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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 123

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 4

Before Mr. E. Cusick J. P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Bernard Michael O'Keefe (30), was charged with being drunk,…

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Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 3

At the Dungog Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Potts, P.M., L. G. Robinson was proceeded against on a charge of not keeping…

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Alleged Assault. Regan Still Unable to Attend Court. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 4

Robert John Kellett and William Kellott, charged at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., with inflicting…

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Concert at East Maitland Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, 18th April, a concert was given to the inmates of Maitland gaol, the convenor being Mrs. C. Willis, superintendent prison…

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Muswellbrook Police Court (Before Mr. E. T. Cohen, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

At the Muswelllbrook Police Court on Friday last Frederick Bruderlin pleaded guilty to being on licensed premises during prohibited hours and…

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Police Association

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

Tho annual conference, of the Police Association was opened in Sydney today. There were about 50 delegates present…

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Mouat Murder Case Sensational Evidence

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

At Christchurch (N.Z.) on Friday there was further sensational evidence in the Mouat niurdor case. Mouat is chaiged with having…

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Assault Charge. Woman Refuses to Prosecute. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

Albert Ikin, 53, who was charged at the Central Court to-day, with having assaulted Catherine. Burrows, occasioning, her actual bodily harm…

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Police Station at Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

The growing township of Kearsley is to be provided with a police station. A building has been secured by the Police Department and Constable…

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Berlin Court's Finding

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

The Berlin Supreme Court, which has concluded an investigation into the alleged war crimes of the ex-Crown Prince, found the Crown Prince never…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. H. F. M. Fletcher, P.M.) No Lawful Means

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

John Henry Schofield was charged with having no visible lawful means of support. Sergeant Toohey asked for a…

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Police Stoned. Mob Fired On. Capetown, April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

A message form Bloemfontein states that following the attempts of the police to seize the Kaffir beer in the native location, a turbulent…

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Police Pensions. Full Rights After Thirty Years. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

The Police Conference to-day reaffirmed the previous recommendations that all members of the force should be allowed to retire with full pension…

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Police Fooled. the Gambling Law. Mr. Lang's Assertions. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. Lang, M.L.A., in an address at Lismore last night declared, with regard to gambling, that the police were as badly [?] as the…

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Claim for £100 DAMAGES. Motor Cycle Collision. Colliery Employees Figure in Case Before To-day's District Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

At the District Court to-day, before his Honor Judge White, Kenneth W. Dann claimed £100 damages from William May, arising out of a collision…

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Kurri Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Fletcher, P.M. presided at the Kurri Police Court to-day…

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Three Months' Gaol for Smuggling Opium

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 2

A Malay, Jan Sibard, quarter-master on the steamer Arafura, was arrested at Brisbane, and charged with being in the possession of opium…

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Murder Case. Lax Living. London, April 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5

At the resumed inquest into the death of Grace Blackaller, the sister of deceased said she wished to correct her previous statement that…

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Hotel Tariff Charge at Maitland Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 1

An interesting case was heard at West Maitland Court on Monday, when Emily Roarty, licensee of the Caledonian Hotel, was charged with refusing…

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Sofia Bomb Outrage Arch-conspirator Killed by Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 2

London, Monday.-—As a sequel to the bomb outrages in Sofia, Bulgaria has asked the Allies for permission to increase her army by 10,000 men…

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