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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 139

A Mistake. Police Ordered to Sydney. But Sent Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

A dozen police officers from Newcastle and, Maitland, who left their stations for Sydney yesterday,, to do duty during the "Royal visit, were…

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Dramatic Court Scene. Wife and Husband Become Reconciled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

A novel scone was enacted in the Divorce Court, Sydney, when the parties in a suit met after a separation of several years, kissed, became…

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Calava Disaster. Marine Court Opens Inquiry. Captain's Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 4

The Marine Court opened an inquiry concerning' the foundering of the collier, Galava, between Terrigal and Tuggerah, when seven of the…

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Theft From Cripple. Trickster Sentenced

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 5

At Wagga Police Court on Monday, Thomas J. Mares, described as a well-known confidence trickster, was charged with stealing £1 from a crippled…

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Police Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

Before Mr. C. Pickup, J.P., at West Maitland Police Court to-day a first offender was fined 5/- in default two hours' imprisonment for having been…

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Police Transfer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

First-class Sergeant Hamilton, of Dungog, has received word of his promotion to Gosford and expects to leave for his new station next…

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Reward Offered. Robbery and Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 3

The South Australian Government has issued an offer of a reward of £500 and a free pardon for information leading to the conviction of the…

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Popular Police Officer's Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 10

References to the death of Sergeant J. J. McCrea, formerly of West Maitland and Cessnock, were made in the police court at Lismore. Mr. V. B…

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Police Inspectors. Local Appointments Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 3

Mr. J.W.Allen, General Secretary of the Glaziers' Association, stated to-day that a number of inquiries had been rceeived as to whether the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 16

At the monthly meeting of the Police Court, before Mr. E. B. May, P.M., Albert K. Whitney was proceeded against by the Upper Hunter…

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Police Court Cases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

At Gloucester Police Court on Monday, Keith Worthing was fined 10/, and 8/ costs, for being on licensed premises…

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Police Court. Cases at Kurri Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 7

D'Arcy Smith, who pleaded guilty to unseemly behaviour, and Frank Charlton (similarly charged), were fined £2, and £1 (with 10 days, and…

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Driver Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

Otto Rehland. 37, a labourer, appeared at the Redfern Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain James McCarthy, aged 7…

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Alleged Assault. Sensation on Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

Some time after the Albury mail train had left, Junee for Cootamundra the alarm button warned the guard that something was amiss, and the…

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John Brown's Prize Poultry a Stealing Charge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 1

Mr John Brown, of J. and A. Brown, was the chief witness in a case at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, in which he charged Arthur…

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Neglected Baby Parents Sent to Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 16

George Fayle, 52, and Jean Hill, 39, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the North Melbourne Court, on a charge of…

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Alleged Assault. Young Woman Attacked on Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

A sensation was caused on the Sydney mail on Saturday while the train was speeding between Nyngan and Dubbo…

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Police Sergeant Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 2

Sergeant Robert Hamilton, who, while stationed at Dungog was elevated to first-class grade, has been notified of his transfer to [?]osford…

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Wireless Set. Two Men Charged. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

At the police court this morning, Edward Kelly, 28, described as a bootmaker, and Lancelot Hewitt, 42, a clerk, were charged with having…

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Prize Poultry. John Brown's Importations. Alleged Stealing. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 5

Arthur Chrimes, an aged, bronzed man, now a farmer at Western Soldiers' Settlement, was charged at Kurri Kurri Court, before Mr. M…

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