District Court Power
It is stated in legal circles that an enlargement of the powers and functions of the District Court at the expense of the Supreme Court is…
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Courts & crime, 1931
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Rent Claim Court's Decision
The District Registrar, East Maitland, read the reserved judgment to his Honor Judge Sheridan, in the case heard in the Maitland District…
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Mr. Geikie also occupied the Bench in the Municipal Appeal and Valuation Court, which was resumed. There were a number of appellants, the cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grazier Fined Attack on Police SYDNEY
Thomas Liley, or Joseph Liley (60), a grazier, was fined £3/10/ at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted tho police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Kurri Girl Inquest Next Tuesday Full Report in "Eagle."
The inquest concerning the death of Ruby Anderson, aged 20, whose body was found in an empty house in Kurri Kurri in the early hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dungog Court. (Before Mr. C. T. Oram, P.M.)
At the Dungog Court on Tuesday, the following cases were dealt with:— TICKLE v. MOFFIT. R. Bert Tickle, plaintiff, claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxi-driver in Court Charge of Driving While Drunk. Cyclist Injured
At the Cessnock Police Court, on Wednesday, Harry Price, 40, a Cessnock taxi-driver, was charged with driving while under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton District Court Wednesday, Apbil 15th. (Before his Honor Judge Sheridan.) Taxi-driver's Claim
John James Malone, of Singleton, taxi-car proprietor, sued Keith A. Campbell, of 30 Dunbar-street, Stockton, for negligently, unskilfully, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →UNLICENSED Hawkers Charged Court's Lenience Cessnock
That they were working for a Mr. Walsh, from Newcastle, and did not know that their employers' license did not cover them, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Raid Billiard Saloon 30 Men Charged Newcastle
The sequel to a raid on a billiard room at Boolaroo on the night of March 27. when 30 men were arrested for alleged…
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At the Kurri Kurri Police Court later, Basil Rees (24), a well-known resident of Kurri Kurri, was charged with having feloniously…
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Arising out of recent arrests in a local store, Harold James Stringett, 18, was committed for trial at the Muswellbrook Police Court, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Goods Disappear Railway Complains Six Months' Gaol
At the West Maitland Police Court on Monday, railway detective William David Douglas, deplored the quantity of goods…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Fraud Woman Charged Solicitor's Clerk Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Leila Beryl Smith (37), law clerk, was charged with having during the past five years…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bellbird Robbery Two Charged at Cessnock Cessnock
"I beard a noise in my room and I walked in. McDonald was in the act of pulling the top drawer out of my dressing table, while another drawer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Hunt Long Search Ends Murder Suspect
After a long search through Cape York. Pen[?]a for the alleged murderer of the diago scalper James Thomson, police and black-trackers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge New-Born Babe's Death Two Committed
Elsie May Barnett, 20, domestic, and Henry George Cox, 21, shop assistant, were charged at Caboolture Police Court with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Batch Drunks in Court
Unusual activity on the part of liquor quaffers on Saturday afternoon last resulted in the appearance of six, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →EXAMINATION Small Debts Court Case Adjourned
In the Small Debts Court to-day John C. Skelton was examined upon the application of Bennett and Wood, Limited, as judgment creditors…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Defence Union Milk Producers Court Cases
The first meeting of the Miller's Forest branch of the Producers' Defence Union was held in the Popular Hall. Mr. Percy Smith, presided,…
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