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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 139

Sugar Mill Strike. Excitement at South Johnstone. Police Steengthened. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 5

Twenty police have arrived at South Johnstone in order to be prepared for any emergencies in connection with the mill strike…

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Appeal To Supreme Court Dismissed Young and Another v. TONKS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 3

Before His Honor, Judge White, at the District Court at Maitland on the 6th April, 1927, Clarenda May Young aud Edward Lee Young the…

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Woman Fatally Injured Knocked Down by Police Patrol Car. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 2

Mrs Alice Nell, aged 47, had just alighted, from a bus in Flinders-street this morning, when she was knocked down by a police patrol car driven by…

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Murder Alleged. the Elands Shooting. Youth Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 3

A finding that William. Charles Anderson, aged between 16 and 17 years, did feloniously slay Raymond, George Holden, another boy, was…

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Assault Alleged. Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 5

A man in a motor car, after having been chased by the youths on a motor cycle last night, was taken to paddington police station and charged…

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Aboriginal Atrocities. Charge of Murder. Constable Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 3

Following on the report of Mr. G. T. Wood, S.M., who as the Royal Commissioner inquired into allegations of the murder of aborigines in…

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Shooting Case. Alleged Intent to Murder. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 5

Paul Casha, 35, was charged at the police court this morning with shooting with intent to murder one James Hughes, in a bearding house, in…

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Stamp Duty. Full Court Cash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 7

Argument was concluded in the Full Court in a special case setting out a dispute between the executors of the will of the late Archibald…

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Murder of Natives Constables Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 2

Police officers in Wyndham (W.A.) have arrested Constable Frederick Graham St. Jack, and charged him with the murder of natives at Dala in June last…

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Trunk Murder Remarkable In' Police Court. Confession of Accused. London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 5

There were remarkable scenes at the Westminster Police Court, when Uohn Robinson was charged with the murder of Mrs. Bonati. Girls and…

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Stealing Charge Brother Accuses Brother

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 4

At Newcastle Police Court on Monday, Thomas Cabe was charged with breaking and entering the house of his brother, Newman Joseph Cabe, at…

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Murder of Woman Mind Sentence Imposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 8

The trial of Edward Stanley Moran, charged with wilful murder of Lynda Dronsicks, at Brisbane, on April 21, concluded in the…

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Should a Doctor Tell Threat of Gaol for Refusal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 2

The right of a doctor to withhold evidence gained by him in his professional capacity cropped up in a* case heard In one of the metropolitan district police…

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Sugar Mill Strike Arrival of Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 3

Twenty police have arrived at South Johnstone (Q.) in order to be prepared for any emergencies in connection with the mill strike' In order to avoid…

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Murder of Natives. Constables Charged

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 8

Police officers in Wyndham (W.A.) have arrested Constable Frederick Graham St. Jack, and charged him with the murder of natives at Dala in June…

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Anneal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 4

It is announced that a court for hearing appeals against valuation in the Tarro Shire Council will be held at the East Muitland…

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Murder Charge. Kimberley Atrocities. Constable Arrested

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 4

Following upon the report of Mr. G. T. Wood, S.M., who as the Royal Commissioner inquired into allegations of the murder of aborigines in the…

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Police Court (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M.) Tuesday, 31st May, 1927. Indecent Language

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 8

Thomas Evans was charged with behaving in an indecent manner near the Bellbird Hotel. Mr. Ward entered a plea of guilty on his behalf, and…

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Natives on Trial. Murder of Prospectors. Babaul

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

The trail is proceeding at Rabaul of sixteen natives for the alleged murder of the gold prospectors Neel Collins, Bruce Harley, David Page…

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Maniac Amok. Motorist and Police Shot at Gunman Sucicides

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 12

While returning to their home, Wilpatra Station, Anabranch, near Wentworth (N. S. W.), from Mildura by car Mr. and Mrs. A. E…

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