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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 123

Police Magistrate Welcomed

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

When the police court opened on Tuesday at Cessnock, Mr. A. E. West cott, on behalf of the legal profession, took the opportunity, of extending a…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

An elderly man arrested in High-street yesterday afternoon by Constable Moran was charged at the West Maitland Police Court this…

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Brothers Sentenced Five Years Penal Servitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

The case in which John Moran, aged 22, and Victor moran, aged 24, brothers were charged with having assaulted Alfred Drake, a butcher at…

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Murder Appeal Husband's Strange Defence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

Alfred Bracknell, sentenced to death at Albany last month for murder of his wife, sought leave at Perth on Monday, at the Court of Criminal Appbeal,…

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Scott Wins Again. In Weil-known Assault Case

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 6

The “Sydney Morning Heralo” reports:— Mr. Halse Rogers (instructed by Messrs [?] and Russell, Sydney…

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SCOTT v Millar Case in Chambers Magistrate's Finding Upheld

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 7

It will be remembered that in connection with the Cessnock Shire Council trouble David Millar was convicted and fined [?]3 at the…

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West End Brawl. Serious Assault Charge. Victim in Hospital

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 6

Robert Donald Kellett and William Kellett, on remand, appeared, at the Cessnock Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. H. F. W Fletcher, P.M.,…

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Gallant Police Officer. Shot by Bushranger

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

The Goulburn district figured prominently in the exploits, of those notorious bushrangers, Hall, Dunn, and Gilbert, who were particularly…

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Stolen and Recovered Smart Police Work

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

A visitor from the country arrived at the Ceitral Railway Station, Sydney, at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, and a few minutes later reported to the police…

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Taxation Appeal High Court Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 3

An important taxation appeal was heard before the Pull Court of the High Court on Monday, there being on the Bench, Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice,…

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Suburban Robberies. Hopes of Police. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

A girl, aged 14, was round asleep under a bed in a house in Essex-street, Sydney yesterday morning. The girl was subsequently taken…

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Crowborough Murder Thorne's Appeal Rejected (Reuter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

The Court of Criminal Appeal rejected the appeal of Norman Thorne, who had been sentenced to death for the murder of Elsie Cameron at…

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London Night Clubs New Police Powers Suggested Legislation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 3

Important new police powers over London's night clubs were foreshadowed in January by the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks…

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Thorne's Appeal. Dismissed by Court. London, April 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

The appeal of Norman Thorne against his conviction for the murder of Elsie Cameron whose dismembered body was found buried on the…

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Tea Gardens Court House

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A. is in receipt of the following from the Justice Department. Dear Mr. Fitzgerald,…

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Carrying Capacity. Open Court Proceedings

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 5

The Board then sat as a count and a number of holdings were fixed on a carrying capacity basis. These owners did not have any…

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Maitland Court. Tickets Without Names and Addresses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 8

Jim Jones pleaded guilty on Monday to having issued a betting ticket on which Ma name and address were not printed…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 4

The only case at the West Maitland Police Court this, morning was one in which a young man was charged with being drunk…

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Cessnock Court. Charge of Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court Tuesday, Daniel Radnidge proceeded against Victor Caban for having unlawfully assaulted him at…

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Concert at Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 4

(A) Newcastle concert party under the direction of Mr. Pickhover conductor of the Bapist Tabernacle cheir visited the Maitland gaol last…

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