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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 139

Circuit Court. Seventh Day of Sitting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 2

The seventh day of sitting was reached at the Circuit Court at East Maitland Courthouse to-day before Mr. Justice Campbell in the case…

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Maitland Circuit Court (Before Mr. Justice Campbell)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 3

Evidence was continued at the Maitland Current Court in the case in which William Anchan and R. F. Leaver are each claiming £2500 from the Closer…

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Singleton District Court (Before his Honor Judge White.) Sale of a Horse

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 4

John Arthur Watts sued Edith Heuston for damages for detinue and conversion of a mare. Mr. Braddon, instructed by Mr. A. B…

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Brutal Assault

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

Three men, Henry Reinke, Reginald Kelly, and Arthur Girdham were committed for trial at the Central Police Court on a charge of having assaulted…

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Alleged Assault with Mattock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. H. M. Cleeve, P.M. Robert Childley, 35, a smallish man, was remanded on £100 ball on a…

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Murdered Wife. Greek Sentenced to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 4

Arthur John Kotsiakos, aged 39 years, a Greek fishmonger, was found guilty at the Criminal Court, Melbourne, of the murder of his wife,…

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Singleton Letter. Stealing and Receiving. Defendants Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

At the Police Court on Tuesday, fore Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., John Clarke was charged with stealing £21 from…

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Woman Sentenced. Stole From Employers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

Irene do Vigney, aged 20, who stole £150 worth of dress materials from Grace Bros., by whom she was employed, was sentenced by Judge…

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Smart Police Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

At 3 p.m. on the 25th. inst. the Muswellbrook police notified headquarters by 'phone that P. J. Woodbry's home had been broken into and several…

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Smashed to Pulp. a Brutal Murder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

A particularly revolting, murder has occurred at Bowgada, W.A., the body of T. W. Currell, aged 62, a farmer, partly enclosed in a sack, being found…

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Famous Pictures. Wholesale Theft at Moscow. London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

A Moscow message states that an art gallery of world-famous pictures has been stolen. The pictures comprised, many masterpieces of…

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Assault Case from Attunga. MORRISON v. TINSET. £300 Damages Allowed. Armidale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

At the Armidale Circuit Court (civil jurisdiction), before Mr Justice James and a jury of four, a claim for damages for assault was made by William…

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Daring Burglary. at Muswellbrook. M. CAMPBELL & CO.'s Premises Entered. Over £300 Worth of Goods Stolen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 4

Messrs. M. Campbell and Co.'s premises at Muswellbrook were broken into on Sunday night, and goods worth between £300 and £400 stolen…

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Children's Court. Rev. Paul's Statements Contradicted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

Statements (appearing elsewhere in this issue) made by the Rev. G. T. Paul, chaplain of Toe H., at the Anzac Day service at St. Andrew's Cathedral…

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Making the Criminal Lot Harder. Montreal's Police Telephone System

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 3

Montreal criminals will have a harder time escaping the police than ever before, with the recent completion of the first section of a new electrical…

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A Kurri Court Case Riotous—and a Sequel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

At the Kurri Kurri olice Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Cleeve, M. a case of riotious behaviour, with a sequel, was heard…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M.)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

Charles David Swinton, miner was first examined and stated that his present condition was due to intermittency of work and sickness. He…

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Killed in Murulla Smash Court Awards £800 to Farmer's Widow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

In September last John Dunbar, aged 72, a former resident of Scone, lost his life in the Murulla railway amash. In the Banco Court, before…

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Killed in Murulla Smash Court Awards £800 to Farmer's Widow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 9

In September last John Dunbar, aged 72, a former resident of Scone, lost his life in the Murulla railway amash. In the Banco Court, before…

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Singleton District Court. (Before his Honor Judge White). Sale of a Horse

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

Arthur Watts sued Edith Houston, for damages for detinue and conversion of mare. Mr. Braddon, instructed by Mr. A. B…

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