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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 139

Licensing Court. Renewal of License. an Objection by the Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 4

On the ground that the accommedation required by the Act was not provided, the licensing inspector objected to an application by Sidney Ralph for…

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Brutal Murder. Assailant Still at Large, Victim's Funeral. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

The police are still scouring . the country for the man who is wanted in connection with the brutal mu-rder of Martha Quin, at Petershman,…

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Warsaw Murder Soviet Note. Extravagant Demands. Prominent Official Murdered. Riga, June 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

It is reported from Moscow that M. Turov, formerly the president of the Soviet Trade Mission at Berlin, was murdered…

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Stud Claims Racehorse Owners in Court. Top Gallant's Fee. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

In the Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Gorden and a jury of four, Arthur Patrick Wade, of Wagga, racehorse owner and stud farm…

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West Maitland Court. Monday. June 13. (Before Mr. M. H. Clecve, P.m.). Cases Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

Sidney Ralph pleaded not guilty to charges of having failed to keep the premises and accommodation of the Family Hotel up to the standard…

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Stealing Charge Theft of Tools at Paxton Miner Convicted and Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., ar the Magistrate's Court this morning, Talesian Jenkins was charged with stealing tools valued at 26/-, the…

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Thirty Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 2

Rome, Sunday.—Gino Lucetti has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for the attempt he made on Signor Mussolini's life in September, 1926…

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Court Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 2

The business at Dungog Court on Wednesday next will be far greater than is usual. Some 23 cases will he heard as a result of the activities…

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A Full Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 6

Mr. Blackburn set off for Maitland at 1.30 p.m. There were no less than 19 men to be brought before Captain Moffatt for fresh…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.) Indecent Language

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 4

Gordon Apthorpe was charged with using indecent language. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said in extenuation that be was "trying…

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Murder at Petersham Victim Riddled with Bullets

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 1

A young woman was shot dead in a dark laneway near her home in Stationstreet, Petersham, on Friday night. The victim of the tragedy was Martha…

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Hero of Mons. Theft to Buy Goods. Judge Accepts Story

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

A Mons hero, who was charged at Christchurch (N.Z.), with the theft of four dozen empty bottles in order to buy food for his wife and…

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Soviet Amok Eleven Roumanians Sentenced to Death. Polish Newspapers' Attitude. London, June 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

A message from Odessa states that 11 Roumanians have been sentenced to death. They are alleged to have been engaged in…

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Royalist Editor. Surrenders to French Police. London. June 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 8

M.Lean Daudet,editor of the Royalist newspaper, "Action Francaise," who defled the police to arrest him to undergo imprisonment…

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Attempted Murder. Young Man Charged. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

When two detectives at Auckland entered a room to interview Athol White, aged 25, the latter is alleged to have pointed a loaded gun at them…

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Petersham Murder. Search for Fugitive. Police Active

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 2

The interest of the public in the police search for the man whom the police wish to interview in connection with, the murder of Martha Quin, at…

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Brutal Assault. Death of Victim. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

Ernest Boyland, who was brutally assaulted and robbed in Cleveland-street, Redfern, on Saturday night, died in hospital this morning…

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Alleged Murder. Newcastle Man on Trial. The Crown Case. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, George Andrew Buckley, 52, a railway labourer, of Hamilton, Newcastle, was charged with wife…

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Piece Work. Federal Court Reference. Effect on Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 6

Reference to payment of workers by results was made in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, when the pastoral dispute was under…

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Wagga Murder Accused Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 3

Cedrie Ryan, aged 30, a returned soldier, who appeared at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, on a charge of having murdered Elizabeth…

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