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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Remanded Again Boland Brothers Charged

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

The brothers Joseph Patrick Boland (27) and Francis William Boland (26) were again before the Central Police Court on Wednesday…

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Detectives Charged Alleged Conspiracy and Menaces

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

Further evidence was taken in Melbourne in connection with the charges of conspiracy and demanding £6500 by menace against…

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Cinematic Aid for the Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 7

The police authorities of Chicago have instituted a system under which each one of the criminals in custody must walk before a motion-picture…

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District Court Cessnock District Cases

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 7

At the Maitland District Court this week, before Judge White, George Henry Waller, of Paxton proceeded against Water Bailey…

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Coroner’s Court. Abernethy Fatality. Veridct of Accidental Death

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 10

At the Cessnock Court House, on Tuesday, the District Coroner (Mr. Geo Brown, J.P.) inquired into the death of Ellen before, who met her…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 7

Mr. H. W. Fletcher, P. M., occupied the Bench at the police court on 27th ult. Oscar Clark pleaded guilty to…

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Youths Sentenced. Sequel to Joy Ride

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 16

Four youths, with the intention of making an overland trip to Adelaide, stole a motor car in Melbourne on March 20, but they proceeded only…

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Police Hospital Carnival

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

The Glendon candidate is again at the top of the poll for the Police Hospital Carnival Queen competition—for the, second time this week. Next in…

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Volumnia's Master Charged (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

Thomas Thomas, master of the steamer Volumnia, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having, on February 18, wilfully and…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 4

The Maitland Circuit Court will open at the East Maitland Courthouse on Monday, April 27. Mr. Justice Ferguson will preside…

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Alleged Assault. Miner in Serious Condition. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 16

Thomas Regan, aged 36 years, a miner, was set upon by three men outside the Australia Hotel, Cessnock, on Saturday week…

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Singleton Police Hospital Carnival

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 7

A good deal of enthusiasm is being infused into the . approaching Police Hospital Carnival. A meeting of the committee was held in the municipal…

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Cudal Poisoning Case. Rothery Sentenced to Death Strychnine in Porridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 13

William Henry Conwell Rothery, of Side View, Bowan park, in the cudal district, was charged with having administered poison to…

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Lilyvale Tragedy Verdict of Murder. Startling Depositions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 9

The inquest concerning the death of William Bent, was resumed in Melbourne. [?] Caandler deposed that while…

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District Court. Trespass Alleged. Case Adjourned to Next Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 8

Before his Honor. Judge White, at the Maitland District Court, which opened at the East Maitland Court-house on Tuesday, Bridget 'Kerr, of…

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Sydney Underworld Raids by Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

Consternation prevailed among Sydney's criminals last evening when large possess of police and a number of police patrol waggons dashed…

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Alleged Contempt of Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 7

On behalf of Thomas Campbell, a members of the Seamen's Union, an application was made to Mr. Justice Innes in the Equity Court, for the…

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Police Attacked. Raid on Alleged Sly Grog Shop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

Two members of the police force were assaulted, one being badly injured, during a raid on a sly grog shop in Abercrombie street,…

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Lawn Tennis. Opening of Methodist Court. Ceremony Performed by the Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

The new courts of the West Maitland Methodist Tennis Club on the West Maitland Park were officially opened this afternoon by the Mayor,…

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Five Dock Tragedy. Boland Brothers Before the Court. Remanded to Burwood. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

At the Central Police Court, to-day, Joseph Patrick Boland, aged 27, and Francis William. Boland, 28, who have been charged with…

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