted on tho N.A.A. ground on October 15, and in which his Worship had reserved his do-,…

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Breaking and Entering Four Persons Charged. Other Charges Pending. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 2

Four persons, named William Williams, Sydney Ackland, Percy Spitllcouse, and Florence Williams (wife of first-named defendant), were charged at…

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