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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 160

Goat Racing Sydney Court Proceedings. "Animals Enjoy the Racing."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

The taking of evidence was commenced in the Central Summons Court, Sydney, in a case regarding coat racing at the Coo-ee City…

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R. P. Scott Again Before Court. Mulct in £4

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

Before Mr. G. Wheeler. J. P, at the Police Court this morning. Ralph Peel Scott was charged with being found drunk and using indecent language…

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Liquor and Language Familiar Court Figure Up Again. "Nuisance to Everybody," Says Bench

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

Ralph Poel Scott made yet another appearance at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, when he was charged with being drunk, and…

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East Maitland Court. Friday, February 10. (Bofore Mr. D. W. Reed, S.m.). Traffic Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

Julian Walter Fisher pleaded guilty to a charge of having on January 7 driven a motor car without a tall light. Particulars were given by…

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Charged with Theft Man's Appeal to Magistrate Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

When Sydney Albert Bedell, 39, a laborer, was charged' at the Central Police Court to-day with the theft of £6/0/71, the property of the Sydney…

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Essex Murder. Two Men Charged. Dramatic Surprise in Police Court. London. Feb. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 2

The two men, Kennedy and Browne. who were arrested recently in London following spectacular searches by the police. have been…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

John Butxton, 30, was brought before the West Maitland Police Court' this morning on a charge of having stolon a mirror, valued at…

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Police Court Cases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

At the fortnightly sitting of the Muswellbrook Police Court, before Mr, [?] Henry Daniel was charged by the police with riotous…

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Stock Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 2

Tamworth in particular reports that stock stealing has been rife since the rain, and stockowners are asking what can be done about it. This matter was…

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Women Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

Two women were brought before Messrs. A. E. Stonham and A. Burns, Js.P., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, and charged with having…

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Alleged Lamb Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

At the police Court Reginald Clarence Alcorn, aged 19, was charged with stealing at or near North Charlton, Bulga, on or about…

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Conspiracy. Inciting to Murder. Two Irishwomen Charged Posters. Dublin, Feb. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 12

A Woman of 52, and another of 39 who refused to give their names, were charged at Dublin to-day with conspiring seditiously to libel…

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A Chinese Killed. Head Battered at Hotel. Elderly Man Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 13

Willie Yeep Gum, Chinese cook employed at the Caledonia Hotel, West Maitland, was be badly battered about the head on Saturday evening…

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Alleged Stealing. Attractive Young Woman Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

Gladys Gelling, an attractive young woman, was charged at the Melbourne City Court with having, in Brisbane, stolen frocks and coats valued at…

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Italian Charged. Sequel to Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Brisbane, has been advised by Inspector Mann, of Cairns, that the Italian. Felice Croppi, the driver of the car…

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Abduction Alleged. Taxi—driver Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day Roy Lyons, 20, a taxi—driver, was charged with having abducted Josephine Baron, aged 15, at Sydney, on…

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Mean Theft. Advantage Taken of Funeral. London. Feb. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 12

Perhaps the meanest theft in history occurred at Stamford HIll immediately after a funeral had left a house. Two men wore told to come…

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Police Trap. Alleged Thief Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 14

The police took an unusual course. to trap a man in Sydney, who, it is alleged, has been in the habit of committing robberies at boarding houses…

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Shire Clerk Charged. Over Two Thousand Pounds Involved. Cairns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 8

At the police court, Thomas Joseph Carmody, Shire clerk to the Douglas Council, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolon £2011,…

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Alleged Threat. Man with Gun. Charged at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 16

Alexander Chalmers, on remand. appeared before Gessnock Police Court to-day charged with threatening behaviour; assaulting Constable Braun,…

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