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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 123

House Shortage. Court of Enquiry. London, March 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 2

As a sequel to the opposition of the building and trade unions to the proposal of the Government to erect steel houses, with a view to helping to…

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Compensation Claims. Colliery Companies Appeals. Dismissed by Full Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 11

The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Street, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, dismissed the appeals of the…

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Mr. Bavin. and the Arbitration Court. Mr. Lang's Criticism

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 9

Mr. Lang, leader of the State Parliamentary Labour Party, referring to Mr. Bavin's criticism of Mr. Justice Powers' action in the seamen's case…

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Desperate Fight. Police Set Upon. Two Arrests in Montague. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 3

At Montague on Saturday night, two constables attempted to arrest a number of men for offensive behaviour, when they were set upon…

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Mrs. Mouatt No Tidings Yet. Police Nonplussed. Auckland, (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 5

The police have not yet succeeded in tracing Mrs. Mouat, whose husband has been arrested for wife murder…

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Rail on Line. Two Boys Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

Two boys, aged between eight and 10, are said to have confessed that "to see the train run off the line" they placed a fence rail across the…

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Women Charged. with Maliciously Wounding. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, [?] Devine was remanded on a charge of having maliciously wounded Sydney Corke, who, it is stated, was…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, March 23. (Before Mr. H. T. Fletcher, P.m.). Motor Prosecutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

Leonard Sweeney pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle in High-street on March 12, he not being the holder of a licese…

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Brutal Assault. Story Told in Brisbane Court. Three Persons Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 6

The story of an alleged brutal assault on a police constable on the night of February 21 was told in the Brisbane Court, when William…

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Motor Tragedy Brothers in Court. Charged With Feloniously Slaying. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Joseph and Francis Boland, motor mechanic and motor driver respectively, were charged with having…

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Brothers Charged. Threatening Behaviour at Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 6

There was a disturbance at the annual meeting of the South Grafton Water Brigade on Saturday night…

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Cowardly Assault. Man Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 5

Leonard Newton was walking along Hickson Road City, late last night, when a man approached and struck him with some hard substance…

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Police Hospital Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 4

On April 4 an attractive programme of athletic motor and cycle events will be brought off on the Singleton Show Ground in…

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Brothers Quarrel Murder Charge Fails

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

The story of a fatal quarrel between two brothers was continued at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, before Mr Justice Gordon, on Friday, after our…

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Death Sentence. Murder of Coloured Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

In the Criminal Court at Albany, Frederick Morgan was found guilty with a recommendation to mercy, for the wilful murder of Isaiah Riley a…

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Cinematic Aid for the Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 4

The police authorities of Chicago have instituted a system under which each one of the criminals in custody must walk before a motion-picture…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. H. F. Fletcher, P.M.) Breach of Motor Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 5

Herbert Townsend was charged with failing to deliver his motor rider's license after it had expired. He pleaded guilty by proxy, and…

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Local & General News Police Hospital Carnival

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Don't Forget Police Hospital Carnival, Showground, 4th April…

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Solicitor Censured Full Court's Decision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

The Full Court delivered reserved decision in the case in which the New South Wales Incorporated Law Institute asked the Court to…

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Petersham Murder Alfred McINNES Convicted. "Something Snapped in My Brain."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

The second trial of Alfred William M'Innes on a charge of the murder of Winifred Foley, a barmaid, at Petersham, on September 20 last,…

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