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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

2,206 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 111

Liquor After Hours. Police Magistrate's Remarks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 11

In giving his decision in a licensing case in the Glen Innes Police Court, Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M., said he considered that not sufficient care…

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Singleton Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 13

Major Crane, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Police Court yesterday. Robert Dixon pleaded guilty to…

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Salutary Fines. Abermain Assault Cases. Police Must Be Protected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 8

Cases arising out of trouble in a billiard room at Abermain on February 10 were dealt with by Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., at the Kurri…

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Postal Fraud. Melbourne Official Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 15

William Williams, aged 56, married, with a family who had been employed for 34 years in the Postal Department, pleased guilty at the Court of General…

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Doping a Racehorse . Bookmaker's Clerk Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 7

Charged with doping the horse Sherwood Beau at Burrumbeet racecourse last October, Donald Bullow, book maker's clerk, appeared at the…

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Bail Refused. Three Men Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

Evidence was taken in Brisbane, respecting the charge against Albert Wallace. John Michael Mulligan, and Arthur Brown, alias Arthur…

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Mean Theft of Motor Car Parts

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

After the fire had been extinguished on Mr A. Dennett's six-cylinder Buick motor car on Saturday afternoon last, as previously reported in our columns,…

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Flogging Ordered. for Assault on Girl

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 16

Seven years' imprisonment with labour and 15 strokes was the sentence in the Criminal court. Adelaide, to Allan Edward Eilis,…

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Big Bum Involved. Railway Officials Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 3

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, the case was resumed in which three railway employees—Northman McLeod, 55, a riding ganger; William…

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Worthless Cheques Would-be M.P. Sentenced. London, February 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 13

Like Micawber, hoping for something to turn up," was the explanation suggested by counsel for the prosecution at the Old Bailey in the…

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Dentists Defrauded Police Effect Two Arrests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 14

In Sydney detectives two men in connection with frauds on dentists. During the last few weeks the police have received…

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Police Carnival. Fireworks Display and Sports

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 13

The carnival promoted by the local police in aid of the Maitland Hospital concluded on Saturday night when a fireworks display and programme of…

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Bank Clerks' Strike. German Police Suppressed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

The bank clerks at Essan have struck as a protest against the arrest of the manager of the Reichsbank. A general one day strike at Ruhr…

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Dublin Police. Happy Augury. London, Feb. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 3

Thirteen hundred of the Free States vie Sards, blue uniformed police popularly known as "Blue Lookouts" marched with bands…

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Extravagant Dressing Court Case. London. February 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

"You must have ruined yourself paying her bills," remarkable the bachelor judge, Mr. Justice McCardie, questioning a husband, Captain…

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Confuting Stories. Police Evidence at Glen Innes. Judge's Commence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

"It is not, for 'me to say which of these police witnesses Has committed perjury, but one of them certainly has, was the comment made by…

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Steel Works. Wages Reductions Refused. Full Court Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

In a Judgment delivered yesterday, the full.Arbitration Court—Mr. Justice Edmunds and judges Curlewle and Beeby— dismissed the appeal by…

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Judges Warning. Interference with Arbitration Court. Will Cause Delay. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

Mr. Justice Powers, in the Arbitration Court said it was stated in one newspaper that when wages were increasing, organisation representing…

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Lismore Murder. Indian's Body Cremated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 3

The body of Dava Singh, a Hindoo, who was murdered at Lismore was placed in a coffin cm Saturday and cremated. The ceremony was…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning the license of the Heddon Great Hotel was transferred to Ellen Smith widow of the…

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