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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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East Maitland Court. Friday, February 11. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.). Breaches of Traffic Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 9

Clifford A. Suters, Aubrey Harold Way, William Brien, Barcelot Theodore Farley, Alfred Burns, and Osterley Haviland, were changed with not…

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Woman's Death. Found at Darlinghurst. Domestic Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

Edith Florence Ashton, 37, a domestic, was remanded at the central Police Court this morning on a charge this morning on a charge of feloniously slaying Emily…

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Singleton Letter. Police Sergeant Welcomed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 3

At the Courthouse yesterday, Sergeant W. Doran was welcomed to the town and district. Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., congratulated Sergeant Doran…

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Police in the Ring. Boxers Quarrel at Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

The bout between "Pud" Seager of Adelaide, and Dave Ross, of Melbourne, ended with the police in the ring at the Stadium on Saturday…

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Newspaper Tax. Appeal to High Court. Case Opened. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

The case of the "Sun," "Evening News," "Sydney Morning Herald," and Sydney "Daily Telegraph," against the action of the New South…

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Cantonese. Advance on Shanghai. General Strike Started. Special Police Called Out. Shanghai, Feb 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 8

Ningpo, the most important coast port ol Chekiang province, one night's journey from Shanghai, was captured by Nationalist forces without a shot…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, February 21. (Before Mr. M.H. Cleeve, P.m.). Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 2

A first offender who did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness had his recognisance of 10/ estreated…

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Cessnock Court. Stealing Grapes. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

A charge of stealing grapes from Rothbury on January 22 was preferred against Ernest Hamilton and Thomas Rohan at the Cessnock Police…

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Innocent Prisoner. Released From Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

A prisoner, Charles Connors, was released from gaol on Friday on the instruction of the Attorney-General (Mr. McTiernan)…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.M.) Assaulted His Brother-in-Law

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

Jack Kavanagh was charged with unlawfully assaulting Alfred George Ellis. Mr. A. K. Westcott (Westcott…

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Gloucester. Shire Council Items. Farewell to Police Sergeant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 6

A benefit social was held in the Majestic Picture Palace on Thursday, in aid of Mr. Sam Fordham, who has had a bad run of ill health. The hall…

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River Boundary. Important Penman Case. Court Reserves Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 7

An important case involved in a dispute between owners of lands with frontages to the Hunter River and the Attorney-General, as to where the…

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Small Debts Court Garage Proprietor Gets a Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

In the Cessnock Small Debts Court to-day Aubrey Wallace Rutherford, motor garage proprietor, Vincent-street, Cessnock, proceeded against…

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Strike Executions. Difficult Problem. for British Police. Shanghai, Feb. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

The strike situation to-night is without much change: The strikers number 108,000, most of whom are employed in the cotton mills. If the…

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Newspaper Tax. Question of Legality. High Court Reserves Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 7

Judgment was reserved on the question as to the constitutionality of the hall-penny tax imposed on newspapers by the State Government,…

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Boxing Sensation Lively Evening at Broken Hill. Police Take a Hand

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 8

The recent Sydney stadium disturbance, in which Yankee mi[?] Joe Reisher, assaulted referee Joe Wallis seems to be livening…

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Adelaide Murder. Inquest Further Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 6

The adjourned inquest into the death of John Robert Hindmarsh, whose body was found in a room at the Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide, on…

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Country Police. for Sydney During Royal Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 3

Country districts may be without the usual police protection when the Duke and Duchess of York arrive in Sydney…

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Gags Cause Death the Adelaide Murder, Detained Men Committed. Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of John Robert Hindmarch, jeweller who was found dead. In his room at Grosvenor. Hotel, concluded to-day…

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River Boundary. the Denman Case. Full Court Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 3

Reserved judgment was delivered in the Full Court in the special case stated by the Registrar-General, pursuant to sec. 123 of the R.P. Act…

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