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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 139

Singleton Quarter Sessions Tuesday, 26th JULY. (Before his Honor Judge White.) Mr D. M'Dougall was on the Bench alongside his Honor as Deputy Sheriff. Larceny-and Assault and Robbery

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 2

Joseph Henry Anderson, taxi-driver, of Murrurundi, was charged with stealing £10 from Cecil James Sims, on 18th June, near Willow Tree, and on the…

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Local and General Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 11

At the police court on Tuesday Henry John Daniels was fined £3 for indecent language and £1 for drunkenness. Kenneth Leo Daniels was fined £1 for…

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Motorists Sentenced Conviction for Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 3

Harry Stacey and Ernest Edward Harper, who took a motor car from Wellington (N.Z.), on May 24, and driving along the Hutt-road at high…

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Dirty Bathrooms. Licensing Magistrate Comments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 8

In considernig the Licensing Inspector's quarterly report last week, the relieving Police Magistrate, Mr. Reed, took occasion to request the Inspector…

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Alleged Stealing. Committed to Stand Trial

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

George Ward, [?] a stranger, appeared at Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday charged with breaking, [?] and stealing on five different…

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Ran Amok. Frenchman Sentenced. Bathurst

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

Recently a Frenchman, Rene Evans, ran amok at Bathurst and, threatening to shoot people with a revolver, he was attacked by Constable Alfred…

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Under Police Guard

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 11

EAMON DE VALERA, who is now going about under police protection, as a result of the threatening letters which he has received since the murder of…

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Double Tragedy. Murder and Suicide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 11

A shocking double tragedy occurred at Gulgong on Wednesday, resulting in the death of a married woman, Lily Taylor and a man named Arthur…

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Revision Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 7

The Revision Court, for objections against names appearing on the electoral [?] was held at Cessnock Court House on Tuesday…

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Fatal Assault. Union Official Killed. London, July 27

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

A seaman in Australia when war broke out, John Oswals Hector, branch organiser of the National Union of Seamen and Firemen, was…

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Appeal Dismissed. Sentence for Murder. Accused's Plea. Sydney

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

In the Full Court of Criminal Appeals to-day, Cedric Thomas Victor Ryan, who was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court for the…

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Resisting Police, Etc. Wanting to Fight Costs £5

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

David Brock was fined amounts totalling [?] by Mr. G. Wheeler, J.P., yesterday, on charges of drunkenness and resisting the police…

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Ferodale Estate Alleged Misrepresentation Case in Full Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 6

Two actions were heard before Mr. Justice Campbell and juries at the Circuit Court, East Maitland, in April last, in which William…

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Too Ambitious Wanted to Take Charge But Police Wouldn't Let Him

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

It is pretty generally conceded that every man is entitled to his own opinion. But it does not necessarily follow that every person is entitled…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 6

At the Police Court, before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., John Alwyn Taylor, aged 33, was sentenced on two…

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A Violent Frenchman Police Court Sequel. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 4

Recently, when a Frenchman, Rene Evans, ran amok at Bathurst, and threatened to shoot people with a revolver, he was attacked by Constable…

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Constables Charged Alleged Assaults on Boys

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 3

At the Caulfield Court an inquiry was opened concerning the charges again three constables Edmund Cyprian Cahill Thomas Bartlett…

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Fraudulent Conversion. Author's Son Sentenced. London, July 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 13

Alfred Borys Conrad, son of the famous author, Joseph Conrad, to-day was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on charges of fraudulent…

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Gaol-breakers. Another Capture. London, July 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 2

Edward Thornton, one of four prisoners who escaped from Belfast Gaol on May 9, has been recaptured. Police found him in a house…

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Curious Position. Absentees on Electoral Roll. Magistrate's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 3

A decision given by Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., at Dubbo. has act politicians and electors thinking. When conducting a revision court…

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