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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 124

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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Ex-governor's Aide-decamp Charged. with Theft

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

Godfrey Wentworth, a salesman, was charged at the Central Court, Sydney, on Tuesday with stealing two cheques valued at £169/11/5, the property of…

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Burglary Charge Story of Finger Frints

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 1

At West Maitland Police Court on Monday, Henry De Camera was charged with that on October 9, 1925, he broke into The Hustlers and stole 30…

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Motor Lorry Driver Charged with Feloniously Slaying (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

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

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Killed by Motor Car a Man Charged (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

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

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Warden's Court. Sitting at East Maitland. Suspension of Mining Leases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

A Warden's Court was hels at the East Maitland Courthouse this morning before the Metropolitan Mining Warden, Mr. G. James…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Two youths were before Mr. C. Pickup, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day charged with drunkenness outside the theatre last…

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Bullahdelah Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday, 27th January, before Mr. F. Potts, P.M. W. H. Blanch, riding motorcycle without a light, fined 10 and 8/ costs…

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Communists Sentenced

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

The French Communist deputy, M. Marthy, and the manager af the Communist newspaper "Humanite," M. Bellanger, have been sentenced respectively to 10…

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Alleged Forgery. Bank Official Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

John McGrath, 19, was remanded at the Central Police Court, Sydney on three charges of having forged entries in a Government Savings…

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Heavy Sentences. for Assault and Robbery

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 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…

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Actress Charged. with Driving Car Dangerously

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

Muriel Starr, the well-known actress, was charged in Melbourne with having driven a car dangerously on October 2 last. She did not attend…

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Cowardly Assault. Case at Kurri Kurri. Heavy Fine

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 8

At Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., John Palmer, a miner, pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Merriwa Result of Police Raid

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Since the police made the recent raid on motorists for defective tail lights the demand fon colored spectacles has increased wonderfully…

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East Maitland Court. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen. P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M. occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court to-day. FALSELY REPRESENTED…

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Three Years Gaol. Assault and Robbery and Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

George Joseph Canale, 21, waiter, and Thomas [?]win Sutten, 21, platelayer, each pleaded guilty in Sydney, to having assaulted George Charles…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Before Mr. C. Pickup, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, two offenders were arranged for drunkenness. One was fined 10…

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Forty-four Hours. Application to Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Lazzarint), stated that the question of the application of the 44 Hours Week Act to the Police force had been…

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Seven Years. Sentenced for Arson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

At the Criminal court, Devonport (Tas.) three young mens John Henry M'Glone, Aloysins Augustus gillam and William Reevers, junior…

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