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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 160

Wingham. Visit of Chief Secretary. Improvements to Court House. Rural School Requested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. A. Bruntnell, the Chief Secretary, paid an official visit to Wingham on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Mr. L. O. Martin (Member…

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Strange Scenes in English Church Vicar Calls in Police Protests Against Anglo—catholic Ritual. London, Jan. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 12

Resentment of the congregation against the Angle—Catholic ritual, culminated in calling the police in at St. Cuthbert's,…

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Stealing Charge Fined at Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 3

Whilst a resident of Kayuga was attending a pictures entertainment in Muswellbrook, a man named John Hamilton, was seen by Constable…

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Brutal Assault. Woman Attacked at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

A brutal assault upon a middleaged woman, was reported to Newcastle police late on Saturday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch, who lives off…

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Dungog Remand Alleged Stealing of Racehorse. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 5

William Russell was charged at Dungog to-day, on remand from Wauchope, with staling the racehorse Garoubra, valued at £300, the…

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Constable's Murder Sensational Arrests. London, January 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 5

The weekend witnessed cinema-like police activities in London, which may be associated with the murder of Police Constable Gutteridge, who was…

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Industrial Court Failed to Exhibit Award. Electrical Manager Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

John Gardiner, manager of the Northern Electrical Company. West Maitland, was charged at the West Maitland Industrial Court to-day…

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Alleged Stealing. Two Men Charged. One Convicted: the Other Discharged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

At Cessnock Police Court to-day, Talesian Jenkins and Benjamin' Evans, two Paxton residents, were charged with stealing, in company…

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Theft Charge Two Men Before Court One Convicted, Other Discharged. Alleged Drinking Bout

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court to-day, Talesian Jenkins and Benjamin Owen Evans were charged with stealing in…

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Declared Not Murder a Sensational Development

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

London, Sunday.—A somewhat sensational development has occurred in the case in which three men have been sentenced to death for the murder of…

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Court House Lighting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

We understand that the authurities are considering the matter of installing the electric light, in the Court House. This is the only public building not…

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His Last Assault Arrested Man Dies in Hospital Auckland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

While a woman was out walking at Devonport on Saturday night, a man struck her with an iron bar three times across the bridge of the nose and head…

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Fight in Court-room Sensation at Morisset

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

The usually dull routine of the Morisset Police Court was rutlely interrupted on Friday afternoon, when Jack Harding, who had come to court in…

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A Militant Church Police Protect Preacher. London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Four hundred demonstrators at St. Cuthbert's Church again protested against the sung Eucharist to-day, singing hymns during the service, and…

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Watersiders. Vigilance Officers Cause Trouble. Allegation in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 8

"I have an affidavit before me which states that the vigilance officers are the cause of the whole trouble, said his Honor, Judge…

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The Engineers Change of Constitution Court Rejects Application.?SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 5

The Acting Deputy-Registrar of the Commonwealth Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, Mr. N. W. Tarrant, delivered Judgment on the application…

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Communists' Trial Twenty Sentenced. London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 2

News comes from Riga that the trial has concluded of the 29 Latvian Communists who were recently arrested on charges of attempting to…

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Solicitor Charged. Alleged Violation of Trust. Heavy Bail Fixed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 5

At the Central Pollen Court to-day, Thomas Joseph Hurley, 51, a solicitor, was charged with having received £403/12/- under an authority…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3

At the Police Court, Henry Flasket Dauson, aged 20 was charged with stealing a parcel containing clothing valued at 19 the property…

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Muswellbrook Letter Police Court Peculiar Cases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 7

At the monthly sitting- of the Polite. Court. Mr. Gcike, P.M., presiding, a middle aged man, named Eptic Carmichael Rondo, a Belgian, charged…

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