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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 150

Loss of Annie M. Miller Marine Court of Inquiry to Be Held. Allegations Made

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

The Assistant Treasurer (Mr Stevens) on Friday received the report of the Acting Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Sangster), who conducted a…

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Wheeler in Court Charged With Failing to Attend Horse

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 5

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court to-day the manager of Aberdare Central Colliery proceeded against James Jack…

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Stealing Charge. Married Woman Fined. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen £6/ 10/ and papers from Sen Young, a Chinese draper, a married woman was fined £6, with 8/ costs, at the…

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Alterations Against Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 4

During the hearing of a case at me West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Sergeant Blackmen, who was the prosecuting constable, was being…

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Parkes Case. Unprovoked Assault. Bertie Titles Fined. Parkes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

Bertie Charles Litter, one of the men sentenced to death for the alleged capital offence against a girl at Parkes, but who was subsequently released on bail…

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Slashing Alleged Woman Before Court, Man Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 3

Constance Foley was charged at the Central Court on Monday with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon William…

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MADAM X. Woman's Mysterious Career. Alleged Murder by Husband. London, Feb. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 5

The curious death of Mrs. Kate Jackson, who was found with ger head battered outside a bungalow at swansea three weeks ago, took an…

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Court Sensation. Evidence in Chocolate Case. Extraordinary Development. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 5

The inquest on Hilda Beatrice Johnson was resumed to-day. There were sensational developments shortly before the lunch adjournment, when two boys, employed…

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Girl Alleges Assault. [?]

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 2

A twenty year old girl told the police an sensational story. She says she visited Bondi Beach on Saturday evening, could after listening to…

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Constable Fined for Assault

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

A fine of £10, plus £11/19/ costs, was imposed on Police Constable Oswald Schnabel, by Mr Perry, S.M., at the Sydney Summons Court yesterday…

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"A Plausible Rascal" Man Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 4

Patrick Duncan, who recently made a daring escape from the police while being escorted from Cessnock to Sydney, pleaded guilty, at the Parramutta…

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Colliery Case. Failed to Attend Horse. Whether Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 8

James Jack, wheeler, employed at Aberdare Colliery, was charged at Cessnock Court, with having, on January 25, failed to attend to a horse,…

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Murder and Suicide Story Told at Inquest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 1

The story of a love tragedy was told on Monday at the inquest into the death of Charles Augustus Robort Wilson and Alma Gertrude Preston, who…

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Alleged Shooting with Intent to Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day. Kuide Calletti was charged with having maliciously shot ar Ernest Connolly, with intent to murder him…

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Illegal Betting. Police Actively Prosecution Crusade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

A report furnished by Mr. J. Mitchell, the Commissioner of Police, to Mr. Bruxner, the Acting Chief Secretary, shows that the police are…

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Police and Burglars Exciting Chase Across Roofs

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

A fugitive and a policeman risked their lives on Monday night in a mad race across roof-tops, in Surry, Hills. Both men slipped on a steep roof…

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Drug Traffic Alleged Head In. Sydney Before Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

At the Central Court, Sydney Harry Newman, or Mark Naiman, 37, a dealer, was remanded on a charge of having cocaine in his…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 5

William John Heffernan, aged 30, a labourer, was charted at Singleton Police Court by a railway inspector with having travelled without a…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 3

At the Police Court, on Friday, before Mr. Reed, P.M. Stanley Ridgway was fined £5 and £9/13/4, for an assault on Leo Stamford…

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Wollombi Case. Fined for Stealing. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 2

On three charges of stealing William Henry Castles, aged 19, appeared before Messrs A. R. Andrews and C. H. Lynch, J.'s.P. at Wollombi Police…

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