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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 105

East Maitland Court. Monday, January 16. (Before Major Crane, P.m.). Riotous Behaviour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

Amos Albert Cotterill, 34, and Henry Anthony Smith, 34, were charged with having behaved in a riotous manner on December 17. Patrick…

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Mr. Gale and Prisoner. "Gaol for Those Who Assault Police."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 3

Mr. Gale, S.M., who quite recently sent two men to gaol for six months for a brutal assault upon a constable, was more lenient in dealing with Patrick…

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A Brutal Assault. Six Months Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

I One of the most brutal assaults that has occurred at Wagga was the subject of inquiry by the Police Magistrate, when a young man named…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

William James Liddle, 18, appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning charged with having travelled on the railway without having paid the…

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Cessnock Police Court Without a Gun License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, Matthew Rorke was fined 10s and 8s costs for having a gun in his…

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Increased Crime. Gaol Governors' Opinions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

Speaking of the characteristics or crime in the old country, the "London Weekly Times" gives the following extracts from official reports:…

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Bogus Laird. Five Years' Gaol London, Jan. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

George Williams alias Colonel Hanbury Williams, who pleaded guilty to having conceived a fraudulent scheme to obtain possession of…

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Police Promotions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 5

The police promotions are expected to be announced on Saturday…

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Warden's Court. Suspension of Labour Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

In the Warden's Court, held held the Warden, Major F. W. C. Crane, at the East Maitland Courthouse to-day, William Smith applied for the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Alfred Dolnrry. 42, appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on a charge of having at West Maitland on January 11 forged…

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Alleged Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Lawrence Les Corbett (34) was charged yesterday, at the Newcastle Police Court, with stunting at West Maitland January 13 a pair of men's boots,…

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Munitions Thefts. Conspirators Sentenced, London. Jan. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

In connection with the conspiracy to steal arms from the barracks at Windsor and Chelsea, on November 22. Sergeant Michael Roche, D.C.M.,…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Before Messrs. E. C. Lukey and H. H. MacDougal, L.M's., an application was made by R. W. Gleeson under section 22 of the Act to have…

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Waeden's Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 8

Before Mr. P. W. C. Crane, at the Warden's Court at East Maitland on Monday afternoon, the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, applied for authority…

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Children's Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Three boys appeared for swimming in the Kingdon Ponds Creek, within the Municipality of Scone, they at the time not being…

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Wife Murder Charge. London. January 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

A sensation was datised in the police court at Hay. Birminghamshire, this morning Armstrong, charged with…

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Small Debts Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, Rupert Beale and Co. sued Blanche Page and Harold and Victor. Watts for moneys claimed to be owing. These…

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Warden's Court. Suspension Op Labour Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

The hearing of the application by William Smith, through his attorney, Albert Andrew Holland, for six months of labour conditions…

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The Courts. Thursday, January 19th, 1921. (Before Mr. H. H. MacDougal, P.m.) Series of Stealing Charges

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Henry William Holmes, a young man and a stranger to the district, was charged with that he did at Blandford, on or about 14th January,…

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Mr. Gale and Prisoner. "Gaol for Those Who Assault Police."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 3

Mr. Gale, S.M., who quite recently sent two men to gaol for six months for a brutal assault upon a constable, was more lenient in dealing with Patrick…

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