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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 105

Witness Sent to Gaol

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 10

During the hearing of a case in the Goulburn Police Court, in which Joseph Hepburn, a railway employee, was charged with breaking and entering…

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Warden's Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

In the Warden's Court, the Thrift Oil and Mineral Prospecting Syndicate sought authority to enter certain lands in the vicinity of…

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Scone Police Court. (Before Mr. H. H. MacDougal, P.m.) Wednesday, March 15th, 1922

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

Police v. Patrick Doyle, charged with illegally using a horse, the property of Arthur Oswald Sutton, on 18th February last. A plea of…

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Baffling Crime. Lady White's Murder. Hotel Mystery. LONDON, March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 5

Scotland Yard completely haffled by the most mysterious startling minus in modern times. Lady White, the sweet, silver-haired…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, March 17, 1922. LOCAL & General Police and Firemen's Art Union

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

The drawing or the above has been postponed from 25th inst until April 1, on account of the general election taking place on the former date…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

At the Police Court yesterday Messrs W. Bailey and J.W.B. Waterhouse, Js.P., presided. Augustus Shadlow pleaded guilty to having, used insulting…

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Syrian's Death Maori Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 8

The trial has been commenced at Gisborne (N.Z.) of a young Maori, Rutene Topi, on a charge of having murdered a Syrian hawker, Zambukka, on the Motu…

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Argument at Randwick. Man Charged with Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

As a result of an argument between two employees at the Randwick Wireless Station, Frank Emmet lies in Sydney Hospital with a fractured jaw…

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Mystery Fires. Man and Woman Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

William Richard Thomas (20) and Evangelina Nellie Reynolds (38) were charged, at the Central Police Court Sydney, with having, on March 13,…

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Escaped From Gaol. Prisoner Remanded. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

At the Central Police Court Walter Grant was remanded on a charge of having feloniously escaped from lawful custody while undergoing a sentence…

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District Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

A sitting of the District Court was held on Tuesday, before his Honor Judge Hamilton. A claim was brought by Gould Bros…

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Committed for Trial. Alleged Attempted Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

George Long, 22, carpenter, was committed for trial at Newcastle Police Court on a charge of shooting at Vera Long at Cardiff on February 17 with…

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Verdict of Murder. the Erskineville Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

After hearing the story of the murder of Ida Emma Parker, 48, at her home in Pleasant Avenue, Erskineville, on February 23, the Sydney Coroner…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

Francis John Read, who resides at West Maitland, sued Rarnier and Son, saw-millers, for £14/10/6, alleged to be due in respect to wages…

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Movie Murder. Another Mystery. Vancouver, March 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 3

Another mysterious movie murder is reported, this time from Camden (New Jersey), the victim being John Brunen (a theatrical promoter and a…

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Woman Committed. Charge of Aiding and Abetting Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 14

The death of Philomena Utting (28), a married woman, on February 28, at a Mosman private hospital, in connection with which a…

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Gun Alley Murder. Colin Ross Appeal. New Witness Tendered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 7

Argument was continued in Melbourne in connection with the application by Colin Campbell Ross for leave to appeal against his conviction for…

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Murder of Gertrude Gates. Evidence at Inquest. London, March 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 12

Debonair and calm, making copious notes, the youthful aviator, True, listened unmoved at the inquest on the body of Gertrude Gates…

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Cathcarts in Court. London, March 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 3

Nine pairs of silk stockings supplied to Lady Cathcart on February 24 formed the subject of a case at Westminster Court, a Bond Street firm suing…

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Wool Tops Case. High Court Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 14

The High Court delivered judgment in respect to the claim by Cook and Company and others against the Commonwealth of…

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