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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 105

Judge's Warning. Assault and Robbery Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 7

Joseph Gray, a young man, brought before the Darlinghurst Sessions for sentence on a charge of assault and robbery…

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A Smart Arrest. Burglary at Yarra Bay. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

At a late hour last night Goldstein's shop at Yarra Bay was discovered to have been broken into and it was reported that the thieves had been seen…

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Pensions Officer Sentenced £2300 DEFALCATIONS. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 7

Arthur Llewellyn Smith, an official in the Federal Pensions Department, pleaded guilty to-day at the Darlinghurst Sessions to a charge of having…

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Gun Alley Murder. Missing Witness Found

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 4

Albert Ernest White, an important witness in the Gun Alley murder case, for whom the Melbourne detectives have been looking, has been found in…

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Indian Extremist Revolt a Murder Epidemic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 8

Lahore, Wednesday.—A mob of 2000 extremists attacked the police post at Chaura, in. tho district of Gorakhpur at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. They…

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Gun Alley Murder Missing Witness Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

The mystery surrounding the missing witness in the Gun Alley (Melbourne) murder case has at cleared cleared up. A man, who admits that he is Albert…

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Wife Murder. Black Found Guilty. London, Feb. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 13

Edward Black has been found guilty of having poisoned his wife, and has been sentenced to death. (Edward Black, an insurance…

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Missing Bather. Gruesome Find by Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

The police, who were investigating the disappearance of Norman Whiteley, aged 212, of Chatswood, who was last seen on Monday,…

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Ruinous Effects Labour Government's Financial Police Sir George Fuller's Warning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

The leader of the Opposition (Sir Geo Fuller) stated that another three years of Labour government on the present lines would most certainly…

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Contempt of Court. Charge Against Journal. London, February 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 12

In the Armstrong murder case, the Court was granted a rule nisi against the "Daily Express" for contempt of court. The application has regard to…

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'Greatest of Farces.' Should Be Swept Away. Fair Rents Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 11

"I have been glancing through a little pamphlet issued through the Government Printing Office by the Labour Ministry," said the leader of…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 6. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.). Indecent Language

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 13

George Leslie Muldraney, 21 pleaded guilty to using indecent language in High-street, on February 5, and was fined £2, or 21 days…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 2

William P. Fennely, licensee of the Mctropolitan Hotel, applied for a renewal of his hotel license, and for permission to dispense with the…

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Police Barracks Raided. London, Feb. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 5

Thirty armed men entered the Castle laland police barracka,looked the police in a room, and removed all the arms, ammunition, and…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 13. (Reform Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.) Indecent Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 2

Daniel Joseph Lynch pleaded guilty to using indecent language in Moore-street. West Maitland. Constable McMaster explained the case, and a fine,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

Three first offenders against sobriety, who had been arrested and bailed out on entering into the usual security of 5/, failed to appear before…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

Before Major E. W. C. Crane, P.M., and Mr. Elias Bowden, L.M., at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Bellbird Hotel…

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East Maitland Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

For' being drunk and disorderly in the Banks-street Reserve on Saturday afternoon, Alexander Holling[?], 32, was brought before the East Maitland…

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Murder of Film Director Mysterious Influences Working

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 1

Los Angeles, Saturday— The authorities declare that mysterious influences are working in regard to their investigation of the murder of William…

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Strikers in Court. Further Work Preparations. Capetown, February 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 5

A message from Pictoria states that the Supreme Court refused the application for release on bail of Shaw and four other strike leaders, who were…

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