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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 105

Charge of Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 13

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

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 14

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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Warden's Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 11

At the silting of the Warden's Court the Warden (Major Crane) stated he had received a telegram from the Chief Clerk in Equity stating that an…

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Edith Cavell Informer Sentenced to Death. London, April 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Mons Correspondent reports that Armand Jeannes has been sentenced to death…

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Murder Trial Mystery a Veiled Witness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

London, Thursday.—A dramatic episode occurred during the hearing of the case against Herbert Armstrong to-day, on a charge of murdering his wife…

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Daring Theft. Jewels Worth £10,000. VANCOUVER, April 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

The boldest robbery of the recent epidemic occurred this afternoon, when Madame Galli-Curci and her husband, Homer Samuels, were motoring in…

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Bathurst Man's Death. Remand on Charge of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

On a charge of murder in connection with the death of Robert Mitchell, at Bathurst, on March 20, William Herold Edwards, 29, was remanded from the…

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Game of Hazards. Alleged Murder Results. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 9

William Edwards, a horse trainer, Was remanded at the Central police court to-day on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously…

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Duck Shooters. Case at East Maitland. Police Warning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 9

On Friday morning at about three o'clock Sergeant C. E. F. Hockley and Constable W. G. Smith, of East Maitland police, proceeded to the…

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Murder of Alma Tirtschke. Ross's Only Hope. Leave to Appeal Refused

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

The High Court on Wednesday refused leave to appeal in the case of Colin Campbell Ross, for the murder of the young girl Alma…

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Girl Bride. Heartless Husband. Divorce Court. London, March 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 9

The mutual fascination of a baronet's heir and a schoolgirl culminating in a secret marriage has had its aftermath in the Divorce Court,…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 8

The Maitland District Court opened at the East Maitland Courthouse on Monday, 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 13

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

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Our Telegrams. Monaghan Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 5

The second trial of Henry Slater, charged with the murder of Thomas Monaghan, was commenced at the Criminal Court to-day. Accused…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, April 10. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.m.) Alleged Wilful Exposure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 5

Oliver Hamilton Barmer, for whom Mr. J. H. F. Waller appeared, was charged with wilful exposure in a railway carriage between East Maitland…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 3

At the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. P. Cuslck, J.P., Sydney Bates, for being drank and disorderly was lined 10/ in…

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Busy Day at Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., had a heavy day at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday and despite the fact that he continued until a late…

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Gordon Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 5

Taliesin Griffiths, who in charged with the murder of Mountford Cook at Gordon, appeared before the Central Court to-day and was…

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Police Claims

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

When the Fuller Government takes office not the least of the claims which will confront it will be those of the Police Officers' Association. They have…

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Daring Theft by Girls Jewels Worth £10,000

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 1

Vancouver, Saturday.—The boldest robbery of the recent epidemic occurred this afternoon, when Madame GalliCurci and her hsuband, Homer Samuels,…

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