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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 124

Fathers Death. Son on Trial for Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 9

The trial commenced at the Grafton Supreme Court of Bruce Havelock Strong, on a charge, of having murdered his father. Alexander Strong…

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Murder Charge. Dentist on Trial. at Maryborough

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 5

Less than a month ago a married woman named Mrs. karin Loveday was found dead in a Maryborough dental surgery. On Tuesday…

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S.p. Betting. Police Active

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 3

The police have commenced to take action to suppress the operations of starting price bookmakers, [?] "Government…

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Alleged Conspiracy. to Cheat and Defraud. Nine Persons Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 16

At the Central Police Court to-day nine persons were charged with having conspired to cheat and defraud the Railway Commissioners of…

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Circuit Court. Opened on

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 8

Mr. Justice Fergusson presided at the sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court, which opened at the East Maitland Courthouse this…

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Workmen Injured. Police Falls on Them. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 5

George Simmons, 52, and John Monico, 54, were working on the Orient Company's wharf at Woolloomooloo to-day, when a pole, 15 feet long, fell…

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Joy Riders. Exciting Chase at Dulwich Hill. Youths Elude Police. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 16

When the owner of a motor car came out of a picture show at Dulwich Hill last night he saw two youths jump into his car and drive quickly…

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Suspicious Fire. Blaze Follows Burglary. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 5

Suspicious circumstances surround a fire which broke out in a pastry cook's shop, owned by William Powe, at Summer Hill, last night…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 4

A boy 16 years, of age appeared before the Children's Court at West Maitland this morning, on a charge in connection with the robbery at a…

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Alleged False Pretences. Gunther Again Charged. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 4

George William Gunther, 26, described as an electrician, was again arrested by the Kurri police late on Saturday nightand charged on two…

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Undermanned. New South Wales Police Force. Association's Claims. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 5

The report of the Police Association, which was presented at the annual conference to-day, said that the New South Wales police force was seriously undermanned…

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Federal Awards Not Affected by Forty-four Hour Act. High Court Judgment. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 5

The High Court to-day decided that the N.S.W. 44-Hour Act could not be applied to those employed in industries covered by Federal…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, April 19. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve. P. M.) Stock Board Prosecutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 8

The Maitland Pastures Protection Board proceeded against Samuel T. Smith for falling to destroy rabbits on his properly at Noorool, near…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

At the Singleton Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., Robert Mansfield, also known as Robert Heath,…

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Muswellbrook Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 1

At the monthly sitting of the police court, held here on Friday last, Mr. E. A. May, P.M., presiding, the cases dealt with were as follow:—…

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Police Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 7

The return match between the Maitland Police Sports Club and Newcastle police will be played on West Matland park to-morrow. The Matland team…

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Solicitor Charged. Alleged Fraudulent Conversion. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

Charged with having fraudulently converted to his own use £600, of which he was bailee, Ernest Henry Ward, 38, solicitor, was at the…

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Alleged Abduction. Shop Assistant Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Percy Gerald Hermont Lesue, 23, shop assistant, was remanded on ball on a charge of abducting Mavis…

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Brawl at Neath. Alleges Assault with a Bottle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

A case concerning an alleged assault with a bottle was ventilated in the Cessnock Police Court to-day and was dismissed without costs by…

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