Forty-four Hours. Granted in Engineering Industry. Court's Reserved Judgment. Melbourne
The Arbitration Court to-day delivered judgment in the 44-hours week case. By majority, the court granted…
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Courts & crime, 1927
2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 139
Kurri Court. (Before Mr. A. T. Adams, P.m.) Kurri, Wednesday. Improper Language
Edward Atkinson was fined £1, with 8/ costs, for using Indecent language. Sergt. Read deposed to the offence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Court. Monday, February 21. (Before Mr. M. II. Cleevc, P.m.). Indecent Language
Thomas Carter pleaded guilty to having used indecent language in High-street on Saturday night and was lined £1/10/. in default seven…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →West Maitland Court. Monday, February 28. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.m.) Drunkenness and Language
A first offender on a charge of drunkenness was fined 5/. Joseph Wire's was fined £1 for being drunk, and £5, or one month, for…
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Frederick Stanmore Lovell, 46, was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, by Mr. C. Pickup, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intent to Murder Barrowman Charged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Sidney Hayes, aged 30, a barrowman, was remanded at the Central Police Court on a charge of having shot Harry Rose with intent to murder him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. W. T. Cohen, P.M.)
For driving a motor-car a without a light after durk, Cecil Davies was lined 10-, plus 8/-, in default 3 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Assault. Man Robbed at Pyrmont. Sydney
James Loughrey was the victim of a cowardly assault last night. He was walking along Bank-street, Pyrmont, when a man stepped out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge. Crown Will Not Proceed
Mr. W, J. Donny, South Australian Attorney-General, stated that, acting on the recommendation of the Acting Crown Solicitor and Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crime, Education, and the Police
According to the Commissioner of Police, there were 14,298 more cases of crime of all descriptions in New South Wales in 1926 than there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court and "The Shingle."
"Many observers may have wondered at a time when the younger royal ladies of so many countries such as Spain and Roumania, have bobbed or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Scouts District Court of Honour
The first meeting of the Upper Hunter District Court of Honour was held on Saturday last, February 26th, at the District headquarters, Ford-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Boundary. Important Denman Case Court Reserves Judgment
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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"A Dirty Skunk" Baker Takes Customer to Court. Woman Fined for Insulting Words
As a sequel to a somewhat breaky interlude between the parties, Clarance William Walking to-day proceeded against Mrs. T. Marr, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Smashed My Things" Hat 'Flattened and Squashed' Wife Alleges Hubby Did It Small Debts Court Matter. (Before Mr. W. T. Cohen, P.M.)
In the Cessnock Small Debts Court this morning Margaret Smith claimed from her husband, John Scott Smith, the sum of £9/12/., in respect of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Murder. Greek Woman Shot
Katherine Katslaclos, aged 3D, a Greek woman, who was divorced some time ago, was shot by a man in a house in North Melbourne last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Solicitor Charged. Fraudulent Omission to Pay. Sydney
At the Central Police Court, to-day, Harry Waldomar Baum, 32, solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to ppay Arthur Arglris the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Crown Will Not Proceed
Mr W. J. Denny, South Australian Attorney-General, stated that, acting on the recommendation of the Acting Crown Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skin Wool Case. High Court Ruling Upheld
A cable message received in Melbourne from London states that the Privy Council has refused leave for certain owners of skin-wools to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paper Tax. Declared Unconstitutional. High Court Decision Unanimous. SYDNEY
The High Court declared the N.S.W. Government's newspaper tax unconstitutional. The decision was unanimous…
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