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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 105

West Maitland Court. Monday, March 13

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

Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. CASE WITHDRAWN…

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An Opium Den. Raid by Police. Sydney

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

The police raided a house in Lower Campbell-street, Sydney, last night, and made five arrests, three Chinese and two white women…

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Adelaide Mystery. Police Baffled. Man's Body Discovered. Sydney

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

An Adelaide message says that what is known as the Glenelg mystery is causing a sensation. The police are baffled. Even clairvoyants have…

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Warden's Court. Friday, March 10. (Before the Warden, Major F. W. C. Crane). Authority to Enter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 9

The case in which Albert Andrew Holland applied for permission to enter portion 72, parish Stanford, county Northumberland, to search for coal in…

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East Maitland Court. Friday, March 10. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.) "Pitch and Toss."

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

George Charles Sams and Kenneth Branch were charged with playing a game known as "pitch and toss" to the annoyance of the public…

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Murder Charge. Thos. Monaghan's Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 5

Henry Slater was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with the murder of Thoma Monaghan at Surry Hills in…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, March 20. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.). Breach of Motor Traffic Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 2

Frederick George McMullen, for driving a motor car past a stationary tram in High-street, on February 9, was fined 20/, with 11/ costs in default…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

Before Mr. C. Howie, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, John Daveron, 16, for behaving in an indecent manner yesterday was fined…

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Dungog Police Court. Before Mr Fletcher, P.M.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

At the Dungog Police Court on Wednesday last Ralph Chamberlain Hall proceeded against Joseph Farrell for unlawful assault, abusive…

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Assault on Constable. a Cowardly Mob

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

On Saturday night a hooting crowd of men and women surrounded Constable Niven in Devonshire street, Surry Hills, while he was…

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Assault on Constable a Cowardly Mob

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

On Saturday night a hooting crowd of men and women surrounded Constable Niven Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, while he was trying to arrest a man for…

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District Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

The periodical, sitting of the District Court, his Honor Judge Hamilton presiding, was held here to-day. Prior to the ordinary business of…

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Monaghan Murder. Slater's Statement. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

The Crown case at the trial of Henry Stater, charged with the murder of Thomas Monaghan, was resumed to-day…

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Innocent Man's Sufferings. 26 Years in Gaol London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

A Berlin message states that Joseph Schmal, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life in 1895 for murdering a woman, has throughout…

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Dismissed. Gun Alley Murder. Colin Ross Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 7

The hearing of the appeal of Colin Campbell Ross against his conviction for the murder of Alma Tirtschke, aged 12 years whose body was…

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A. Surry Hills Murder. Second Man on Trial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

Henry Slater was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day, charged with the alleged murder of Thomas Mouaghan at Surry Hills in July of last…

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Warden's Court. Colliery Company's Application

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

In the Warden's Court, held at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon, before the Warden, Major Crane, the South Greta Colliery, Ltd.,…

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Murder of Lady White Panty Boy Detained. London, March 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

The "Mail" states that Scotland Yard has detained harry Jacoby, aged 20, a pantry boy at the Hotel Spencer, where Lady White was murdered…

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Smart Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 5

Ivy Cole a cashier, at the Lyceum Theatre, was at work in the licket official yesterday when a man put his hand though a small opening in the…

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Alleged Murder. Woman on Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 5

Winifred Blanche Thompson (25), a saleswoman, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having murdered her newly-born child…

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