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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 123

Muswellbrook Police Court. Friday's Cases. (Before Mr. Fletcher, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 1

The hearing of the long list of cases, dealt with at the monthly sitting of the police court on Friday last which began at 10 a.m. continued…

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Embezzlement Bank Clerk Sentenced. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 3

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Raymond Singleton, aged 24, a banK clerk, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude on a charge of having…

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Four Men Charged. Alleged Bogus Refund Forms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 7

Four [?] men charged with obtaining [?]703 from the Victorian railways by means of hours refund railway form, were remanded at the…

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Women Quarrel. Defendant Decides to Go to Gaol. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 2

The story of a quarrel which took place between Mary McClusky and Mary Jane Sidebottom at Bellbird was told to Mr. Cohen, P.M. at the…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. T. M. Cohen, P.M.) Woman In the Dock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

A woman named Bertha Williams, said to be a stranger to Cessnock [?] well known in Newcastle, was charged with being drunk and…

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Trouble at Hotel Leads to Court Proceedings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

Some trouble, in which the police intervened, occurred at the Cessnock Hotel yesterday evening, and there was an echo of it in the Police Court…

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Luck Was In. Timely Rescue by Police. Man with [?]100. FREMANTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

On being searched at the local lockup last night, after being arrested on a charge of drunkenness, a passenger about to sail for England…

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Cessnock Shire Trouble. Case Against Ex-president Scott. Crowded Court. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

The solicitors of the Cessnock Shire Council, having served two notices on ex-president Scott to deliver up certain property of the shire, and failing…

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Bank Tragedy. on Trial for Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 6

The hearing of the charge against Francis Perkins, of murdering William Almeida, the bank teller, at Hampton on November 29, was begun before the…

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Peculiar Case. Wanted to Go to Gaol with Friend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

What the magistrate (Mr. A. Kay) said was the most unusual ease he had over heard was decided in the Murwillumbah police court, when Jack…

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Right of Access. to Arbitration Court Public Service Insistent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

Despite Mr. Bavin's statement that the Government would not give public servants access to the Arbitration Court, the annual conference…

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Miners' Compensation South Greta and Hebburn Cases. Full Court Appeals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 3

The attention of the Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Street, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, was…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, February 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 6

Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., presided at Kurri Police Court sittings yesterday. DRUNKENNESS…

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Three Years. Sentenced for Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 3

James Henderson was sentenced in Brisbane to three years' Imprisonment for the manslaughter of Mary Walder, who was drowned from…

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Trial for Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

The hearing of the charge against Francis Perkins of murdering William Almeida, the bank teller, at Hampton on November 29, was begun before the…

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Police Hospital Carnival Local Committee Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman J. W. B. Waterhouse) on Monday evening presided over a meeting of the local committee in connection with the Police…

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Arrested in Court a Tinge of Irony

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 3

A man was apprehended while listening to evidence at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday. It was a remarkable case, from the…

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Clyde Bank Evictions Police Stoned. (Reuter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

There were six evictions at Clyde Bank yesterday. A crowd stoned and attacked the police and three men were arrested. Barricades were again on…

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Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 2

On Thursday morning, before Messrs. S. N. Dark and J. T. Williams, Js.P., Frederick George Crawford, alias James Craig McPherson, alias…

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Police Hospital Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 6

At a meeting of the local committee in connection with the Police Hospital Carnival, it was announced that the following nominations had been…

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