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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 124

Circuit Court. Cases From Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 4

The hearing was combined at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon before Justice Ferguson of the cases in which Bartholomow Leslie…

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Adjourned Cases. at Cessnock Court. Cesscock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 3

The charges bought by the manager of Stanford-Merthyr No 2 (coliery against Ernest Barnett, Clifford Keeler Barnett, Thomas Sweeney, and…

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Killed in Dentist's Chair Woman Given Cyanide. Dentist Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

A sensational confession is said to have been made by a Maryborough (Q.) dentist, Sydney Robert Turner, concerning the death of a woman…

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Bigamist Sentenced Judge's Strictures

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

That the words he had used in a letter to his wife, after he had left her, and committed a bigamous marriage with another woman, branded him as…

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Alleged Stealing. Labourer Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Lon Boar, 45, a labourer, was charged with having stolen 63 boxes of cigarettes, to the value of £63…

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Motor Fatality. Broker Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

At the Paddington Police Court to-day, David Shaw Anderson, 43, a broker, was charged with having slain Annie Pe[?]rson, 32, a widow…

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Greek Mutiny Officers Sentenced to Death. (Reuter.) Athens, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

An extraordinary court martial sentenced to death Colonel Zevollas and Major Karakoufa, leaders of the recent mutiny…

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Murder Charge. Committed for Trial. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

The case in which Sydney Turner is charged with having murdered Mrs. Katherine Loveday concluded at Maryborough police court. Turner was…

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Circuit Court Verdict of Not Guilty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

The hearing was concluded at the Maitland Cir[?]it Court yesterday afternoon before Justice Ferguson of the cases in which Bartholomew Leslie…

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Singleton District Court Tuesday, April 13, 1926. (Before His Honor Judge White.) SCOTT v. Dairy Company

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

The case of Scott v. The Singleton Contral Co-operative Dairy Company was allowed to stand over until next court…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

An offender against sobriety was brought before Mr. C. Pickup, J.P. at the West Maitland Police Court this morning. As he had been locked up…

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At the Police Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 9

On Tuesday the Cessnock Police Court had an air of the racecourse about it. There was a case decided over a racehorse. In the Children's…

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Killed in Dentist's Chair Woman Given Cyanide. Dentist Charged with Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

A sensational confession is said to have been made by a Maryborough (Q.) dentist, Sydney Robert Turner, concerning the death of a woman…

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ACQUITTED. Charge of Theft

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

At the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, Leonard James was charged with [?] on August 13th, 1924, at…

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Police Court (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.) Motor Buses

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

The Cessnock Shire Council proceed against Hancock Bros, for having run their bus at times other than those specified in the time-table…

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Cleaning Septic Tank Hotelkeeper Claims Charged Excessively

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

In the Cessnock Small Debts Court, on Tuesday last, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., Robert Hunter, sanitary contractor, sued Charles Hall, licensee…

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Hit by Car. Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Vincent Palsey, 27, a builder, was charged with having feloniously slain Bernard Joseph Hoare…

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Chasing Gipsies. Police Car Overturns. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

Consables Tuckwell and Lodger were travelling down the Blue Mountains road to-day in search of a wandering band of gipsies, when their…

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Mining Dispute. Again Adjourned by Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

The much adjourned case, before the Cessnock Police Court in which Ernest Barnett, Clofford Keeling, Arthur Barnett, Ernest E. [?]…

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Police Scandals. Warrant for Ex-constable. Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

There was a further development in the Fremantle police scandals when a warrant was issued to-day for the apprehension of an ex-constable…

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