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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 160

Wanted Deportation Canadian's Reason for Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, James Robert Thornton, 23. a motor car assembler, and William Johnson, 26. a wireless operator, was…

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Drunken Motorists. Magistrate Replies to Criticism

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

"I would like to soo statistics to find out whether offences of this kind are increasing or decreasing," said Mr. McMahon, S.M., when…

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Police Want Driver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

Police are searching for the driver of the car which knocked down and fatally injured Frederick Stanley Radeliffe, a plumber, of South…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

Mr J. C. M'Intyre, of Merewether, was granted a license yesterday for the publican's booth at the Singleton races to be held on February 22nd…

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Essex Murder Accused Before Court Case For Prosecution. Important Find of Bullets. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

The dramatiC story of the arrest of Kennedy and Browne on a charge of murdering Constable Gutteridge on the Essex…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, February 17. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

The following cases were heard at the Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Mr D. W. Reed, P.M.:-— Aubrey Allen Eather, for using…

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Penal Servitude Seven Years for Assault on Woman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

Before Judge Mocatta, at the Glen Innes Quarter Sessions, Ceoll Joseph Sharman pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted a woman,…

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Brutal Assault Old Man Robbed. Heavy Sentences Imposed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

Sentences of up to ten. years imprisonment with hard labour were imposed by Judge Curlewis upon three men, who had been found…

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Wanted to Be Good. Magistrate Gave Him Two Months

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 9

When Sydney Albert Bedell. 39, a is bourer, was charged at the central Police Court sydney with the theft of £6/0/74. the property of the sydney…

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Three Years' Gaol. Bigamy and Serious Offence Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, harcourt John William Roy Phipps 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy and a serious offence against, a…

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Two Years' Gaol Sla Wife with Razor Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

Edmund James Hallett, who was found guilty at Parramatta Sessions of having slashed his wife 'with a razor, was to—day sentenced by Judge…

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Called Her Names. Wipe Charges Husband with Assault. Cessnock, Wednesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

"His first punch missed and his flat went through' the wall," said Margaret Hurst, at Cessnock Police Court, when barging her husband with…

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Penalty for Stealing Boy to Attend School and Church Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 5

The stipendiary magistrate at Junco sentenced a young boy, who had been charged with stealing a watch to attend school more than 60 per cent,…

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Two Years' Gaol Demanded Money with Menaces. Attempt to Victimise Woman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, No., 2 Court. before Judge Curlewis Erik Rasmussen, 21, a Dane, and George Spiegelglas, 21, an Austrian, were…

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Verdict of Murder a Chinaman's Death. Head Battered In

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 5

The inquest regarding the death of Willie Yeep Gum was held at the West Maitland Courthouse on Wednesday by the…

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Berlin Murder. Schoolboy Accused Post War Psychology. London, Feb. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 13

A report from Berlin states that a schoolboy, named Kranz, is being tried for the murder of a boy friend. The case recalls the Leopold—Loeb…

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Hickman Sane. Verdict of Jury in Murder Case. Los Angeles, Feb. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 13

The jury in the Hickman case returned, a verdict that Hickman was sane at the time of the kidnapping of Marion Parker,…

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Goat Racing Appeal Against Convictions, Case for Full Court. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

The 35 adjourned summonses against the organiser of the Coo—ce City Mr. Marie, charging him with having aided and…

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Court in a Fix. Silent Prisoners. Juries Disagree. London, Feb. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 13

A perplexing dilemma arose in the Dublin. Criminal Court, when two youths, named Russell and Price, charged with membership of an…

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St. Cuthbert's Extraordinary Scenes. Police Guard Church Take Names of Service Interrupters. London, Feb. 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 13

The demonstrations at St, Cuthbert's Church, Darwen, lancashire, culminated in an extraordinary scene yesterday,…

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