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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,026 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 102

Police Pay Disproportionate Increases. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

At the first annual meeting of the Police Officers' Association the question of payment, of officers was discussed. It was pointed out that the pay of…

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Laughter and Tears. Evidence in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 6

Nowhere in the Law of Evidence and Procedure will you find that weeping and lighter are admissible as evidence; but they are not expressly…

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French Communists. Raided by Police. London, January 31

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

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that raids on Communists mentioned on January 18 were resumed yesterday, when ten foreigners were arrested…

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Our Telegrams. the High Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 5

The sittings of the High Court of Australia opened to-day at Darling-hurst. There were only two matters on the last. Before leaving the bench,…

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Mo Lun's Murder. Young Man Charged. Newcastle

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

Fresh developments have occurred since yesterday in connection with the murder of the Chinese Mo [?]. At the Newcastle Police Court this…

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Alleged Murder

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

George Gunter (53) homecpathist, and Royal vivian Thomas Berg (27), baker, were charged at the sydney Central Police Court to-day with having…

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Stolen Blouses. Labourer Charged. Sydney

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

Rajph Cornwell, a labourer, aged 28, who the police stated in court is identical with the man who was chased and arrested by Constable McEntee,…

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Robberies at Cockatoo. Two Men Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

The first of the charges of being concerned in the robberies from, Cockatoo Island came before Mr. Gates, S.M., at the Balmain Police…

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Police-Inspector Ramsay

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

It is notified by Mr. J. Mitchell, the Inspector-General of Police, that First-class Detective Sergeant J. Ramsay has been promoted to the rank of…

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When Is a Man Insane? Expert's Views at Murder Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

Sir Robert Armstrong Jones, the English mental specialist, was the chief witness at the Old Bailey recently, when Alfred John Bartlett, 24,…

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Court-martial Confession. Murphy Case London, February 1

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

At a court-martial on January 21 for murder a prisoner made a telling statement that the other prisoners were no present and were not connected in the…

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Police Court

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

The monthly sitting of the Police Court was held here, on Tuesday, Mr. Atkin, P.M., presiding. For having used objectionable language in a…

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Alleged Murder

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

Richard Lambkin, who was recently arrested and charged with the murder of Norman Kable, was brought before the Sydney police…

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A Youth Charged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

Charles Poole, aged 18, was charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with the alleged murder of Mo Lun at New Lambton…

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Railway Thief Sentenced Systematic Pilfering. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Leonard Hughes, a railway cleaner, was sentenced to 12 months, imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions for stealing a quantity of merchandise, the…

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Alleged Theft of Blouses Property Worth £644- Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Ralph Corkhill, a was, at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having broken and entered the shop of William Anthes, Imperial Arcade,…

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police and firemen's Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Police and Firemen's Carnival was held at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon. Constables…

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Kidnapping Case Rescued by the Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Vancouver, Monday.—The Los Angeles police have rescued Mrs Witherell, whose kidnapping was reported recently. She was found to have been…

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A Charge of Murder Two Men Arrested. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

George Gunter, aged 53, homeopathist, and Royal Vivian Thomas Berginns, baker, were charged at the Central Police i Court to-day with having…

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More Police Protection. a Tuncurry Complaint. Tuncurry

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

For several months past resident on Tuncurry and Forster have been subjected to a gang of petty thieves and arrikins, who make no scruple whatever…

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