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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 139

Innisfail Murder. Assailant Still at Large. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 5

The police have not yet Succeeded in running to earth the murderer of Jack Hynes, at Innisfail…

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Girl Assaulted. Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 5

A girl, residing at Gordon, informed the police that when near her home late last night, a man caught hold of her, dragged her to a vacant…

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Rosebery Cup. Tea Leaf and Tiny's Court Favourites

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 9

Before racing commenced at Kensington, Orage was at a long price for the Rosebery Cup, but so well did the mare win the first division of the…

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Alleged Theft Horse Trainer Charged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 9

At the Cessnock Police Court this morning, William Ryan, 20, described as a horse trainer, appeared on remand to answer a charge of stealing…

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Theft Charge from Aberdeen. Racing Man in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 11

William James Ryan, 20, described as a horse trainer, was arrested at Cessnock on warrant from Aberdeen. Ryan appeared before Mr. G. Wlieolcr,…

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Audacious Theft. Hurled Brick Through Window

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 2

After a long chase through the streets at Darlinghurst, a man, who is alleged to have seized a number of rings from a jeweller's shop in…

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Remanded to Aberdeen. Charged of Alleged Larceny

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 5

The Cessnock police, on Wednesday night, arrested William James Ryan, a horse attendant, as a warrant from Aberdeen…

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Slashed with Razor. Jharge of Malicious Wounding Young Men in Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 5

At Redfern Police Court to-day, Harold Griffith, 18, labourer, and William Simcox, 32, machinist, were charged with having maliciously…

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Alleged Stealing. a Traveller Charged. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 3

Albert James Keiman pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court, Rockhampton, to having stolen £221 from Eebey. Ltd., for which firm he was…

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Perth Murder Trial. the Police Censured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 11

The trial of Arthur Alfred Martin, charged with the murder of his employer, Turbert Horace Currell, a fanner at Bowgada, on April 18, was…

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Bruhn Murder. Case Mentioned at Central Court. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 1

Mention was made of the murder of William Bruhn at the Central Court to-day, when Robert Miller, 44, horse trainer, was charged with vagrancy…

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Drunken Motorist. Sentenced to Imprisonment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 3

William Wallace Cooper, 45, motorist, who knocked down a boy cyclist on the Causeway, was found to be drunk, and in the Perth Police…

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Fugitives From Justice. Hidden in Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 10

Fugitives, from justice hare often resorted to artful tricks to elude the vigilance of he police. Charles Peace, the notorious burglar, is said to have…

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False Entries. Clerk Sentenced to Three Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 3

Kyran Matthew Gunning, 31, clerk, pleaded guilty at Sydney Sessions to six counts of making false entries in a cash book,…

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Assault Charge. Melbourne Bookmaker Remanded. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 5

A well-known bookmaker was charged at the City Court to-day with having assaulted George Bond in an hotel in the City. He was remanded…

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Assault and Robbery Three Yeaes' Penal Servitude

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 5

William Irving, aged 10, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude at Darlinghurst Sessions on Wednesday, after he had been found guilty of a…

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Petersham Tragedy. Verdict of Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 9

At the inquest concerning [?] death of Martha Quin, aged 23 years, the victim of the shooting tragedy in a laneway at Petersham on the…

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A Drug Addict. Sentenced to Two Years in Reformatory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 3

Elsle May Baynes, 39, a married woman, living apart from her husband, pleaded guilty at Sydney Sessions to receiving a large quantity…

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Petersham Murder. Trial of Norman Macpherson

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 11

The trial of Norman Clyde MacPherson, who was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Martha Quin, will take place at…

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Perjury Alleged. Evidence at Murder Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 5

There was a development on Wednesday arising from the tragedy at a dance at Currabubula on January 26, and subsequent trial of Richard…

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