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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 105

Captives Released. Gaol Disorder. London, Feb. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

The headmasters of the I.R.A. Dublin announce that all the I.R.A's Ulster captives have been released. The police were summoned to…

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Natives Arrested. Alleged Murder of Castaways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 3

Two natives, alleged to have murdered Bass and Smith, castaways from a wrecked schooner on the north-west coast were brought to…

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Melbourne Fire. Man Committed for Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 9

The Melbourne coroner concluded his inquiry into the death of Maurice Mitchell, the proprietor of the A.B.C. Cafe, in Swanston-street, Melbourne,…

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Brighton Tragedy. Murder of a Bookmaker

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 9

In the Melbourne Criminal Court, Geodrge Baker was charged with the murder of Joseph Rainsbury, a bookmaker…

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Police Promotion Premier's Comments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 13

When the premier (Mr. Dooley) saw the published statement that there was dissatisfaction in the police force in connection with the list…

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Montreal Murder. Priest Arrested. Vancouver, February 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 13

A message from Montreal states that a sensation has been caused by the arrest of Abbe Delorme a lending Catholic priest, who is charged with…

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Not Fulfilled. Premier's Promises to Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 9

The Police Association of N.S.W. has issued a statement declaring that recent happenings were not in accord with Mr. Dooley's…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 23rd. (Before Messrs D. M'Dougall and G. H. Coughlan, Js P). Forging and Uttering

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 6

James Herbert Fredk Wilkinson, aged 33, wearing the uniform of a merchant service officer, was charged with having on February 12, by a paper purporting:…

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Lorimore Enterprises. Petition in Equity Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 7

In the Equity Court, Mr. Justice Street had before him the petition of Henry Freemantle Davis, of Union Bank Chambers, Hunter-street,…

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Husband Before the Court. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 9

George Long, a labourer, 22, appeared at the Newcastle Police Court this morning on a charge of shooting at his wife at Cardiff last night. He was…

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Leasing Houses. Fair Rents Court Cases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 9

In the Fair Rents Court, Sydney, before Mr. Jamieson. S.M., Albert Charles Ralston, agent of Elizabeth-street, City, and Trevor George…

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German Swashbuckler. Mediaeval Court. London, February 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

The correspondent of "The Times" at Berlin states that in a mediaeval seating, in a woodland glade reminiscent of one of Robin Hood's…

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International Court. "Sign of World's Conscience." London, February 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 13

A message from The Hague stares that the Dutch Foreign minister, in welcoming the permanent Court of International Justice, said, that it was…

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Fair Basic Wage. Gas Employees' Application. "Duty of the Court."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 8

Giving judgment in the Gas Employees' ease in the Arbitration Court in Melbourne, Mr. Justice Powers said that he proposed, later on, when two…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 20. (Before Major F. C. W. Crane.) Offensive Behaviour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 16

Raymond Burg pleaded guilty to of fensive behaviour in the Town Hall on January 14. Constable Burke stated that…

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Police Association. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

The Police Association Conference to-day carried a resolution that two censors be appointed to supervise the work of the pressmen at the…

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Thieves Trapped. Police at Manly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 5

Constables Royal Greene and Cohen set a trap yesterday for bath-shed thieves. They placed their clothes in a cubicle…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 27. (Before Mr. W. E. Fineham, P.m.). Cases Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 5

The case against Oswald sellers for alleged malicious damage to property, was adjourned for three weeks. The case against Owen Richard Walker…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

Hilda Kinsett (28), living with her husband at Rockdale, was found in a lane at the rear of her house last night in an unconscious condition. She…

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Pined for Assault

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs W. Bailey and E. W. Fawcett, Js.P. Thomas George Younger was charged with assaulting George Lambkin…

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