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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 160

Warden's Court. Sitting at Bast Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. G. James, Metropolitan Mining Warden, occupied the bench at a sitting of the Warden's Court at the East Maitland Courthouse on…

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Pathetic Story. Burial of Infant's Body. Police Intenvene

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

A pathetic story was unfolded to the Daceyville police on Wednesday afternoon, after two men had been discovered in the act of burying the…

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Offensive Letter Case at Kurri Kurri Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 8

Hector Gollan was charged at Kurri Kurri Court, with having at Weston, on December 6, 1927, posted a letter to William Adams…

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Pathetic Scene at "Parramatta Court.sydney, Tuesday"

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 16

There was a pathetic scono at Parr ,matta Court when a 17 year-old girl was committed to an institution for an indefinite period because her…

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High Court. Messrs Bavin and 'Latham . Mentioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 9

Two names have been mentioned for the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. Justice Higgins on the High Court Bench. They are the Federal…

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Betting on Tin Hares Man Before Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

James M'Donald, aged 25, who was arrested at Mascot coursing grounds on Monday night on a charge of betting on dogs chasing a tin hare, appeared…

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Wartime Profits Appeal Against Court's Judgement Refused. London, Jan. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

The judicial committee of the Privy council has refused D. and W. Murray's petition to appeal against the High Court judgment, dismissing their…

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Bribery Case Police Sergeant's Riches. Meyrick Refused Separate Trial. LONDON. .Jan. 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

Mr. Justice Avory refused the application for Meyrick to be separately tried. Council for the Prosecution, in a…

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Illegal Liquor. Cafe Proprietor Fined. Source of Annoyance to Police Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day, clarence Gray, 30 proprietor of the Plaza Onto, King-street, City, was fined 50 in default six months hard…

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Malster Jolly Case Echo at Sydney Court, False Pretences Charge Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 1

There was an echo of the Malster Jolly ringing-in case at the Central Police court to-day, when Algi Crones, 38, was charge with all false…

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West Maitland Court Monday. January 21. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.). Drunkenness

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 13

'A defendant was charged with being drunk in Bulwer-street, West Maitland, on January 19. It was stated defendant was very…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

For being drunk on West Maitland railway station yesterday afternoon, John Taylor, 34, was fined 10/, or three days' imprisonment. On a…

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Theft from Lady's Bag

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

A mean theft was perpetrated at the courts of the East Maitland Park Tennis Club yesterday afternoon. When a game was in progress, a lady…

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Low Flying. Famous Aviator Sentenced. Montreal, Jan. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

A message from Maugatuck (Connecticut) states that Bert Acosta, the famous tran-Atlantic aviator, who accompanied…

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Stealing in Company. Paxton Resident Convicted. Blamed Drink

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

Charged with stealing In company, Talesian Jenkins and Benjamin Owen Evans, two Paxton residents, appeared before Mr. D. W Reed, P.M., at the…

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Cardiff Murder. Forthcoming Executions. London, Jan. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

Extraordinary police precautions have been taken at Cardiff for to-morrow's execution of Edward Rowlands and Daniel Driscoll for the…

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Hit with Bottle. Story of Assault in Office. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

When Arthur Cramp, 27, who is employed by the Lewis Publishing Company, in Rawson Chambers, City, arrived at his office this…

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Warden's Court. Sitting at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

The Metropolitan Mining Warden, Mr. G. James, presided at a sitting of a Warden's Court at the East Maitland Courthouse to-day…

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Motor Car Stolen. Police Make Arrest in Mait-land

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

A motor car, owned by Mr. Sam Horne of Vincent Street, was stolen from outside his premises between 8 and 9 o’clock last night…

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Missing Car Smart Work by Police Arrest at Maitland

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 9

Many things disappear at the mere waving of a magician's wand, but when motor-cars vanish in mysterious fashion from off the public…

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