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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 124

Serious Charge. Alleged Assault at Hebburn. Case at Kurri Court. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

At kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M. John palmer, a miner, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting John…

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Assault Charges. School Teacher Convicted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

Henry Stafford Champion (45), school teacher, pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to two charges of assault…

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Bound Over. Assault at Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

Sydney William Thomas Butcher was to-day ordered, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M. sitting at Kurri Police Court, to be hound over for six…

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Heavy Sentences. for Assault and Jobbery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

A sentence of three years imprisonment was imposed on John Williams, at the Darlinghurst Sessions, after he was found guilty of having assaulted…

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Six Years. for Assault on Schoolboys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

Henry Stafford Champion, aged 46, a schoolmaster from the Newcastle district, was in Sydney sentenced to six years' imprisonment on…

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Sent to Gaol. for Illtreating. Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Daniel Grady, teamster, of Hampton, was sentenced to 14 days gaol at [?]gow Police Court for having cruelly ill-treated a horse by working it in…

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Committed for Trial. Breaking and Entering and Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

Henry De Camera, 48, a dealer, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court. (1) that at Newcastle, between December 15 and 16, 1924, he did break…

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Murder Alleged. Collingwood Man's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

Martin Rupert Knopp, aged 28, a returned soldier, was charged with the murder of Walter Stanley Richards, at Collingwood, Melbourne…

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Industrial Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 10

Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, Industrial Magistrate, Joseph Pedley pleaded guilty to falling to pay award wages to Una Bates. and was lined 10/…

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Assault on Constable Jockeys in Trouble. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 11

David Clarke, a jockey, and his brother, Robert Clarke, a miner, were each fined £5 for assaulting Constable Filan at Ellalong on the night of…

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Alleged Robbery. De Camera Charged. the Hustler's "Job."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 15

Henry de Camera (48) was charged at the West Maitland Court Monday, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., with on October 9, 1925, having…

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Police Handcuffs. Chief Secretary's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

Referring yesterday to the question of police handcalfs, Mr. Lazzarinl, Chief Secretary, said that it was only after careful consideration…

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Singleton Letter. Warden's Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

The following applications were deal with by the Mining Warden (Mr. G. James) on Wednesday. Courtney Martin was granted…

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Police Patrols. Guarding Business Quarters. Hongkong, Feb. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Armed polite, pickets as a precautionary measure are patrolling the business quarter of the city, as during the first weeks strike…

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Motor Fatality. Max Before the Court. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

Cecil Turner Smith, 22, gas-fitter, was brought before the City Pollen Court Mils morning, charged with having killed Mrs. E. J. Morris, the…

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Warden's Court. Sitting at East Maitland. Suspension of Mining Leases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

A Warden's Court was held at the East Maitland Courthouse Thursday before the Metropolitan Mining Warden Mr. G. James,…

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West Maitland Court. Monday. February 2. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.m.). Indecent Language

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

William Mead pleaded guilty to using indecent language on the Maitland showground on January 23, and was fined £3 and 8/ court costs, the…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 8. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P. M.) Stealing Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

Thomas Cornelius Fury, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a shirt and tie, valued at 15/- at Paterson, on January 28, 1926…

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Hobart Raid. on Fashionable Restaurant. Magistrate's Severe Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

Several cases were heard at Hobart City Court arising out of a raid on the Continental, a fashionable restaurant and dance room, which is…

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Police Raid. Nearly One Hundred Arrests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

As the result of a police raid at Newtown at a late hour on Saturday night, nearly a hundred men were arrested and charged with playing…

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