Mr Justice Davidson Supreme Court Appointment Sydney
When the amending legislation now before the Assembly for increasing the personnel of the Supreme Court Judiciary is passed, Acting Justice…
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Courts & crime, 1927
2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 139
Over a Precipice Man Chased by Police. Fall Broken by Sapling
Chased by the police a man jumped fifty feet over a precipice, at Darwin, and, although he fell on the rocks, he escaped injury, his fall being…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →West Maitland Court. Monday, January 24. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.). Rabbit Nuisance
Stanley Ninncss, dairy tanner, of Coulston. was charged with not destroying rabbits as prescribed under the Pastures Protection Act…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stealing Charge a Magistrate's Warning. Sydney
When Nellie Johnstone, 18, was charged at the Central Court, with stealing from David Jones, Limited, the Magistrate remarket, "I don't…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Stealing. Detectives Make an Arrest. Sydney
Detectives arrested a man during the week-end on a charge of stealing a cheque for £45, which was alleged to have disappeared while it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Naked Lights." East Greta Case. Manager Charged
The adjourned case, in which Joseph H. Rees, manager of Bast Greta Colliery, was charged with having allowed naked lights to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court Angel Inn Alterations
Application was made at the Maitland Licensing Court to-day before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., for permission to make extensive alterations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft of Jewellery
The case in which Leonard James stands charged with the theft of jewellery valued at £12, and alleged to have been stolen from Mary…
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Wednesday, 29th.—I began to prepare my despatch, No. 73, and my letter to the Governor, proposing my plan for a police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Sentenced. Declined to Give Information Sydney
Phyllis Stacey, ages 18, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on two charges of theft at the Central Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Charged. Alleged Breaking and Entering. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, four charges of breaking and entering were preferred against William Corry, 22, machinist, and Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder at Currabubula. Jealousy the Cause
A shocking tragedy occurred about midnight on Wednesday at Currabubula, when a laborer named Cyril Hope Honess, aged 26 years, a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Not Our Ways' U.S. Police Methods. Victorian Detective's Task. Startling Chicago Experiences. London, Jan. 31
"Their ways are not ours," sums up the conclusions of a Melbourne detective. Mr. Piggott, on American police methods. Mr. Piggott, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intoxicated Boys. Wine Licensee Charged
At the Parramatta Police Court, George Charles Pearson, a wine licensee, was charged with having supplied wine to a person under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jewellery Robbery. Charged at Cessnock
Leonard James appeared at the Cessnock Police Court, charged with stealing jewellery valued at £12, the property of Mary Burke, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault Case. Aftermath of Drowning Fatality. Sydney
Geoffrey and Leonard Musgrave, who was charged at Windsor Police Court with having occasioned bodily harm to A. J. Mulhall, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Rents. Court Sits in Sydney
Applications by tenants for determination of house rent were dealt with by Mr. Fletcher in the, Fair Rents Court, in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timely Rescue. [?]Ooned by Flood Waters. Saved by Police. Toowoomba
While endeavouring to cross the flooded waters of Spring Creek yesterday a man named McQuade was swept from his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Transfer
First-class Constable McPherson, of Rooty Hill, will take up duties in Maitland shortly as a sergeant, in place of Sergeant Turner, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Wholesale Murder" Motor Fatalities
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Dr. Arthur asked Mr Lang, the Premier, if he was aware that wholesale Murder took place in the streets of…
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