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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 124

Local and General Magistrate on Leave

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, Police Magistrate at west Maitland, will commence a month's leave on Monday next. He will be relieved by Mr. T. W. Cohen,…

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Vagrancy. Sentenced at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

William Jones, 44 years, was sentenced to three months on a charge of vagrancy. The police submitted a record…

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Turkish Atrocities Murder and Rapine

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 2

Talcs of brutal atrocities in Turkey are told in the 'report to the League of Nations by the International Commission appointed to deal with the…

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Alleged Stabbing. a Domestic Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Tessie Collins, 38, a domestic was remanded on a charge of having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm…

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Alleged Receiver. Belgian Charged at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

At the police court this morning, Henry de Camera was before the court on a charge of alleged receiving stolen goods, and three charges of…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

On Friday lost before the P. M., Mr. Cleeve, Benjamin Waite for having an unlicensed gun in his possession, 10/ and 8/-…

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Murder Alleged. Collingwood Man's Death. Returned Soldier Charged. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Martin Rupert Knopp; aged 28, a returned soldier was charged at City Court to-day with the murder of Walter Stanley Richards at…

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Woman Attacked. Coogee Assault Case. Curtis Before the Court Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 6

William Henry Curtis, or George Lacey, a musician, was charged by warrant at the Central Court today with having feloniously wounded…

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Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

Martin Rupert Knopp, aged 28, a returned soldier, was charged at the City Court to-day with, the murder of Walter Stanley Richards at…

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Melon Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

Although the melon crop is light, there are sufficient about to tempt raiders. Already complaints have been made of melons being stolen…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

John Palmer was before the Kurri Kurri Police Court, on a charge of having, at Weston, on January 27, inflicted actual bodily harm on…

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Woman Attacked Coogee Assault Case. Curtis Before The Court. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 13

William Henry Curtis, or George Lacey, a musician, was charged by warrant at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously wounded…

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Vagrancy. Sentenced at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

William Jones, 44 years, was sentenced to three months on a charge of vagrancy. The police submitted a record…

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Committed for Trial. Alleged Robbery and Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 14

Marsden Speakman (24), a seaman, was charged that at Newcastle, on January 20, he stole one rolled gold watch and other property, valued at…

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Committed for Trial. Breaking and Entering and Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

Henry De Camera, 48, a dealer, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court [?] that at Newcastle, between December 15 and 16, 1924, he did break…

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Woman's Death Suspicion of Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

The Melbourne Coroner on Wednesday remarked that there was a suspicion of murder, after he had heard evidence concerning the death of Violet Baker,…

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Alleged Receiver. Belgian Charged at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

At the police court this morning, Henry de Camera was before the court on a charge of alleged receiving stolen goods, and three charges of…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, 29th JANUARY, 1926. (Before Mr M. H. Cleeve, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

Joseph Stewart Neely pleaded guilty to keeping an unregistered dog, and was fined 10/, with 8/ court costs; in default, 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Draper Charged. Found in Government House Grounds. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 14

At the Central Police Court this morning. Allen McPherson Brown, 49, a draper, was charged with having been found in the yard of Government…

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Trowbridge Murder. Bombardier Lincoln Convicted. London, Jan. 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 12

Bombardier John Lincoln's defence was a frank admission that he had fired shots. "I can't say I fired at anything in particular. I simply…

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