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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 86 of 102

Industrial Court. Railway Cases. Sydney

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

When the application by the Railway Commissioners for variation of a, number of awards in accordance with the recent declarations of the Board…

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Bottomley Case. Contempt of Court. London, November 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 2

A rule nisi was asked for to-day on the application of Mr. Horatio Bottomley, calling upon Bigland to show cause why he should not be adjusted…

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Dungog Police Court. Charge of Stealing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 5

At the Dungog Police Court on Tuesday last before Messrs R. W. Alison, G. A. Mackay, and C. T. Abbott, Justices of the Peace, Ernest J…

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Police Court Business

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 7

At the local Petty Sessions office during the nine months ending October, 225 cases were dealt with under the Vagrancy Act and drunkards'…

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Charge of Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 4

George McKenzie, who was arrested by Sergeant McClean and Constable Yeomans at the K Kurri Kurri Hotel, appeared before the police court on a…

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Police Suspension Protestant Federation Indignant. "Someone Behind the Scenes."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 3

A potest was entered at a meeting of the Protestant Federation last night against the suspension of Constable C. W. Pedler…

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Theft and Time Payment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 4

When a person is convicted of such offences as theft, or embezzlement penalties of varying degrees are inflicted according to the circumstances of the…

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Manslaughter. Sentenced to Ten Years

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 10

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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French Poisoners Sentenced Typhoid Germ Gang

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 7

London, Wednesday.-A message from Paris states that sentences were passed on Girard, life with penal servitude, and his mistress, Donteau, twenty years…

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Single on Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Chippendall. P.m.) Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 11

Mr. H. H. Chippendall, P.M., 6 capied the bench at the police court yesterday. THirteen defendants were each fined…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 6

Four persons William Wlliams, Sydney Ackland, Percy Spittleouse, and Florence williams (wife of the first named defendant), were charged at…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 2

A large number of prisoners in the Lahore Central Gaol made an organised attack to break the main gate. Prisoners smashed the…

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The Liguori Case Police Investigations

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 5

It has been decided by the Police Department to investigate the case of the alleged kidnapping of Miss Bridget Partridge, ex-Sister Liguori, and the…

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Disturbance at Kurri. Police Assaulted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 4

A serious disturbance followed a boxing contest at Kurri Kurri last evening. At the Garden Stadium, Alick Jones…

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Police and Firemen Unprincipled Practices. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 3

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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Industrial Court. Railway Cases. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 8

When the application by the Railway Commissioners for variation of a variation of awards in accordance with the recent declarations of the Boardh…

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Bottomley in Court. Defendant Reprieved. London, October 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 13

There was a spirited scene at Bow-street to-day between Horatio Bottomley and the Magistrate at the adjourned hearing of the big land libel…

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West Maitland Court Monday, October 31. (Before Mr. H. h. Chippindall. P.m.). Military Officer Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 13

P. A. O'Keefe was charged with that on or about April 5. he being a Commonwealth military officer, did submit false claims for traveling expenses…

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Police Court Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 4

It was nearly half-past eleven this morning instead of 10 o'clock when the business of the West Maitland Police Court was commenced. This…

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Magistrate Welcomed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 4

Before the business of the Maitland Police Court was commenced to-day, Mr. W. J. Enright, on behalf of the legal profession, extended a welcome…

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