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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

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

Too Prevalent. Fights in Sydney. Magistrate's Comments. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 5

James Hudson was in a wine bar in George-street, on Saturday, when he alleged Alfred Brown,27, a seaman, struck him several blows on…

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Mitcham Tragedy Charge of Murder Accused Remanded MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Ernest Ambrose Kleinert, aged 20, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Iolene Sampson, of Mitcham…

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Molested Girl. Police in Search of Miscreant. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 5

The police are looking for the man who caught hold of a girl, aged 12, near Fairfield on Saturday night, dragged her into the scrub and…

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Armed Kidnapper. Single-handed Fight Against Police. Shanghai, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 8

An armed Chinese kidnapper was killed this morning, following 16 hours' siege in the attic of a house in the international settlement…

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Wounded by Arrows. Patrol Officer and Police Boy. Rabaul, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 3

Patrol Officer Samson was wounded by an arrow in the ankle and a police boy in the neck while on patrol in Bougainville. Both wounds…

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Thames Overflows. London Basements Flooded. Fourteen People Drowned. Terror-stricken People Rescued by Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 5

As a result of flood water from the melting snows meeting an unusually high tide, the Thames overflowed in the early hours of Saturday morning. London was flooded and many people were…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, January 9. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.). Smoked in Public Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 2

Leslie John House pleaded guilty to having smoked in the auditorium of the Catholic Hall on November 15, and was fined 5/- and 8/- costs…

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Peters Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

Peters was then placed in the dock. He smiled at the girls, and tapped his feet on the floor unconcernedly. The Coroner declared the…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 6

At the Police Court, before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Water house, Js.P., a miner named Harry Williams, aged 26, of Cessnock, pleaded guilty…

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Two Charged. Alleged Assault on Tram Conductor. Kicked and Dealt Heavy Blows. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day William Thompson, 24, and Thomas Craig, 26, wharf labourers, were charged, with assaulting the tram conductor, Claude Riley…

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Victorian Murder a Suspect Arrested

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

Ernest Ambrose Kleinert, aged 20, son of a Mitcham orchardist, has been charged with the murder of Mrs Iolcno Mary Sampson, 27, of Mitcham, who was…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., in the Small Debts Court at West Maitland, the trustees of the estate of the late T. J. Callaghan sued James…

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The Victorian Murder Bail Refused Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

In the City Court to-day, Ernest Ambrose Kleinert, aged 20, was charged with the murder of Mrs Iolenc sampsòn at Mitcham…

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Greycliffe Disaster Tahiti Blamed Marine Court's Finding

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 3

Mr Justice Campbell on Saturday delivered his judgment on the cause of the collision between the Greycliffe and the Tahiti…

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Disastrous Explosion Wreck of German Residential What Police Investigation Revealed. Berlin, Jan. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 5

Police investigations of the disastrous explosion on the 4th instant revealed tat the basement of the tenement in which 16 were killed and 20…

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Consistent Truant "Played Wag" for Two Years High School Scholar in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

The story of how a 13-year-old high school scholar consistently "played wag" for two years was told to Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. in the…

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Tahiti Blamed. for Greycliffe Disaster. Speed Was Excessive. Marine Court's Finding. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. Justice Campbell to-day delivered his judgment on the cause of the collision between the Greycliffe and the Tahiti…

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Woman's Death. Five Persons Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

At the Balmain Police Court, John Gemmil Thompson, 55, medical practitioner, Arthur Thomas Hickey, 28, labourer, Albert Edward Dawson, 45…

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Nurse Charged. Alleged Illegal Operation. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 5

Hannah Mitchell, described as a nurse, was to-day charged at the City Court with having performed an illegal operation on Inez Rosser,…

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Amazing Escapade. Sequel in Court. Sentenced for Stealing Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 6

There was a sequel in the Newtown Police Court to the amazing escapade of two young men and two girls, which ended with the drowning…

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