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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 160

Women-charged with Shoplifting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

Tinned lobsters, silk stockings, and cotton gloves figured among a number of miscellaneous articles found in the possession of two young women, who…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. a Denman Case

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., in the Singleton Police Court, on Friday last, Thomas Henry Andrews, aged 21, was charged by warrant with stealing…

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Police Court. Friday's Cases. (Before Mr. E. A. May, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 1

William Cribb was lined 10/- and 5/6 costs for driving a motor cycle, which caused undue noise. Sergeant Bisley ' said complaints had been made,…

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Man and Wife Charged Burgling and Receiving

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

At the Hobart Court on Saturday Eric Sinclair Wiley was charged with housebreaking, and his wife, Olive Wiley, was charged with receiving…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

At the Singleton Licensing Court on Friday, William Bailey was granted an auctioneer's general license, Donald Smith a district auctioneer's license,…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, March 2nd. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

Thomas Henry Andrews, aged 21, was charged by warrant with stealing two heifers, the property of Edwin Lewis Wicks, at Martindale, near Denman, on…

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Charged with Embezzlement Clerk for Trial. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, Frederick Selmes, aged 32, a clerk, was remanded on a charge o[?] embezzling £500 whilst in the employ of Hutchinson and…

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Court Reports. Not Always Appreciated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

In many police court cases that it is our duty to report, we very often come in wordy conflict with the affected parties, who, in their moments of…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Alleged Cattle Stealing. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the regular sitting of Singleton Police Court. Thomas Henry Andrews, aged 21,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. Soiling, J.P., Joseph Harold Grant was charged with being drunk and using…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

At a sitting of Singleton Licensing Court, William Bailey was granted an auctioneer's general license. Donald Smith a district auctioneer's license,…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, March 7. (Before Mr. Reed P.m.) Insulting Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 4

Rees Williams was charged with having used insulting language to Mrs. Nazi Sadi, an assyrian on February 20.He pleaded not guilty…

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Wireless Set. Discovered in Pentridge Gaol. Smuggled Whisky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 3

The officials at Pentridge gaol have for some time past been suspicious that the warders have been assisting prisoners to communicate…

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Alleged Outrage Four Men Charged. Bail Refused. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court morning four men, Herbert Wilson, 26, labourer, Frederick Gordon Payne, 27, salesman, Philip…

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Son Arrested. the Wycheproof Murder. Grazier Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

A message received in Melbourne stated that Detective Bruce had arrested Robert L. Ryan, aged 26 years, and charged him with the murder of…

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Treacherous Belgian Sentenced for Treason. Betrayed Allies to Germans London, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 2

At Paris, the Belgian, Lapere, accused of treason both in France and Belgium, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a fortress…

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Constable's Murder. the Trial Continued. Dramatic Incident. LONDON, March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

The hearing was continued in the case in which Kennedy and Browne are charged with the murder of Constabel Gutteridge…

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Omeo Tragedy Trial of Ronald Griggs. Alleged Murder of Wife. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

The trial of Ronald Greeves Griggs, formerly Methodist minister at Omeo, on a charge of having murdered his wife, Ethel…

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Ill-feeling Over Will Son Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 3

A sensational arrest was made at Wycheproof (Vic.), on Tuesday, when detectives took Robert L. Ryan (23) into custody and charged him with the…

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Accountant Charged. Alleged 'Embezzlement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 2

Septimus Claude Holmes, aged 52 years, an accountant, appeared at the Central Police court, Sydney, charged with having fraudulently…

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