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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

2,671 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 134

Killed by Car. Driver Charged Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 7

Patrick Hugh Tynan was remanded at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having fe[?] James Simmons who was run down…

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Bank Clerk Charged. Alleged Falsification of Books

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 7

At the Brisbane Police Court, Eric Doran, a bank clerk, appeared on two charges in connection with certain shortages in the Brisbane branch of the…

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Police Officers' Association

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 6

The Police Officers' Association thinks that sergeants and constables should belong to different associations, and has submitted a proposal to the…

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Woman Charged Alleged Wounding of Husband. Case Breaks Down

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 3

At Central Police Court, Sydney, Alloe Rose Jackson was charged with having maliciously wounded her husband…

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Boating Fatality. Police Sergeant Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 14

A boating fatality happened at the entrance of Lake Illawarra on Sunday morning, when Thomas Forman, aged 50 years, a sergeant of police, stationed…

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Arbitration Court. Mr. Garden's Attack

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 7

In his annual report, Mr. J. S. Garden, Secretary to the New South Wales workers' Labour Council, macros an attack upon the Arbitration Court…

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Doctor in Court. Chare of Vagrancy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 2

Said by the police to be a duly qualified medical practitioner, having practised in West Australia and Queensland, William Edwards, aged 52,…

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Pair Rents Court. Cases at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 5

At a Fair Rents Court, before Mr. A. R. Perry, at Kurri on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. J. H. F Wlaler appeared for eight tenants of Walgrave…

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Divorce Court. Paris Tragedy. Lodon, Jan. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 2

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express" describes a sensational happening in the City Court when a policeman who was sued for…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Perry, relieving P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland police Court this morning. Ray Mead pleaded guilty to having…

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Grape Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

Many complaints have been made to the police by vignerons in the Poksolbin Allandaic, and adjoining districts of large quantities of grapes…

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Birds of Paradise Alleged Export of Plumes. Magistrate Charged. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Oliver John Thompson, 29, a Magistrate of New Guinea, was charged with having taken out of…

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Constable Attacked Mob Assault in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 3

A mob of 200 gathered at Ha[?]una and Dorcas streets, South Melbourne, on sunday night, and on the app[?]ach of Special Coustable bently…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

a verdict of £5/15/8, with /8 costs was given against Alexander Corns, in Small Debts Court at West Maitland this morning…

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Sent to Gaol. Woman Shoplifter. Magistrate" Remarks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

Stipendiary Magistrate Le Brun Brown, in sentencing Mary Brown to a month's hard labour for shoplifting at Sydney Snows, remarked:…

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Cessnock Police Court Cessnock, Tyesdat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock police court this morning. LARCENCY OF BICYCLE…

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Alleged Stealing. Money and Jewellery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 3

Arrested on a provisional warrant issued in Sydney, Arthur Hendry Bensted, aged 40, described as a practitioner, of New South Wales, and Ruby…

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Five Years. School Teachers Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

Hubert Reginald Holdaway, convicted of assaults on boys while he was employed as a schoolmaster in Nelson, (N.Z.), was sentenced to five years…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Cases at Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 3

At the Gloucester Police Count John Kneller was charged with stealing one red bullock, the properly of John Sambell…

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Daring Theft. Brisbane Sensation. Jewellery Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

A sensational jewellery robbery was perpetrated to the heart of Brisbane at hald-past five o'clock on Monday afternoon, and a few minutes…

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