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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 124

Brutal Assault. Constable Struck with Bottle. Robbed of £30. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

Constable William Mercer, of Cordeaux Dam, was brutally assaulted in Campbell Street, City, last night. He says that be was attacked…

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Seven Killed. Twenty-five Wounded. Gaol Mutiny at Burma. Sydney

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

News has been received of the death of seven pardons and the wounding of 25 in a gaol mutiny, which broke out at Pya-pun, Burma…

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Heads Win. Coin Tossed in Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 9

A novel way of settling a protracted legal argument was witnessed in Hobart police court, where a union claimed payment of £25 arrears of…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 4

Henry de Camera (48) was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before. Mr. [?], Cohen. P.M., with on October 9. 1925, having…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

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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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 7

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the regular sitting of the Police Court. Joseph Stowart Nealy pleaded…

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Heavy Sentences. for Assault and Robbery

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

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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Brutal Assault Case Man Arrested in Sure

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Just as a man stopped from the surf at Coogee on, Sunday three detectives walked up to him and told him lie was "wanted."…

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Brutal Assault Case. Man Arrested in Surf

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Just as a man stepped from the surf at Coogee on Sunday three detectives walked up to him and told him he was "wanted…

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Committed for Trial Breaking and Entering and Stealing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

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

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Industrial Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 7

Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, industrial Magistrate, Joseph Pedley pleaded guilty to failing to pay award wages to Una, Bates, and was fined 10/…

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Assault on Constable Jockeys in Trouble. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

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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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. F. M. Cohen, P.M.) Language At Paxton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

William Holland was charged with using indecent language on Millfield Road, Paxton, on January 16, and pleaded guilty by proxy…

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A Father's Death Daughter Committed on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Alice Victoria, Clarke, aged 19, who is alleged to have shot her father at Coolup (W.A.) recently, was committed for trial at Fremahtle on Saturday on a…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

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 Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 7

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 Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 4

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

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Fatally Crushed. Motor Driver Charged. Alleged Intoxication. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

Archibald Sivyer, 40, a carrier, was charged at the Central Court with feloniously slaying John Fox, and with driving a motor lorry while under…

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Charge Defended. But Court Inflicts Fine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 6

Reuben Henry Prescott, for whom Mr. H. T. Skilton appeared, pleaded not guilty, on remand, at Kurri Police Court, before Mr. W. R. Cohen…

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Motor Fatality. Man Before the Court. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

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

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