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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 160

West Maitland Court Monday. March 5. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P. M.). Drunk and Disorderly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

John Sullivan was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and using Indecent language In High—street, West Maitland. on March 4…

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Alleged Murder. Police Sergeant Dibs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 7

Police-sergeant Alexander Mark who was shot in the abdomen while trying to arrest Edward Nicholas Kelly at the Brisbane Hotel Perth,…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court thin morning, before Mr. D. W. Rood, P.M., William Levi Pike was charged with vagrancy and breaking and…

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Kurri Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

Constable Dimmock, of the Kurd Kurri police force, has resumed duty after spending his annual holidays at Lake Macquarie…

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Atrocious Murder. Hickman Found Guilty Los Angeles, March 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 8

The jury found Edward Hickman, who was convicted recently for the murder, in atrocious circumstances, of Marlon Parker, and Welby Hunt…

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Libel Verdict. Appeal to Full Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day silas Young Maling deputy manager of the City Electricity Department, appealed from the finding of the jury…

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Pending Suit. Mentioned in Divorce Court. Hurt v. Burt. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

¼ The Pending suit for divorce by Lawrence Wilfred Burt against Jospehine Mary Burt, was mentioned to Judge Owen in the Divorce Court…

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Daring Bank Theft

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

A robbery of a type that has been perpetrated several times lately, occurred in the baling chamber of he Commercial Banking Co., in…

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Indian Tortured Assailants Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

Charges against Boota Barba, Jan Mahomed, and Marguerita Louise Mahomed, of having robbed Budda Deen with violenec, of having induced Deen…

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Nurse Remanded. Charged Preferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

A special Court was held at the Maitland Hospital this afternoon, when Emiline Florence Glover, a nurse, living in Newcastle, was…

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Daring Theft. at Sydney Bank

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 6

A robbery of a type that has been perpetrated several times lately occurred in the banking chamber of the Commercial Banking Co., in…

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Valueless Shares. Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

The case in which Albert Herbert Thompson, aged 55, described as a company promoter, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions with having…

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Omeo Murder Trial Jury Disagrees

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The jury at the trial of Ronald Geeves Griggs, formerly a Methodist preacher, who was charged with having murdered his wife, at Omeo, failed to…

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District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The District Court will be held at the East Maitland Courthouse on Monday, April 2. The last day for filing plaints will be Thursday…

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Vicious Assault. Old Man Attacked. in City Street

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

In broad daylight on Wednesday (says the "Herald") in a fairly busy city street, a vicious attack was made upon an elderly man, a visitor to the…

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Further Adjourned Chemist and Nurse Charged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The case against Walter Morcroft Winning (chemist) and Catherline Margaret Coulter (nurse), charged with conspiring to procure a certain…

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Safety in Mines. Four Employees Charged. Alleged Breach at Stan Ford No. 2 CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

Considerable interest was shown in a case at Cessnock Police Court to-day in which four employees of Stanford Mcrthyr No. 2 Colliery…

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Morris Divorce. Making Degree Absolute. Husband Appeals to Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

In the Divorce Court to-day, when the suit of Aaron Robert Morris against Amelia Morris was mentioned, the husband made application to…

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Mafia Trial Ends Scourge of Sicily 147 of Notorious Bandits Are Convicted, 7 Freed, After 3 Months in Court. All Caged in Steel Dock & Soldiers Thronged Court Room

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

A Rome message states that Government officials are confident that the notorious Mafia, scourge of Sicily for a generation; had been dealt a…

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Five Charged. Alleged Criminal Assault. Newspaper Articles Complained Of. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 5

The five men were arrested on a charge of having criminally assaulted Mrs. Ada Mavis Maddocks, at Darlinghurst, on March 6, appeared…

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