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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 85 of 139

Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. Arnott, representing the Licenses Reduction Board, occupied the bench at a sitting of the Licensing Court at the West Maitland…

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Two Killed. the Bulli Tragedy. Motor Proprietor Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 5

Louis Johnson, 37, motor proprietor, was charged at the Central Court with having feloniously slain John Conroy and Victoria Hockley,at…

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West Maitland Court Monday, August 15. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.). Drunkenness and Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 5

Robert Macrow was fined 10/- for being drunk and £1/10/- for having used indecent language. He was arrested by Constable Driscoll in…

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Alleged Assault. Colored Boxer Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, the well-known colored boxer, Joc Hall, was charged with having assaulted Alfred Stephens. He was remanded…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday Kenneth Leo Daniel was fined £1 for drunkenness and £3 for resisting arrest. Patrick Ryan was fined £3 for…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

At the Police Court, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., Benjamin William Ellis was charged with being on licensed premises, the Albion Hotel,…

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Brutal Assault. Man's Eye Gouged Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 8

How William Tucker, an elderly man, eye gouged out at Waterloo, on the night of last Christmas Eve, was…

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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 16 August 1927 · page 5

James Greentree was proceeded against on a charge of using indecent language. Constable Hollis stated that…

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Murder of Daniel Condon Funeral of Victim

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

The funeral of Daniel Condon, who was brutally murdered in his office in Sutton Chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Thursday last, took place on…

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Murder in Sydney. Money-lender Done to Death

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

In our Friday's issue, brief reference was made to a brutal murder of a well-known money-lender in Sydney. Fuller particulars state:…

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Charged with Feloniously Slaying the Bulli Tragedy. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

Louis Johnson, aged 37, motor proprietor, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously slain John Conroy and Victoria Hockley at…

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An Amicable Settlement "Go and Have a Pot Together". Magistrate's Advice to Litigants

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

"I think the parties have adopted very wise course. I would now suggest that you two chaps shake hands and go and have a pot…

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Rural Workers. Definition of Term. to Be Argued in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 6

Owing to the absence of a definition of the term "rural worker" from the Industrial Arbitration Living Wage Declaration Act of 1927, some doubt…

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Important Clue. Money-lender's Death. Police Hot on the Trail Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

The police on Saturday secured a statement from a man which, it is stated, will have an important bearing on the mystery surrounding the murder of…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, August. 17. KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., to-day, a long list, including 38 defendants on the one charge, which is reported elsewhere, was disposed of…

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Afghan Acquitted Charge of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 3

Herman Singh, an Afghan fruit hawker, was charged before Mr. Justice Wasley in the Criminal Court, Melbourne, with having on June 4…

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Brisbane Explosion. Arrested Man Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 3

Arising out of the blowing up of the Criminal Investigation Department's Offices, Brisbane, on Saturday night, Albert Orchard, 42, miner,…

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Reward Proposed Murder of Daniel Condon. Police Chief s Recommendation. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police, Mr, Mitchell, to-day recommended to the Chief Secretary that £850 reward be offered…

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False Pretences Sentenced to Three Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 8

Thomas Angus Mackay, 27, painter was charged at Sydney Sessions with obtaining a box of chocolates and a sum of money from Edmund Joseph…

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Brutal Assault Man's Eye Gouged Out

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 4

How William Tucker, an elderly man, was brutally, assaulted and his right eye gouged out at Waterloo, on the night of last Christmas Eve, was investigated at…

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