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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 105

Mr. Hooley in Court. Adventures in Finance. London, March 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 13

Bursting into tears and sobbing in the witness box, Mr. Hooley, in the Old Bailey, narrated his adventures in finance. He told how he promoted…

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The Boy Bushrangers Banks Before "The Court. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 6

Robert Banks, who, together with Harry Maple, was concerned in the bushranging episode at Neorim was brought before the City Police Court this…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, March 27. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane.) Failing to Destroy Rabbits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 14

William Phillip Riechert pleaded guilty, through Mr. Carlton, to having failed to destroy rabbits on his property at Allynbrook, and was fined £3,…

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Licensing Court Friday, March 31. (Before Major Crane, P.M., and Messrs A. Simmons and W. Bailey, Js.P.). Renewals of Licenses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 5

John Simmonds was granted a renewal of the license for Post Office Hotel, Jerry's Plains. Mr Cragg, for the applicant, agreed to an assessment…

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Ship Captain Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, Charles Sproule, master of the steamer Marjorie, was charged with having taken the vessel to see [?]…

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Melbourne Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 5

The Judgment of the High Court in the Ross appeal case will be delivered on Wednesday morning…

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East Maitland Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning, two brothers, about 40 years of age, appeared on charges of drunkenness. Being first offenders…

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The Gordon Mystery Charge of Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 5

Taliesin Griffiths (31) was charged at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously murdered Montford Cook at Gordon…

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District Court. Monday, April 3. (Before His Honor, Judge Hamilton.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 2

The Maitland District Court opened at the East Maitland Courthouse this morning, before His Honor, Judge Hamilton…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, April 3. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.). Alleged Wilful Exposure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1922 · page 5

Oliver Hamilton Barnier, for whom Mr. J. H. F. Waller appeared was charged with indecent behaviour in a railway carriage between Dungog and…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Friday of last week, two State school boys were charged with stealing from a dwelling at Nooroo. One of…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 3

Before Major Crane, P.M., at the police court, yesterday, William Partridge (Elderslie), Patrick Hayes (Black Creek). Thomas Cantwell…

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The Gordon Mystery Man Charged with Murder. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

Fallesen Griffiths, aged 31, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having feloniously murdered Mountford Cook, at Gordon…

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Theft of a Bicycle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

Keith Barlow, a youth of 20 years, was charged at the Singleton Police Court, with stealing a bicycle valued at £10. Barlow was arrested at…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 3

Before Major Crane, P.M., and Messrs. A. Simmons and W. Bailey, Js.P., at a sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday. John Simmonds…

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Shipmaster Charged to Sea with Open Hatches. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Charles Sproule, master of the steamer Marjortie, was charged, with having taken his vessel to sea in so unworthy a…

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Shire Valuations. Friendly Appeal Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

The representative of the Valuer General's Department, is at present in Dungog holding a friendly appeal court in connection with the recent…

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Local and General News a Police Change

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

Constable H. D. Quinn, late of the Sydney division, is now doing duty in Singleton, he having taken the place of Constable Curvey, who has resigned…

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Baronet's Heir and Schoolgirl Romance Ends in Divorce Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The mutual fascination of a baronet's heir and a schoolgirl culminating in a secret marriage has had its aftermath in the…

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District Court. Monday, April 3. (Before His Honor Judge Hamilton.) Share Farming Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

The case in which Ivy Russell and others claimed £215 from James Henry Ekert and his wife for alleged breach of share farming…

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