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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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"A Wonderful Invention" Charged with Alleged Cheating and Defrauding. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6

Albert Herbert Thompson, Clarence John Law, James John Morrish, and James Skelton were charged at Gilgandra Police Court to-day with…

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Liquor Case. Fined at Newcastle Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6

Henry Clement Morris, of Oakhampton, West Maitland, was proceeded against at Newcastle Police Court, on a charge of having carried…

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Industrial Troubles. Prime Minister's Views. Powers of Arbitration Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. Bruce, Prime Minister, speaking at the Australian Natives Association luncheon in Melbourne, said that Australia, with its small…

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Irish Republicans Treason Case. Court Proceedings. LONDON. Jan. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 2

O'Leary and McGough were again brought up at Bow-street Police Court and remanded till to-morrow. Mr. Travers Humphreys, for the…

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Husband Charged. Wife Refuses to Give Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

Edward Bates, who was arrested at Goulburn on January 24, appeared at the Crookwell Police Court to answer a charge of administering poison to…

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Bank Robbery. Teller's Story. Theft in Broad Daylight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 8

In an important shopping area at a busy time on Saturday anther audacious bank robbery is alleged to have been committed by an armed bandit…

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Murder Charge. Shocking Disclosures. London, Jan. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

Norman Thorne until recently a poultry-farmer at Crowbridge, was to-day charged at the Little Mark Cross Police Court with the murder…

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West Maitund Court. Monday, February 2. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.m) Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

An inebriate pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in High street on January 31. A fine of 5/. or imprisonment till the rising of the court…

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Racecourse Assault Was Wrong Man Sentenced? Special Inquiry. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

A special, magisterial inquiry was opened today at the Control Police Court, in the case of Robert Thomas Holgate, who was sentenced last year…

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Crowborough Murder Norman Thorne in Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

London, Saturday.—Norman Thorne, who is charged with the murder of Elsic Cameron at Crowborough, appeared in the Little Police Court fit Markcross…

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Three Years' Penal Servitude. Salesman Sentenced at Darlinghurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

Robert Shelton, a salesman, was convicted at Darlinghurst, sessions, of false protences, and sentenced to three years' penal servitude…

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Police Fight Flames

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

No fire was visible at one o'clock, when Senior-Constables Conn passed the intersection of Collins and Swanston Streets, on which corner the…

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Court Resumes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

On resuming after luncheon, Mr. Grieve was recalled. Witness produced voucher No. 471 for 13/-, payable to Councillor Cousins. The…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, January 30th. (Before Mr T. W. Cohen, P.m.) a Liquor Case

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

Joseph Robson, licensce of the Percy Hotel, was charged with having on the said licensed premises John Taylor on Thursday, 25th December, when such…

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Peacemaker Injured Argument Between Man and Wife Husband Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

John Henry Davies, a labourer, was charged at the central central court today with having assaulted Edward played, occasioning him actual…

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Councillor Charged. Action by Shire President. Remarkable Position Case at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

The Cessnock Police Court was crowded this morning to witness the proceedings in the adjourned case in which James Robert Scott, president…

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Assault Charge. Was Wrong Man Sentenced?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 6

The special magisterial inquiry opened at the contract police Court Sydney, in the case of Robert Thomas Holgate, who was sentenced last year…

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Embezzlement Case. Dank Clerk Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

Elwyn Thomas Years, a bank clerk, aged 22 year's. was hadly injured last, June in a motor cycle accident, An examination of books at the bank…

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Kurri Police Court. Some Heavy Fines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 7

Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., at kurri Police Court, there was a lengthy sitting. INDECENT LANGUAGES…

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Novel Plea. Charge of Stealing. Young Man Fined. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

When an ex-employee of McDowall's, Ltd., was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen goods, the property of the company,…

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