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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 150

Five Years' Gaol Theft From Bank

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 1

In the Criminal Court at Perth, Aubrey Carl Holt pleaded guilty to having stolen £595 from his employers the Bank of New South Wales, and…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

At sitting of the Licensing Court, the license of the Imperial Hotel, John street, was transferred from Sidney Shaw Buckley to Joseph…

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Valueless Cheques Clerk Sent to Gaol. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 4

Henry Campbell, 26, a clerk, sentenced to one year's gaol at the Burwood Police Court, on two charges of having issued valueless cheques…

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Slashed with Razor Woman Disfigured. Domestic Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 7

At the central Court to-day, Agnes Jones, 63, a domestic, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Mary…

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Muck. London's New Book. Magistrate Order Destruction. London, March 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 2

At Bow-street Police Court, the Magistrate decided that the book, "Sleeveless Errand," is an obscene publication, and ordered the…

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Wheeler Charged. Failed to Stable Horse. Cessnock Prosecution. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 16

Evedince was continued at Cessnock Court to-day, in the case of Jack Jack, a wheeler, who was proceeded against by Robert Fullagar,…

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Withdrawing From Arbitration Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

At a meeting of the Federal council of the Meat Employers Union, a proposal was discussed for the cancellation of the registration of the…

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"Kicked Too" Men Brutally Treated. Alleged Assault by Timber Workers. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 5

Carl Jansen, 24, and John James Lucas, 29, labourers, were remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Joshua…

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Head Injured. Struck with Piece of Wood. Assault at Drinking Party. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 6

William Wallace, 85, of Turrnmurra, was found staggering about the street at Granville last night, suffering from serious head injuries,…

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Singleton Court. Breaches of Motor Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., occupied the Bench at the . Singleton Police Court. Clifford William Halton was…

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Bombing Tragedy Court Martial Opens, at Peshawar. Calcutta, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 7

A court martial has opened at Peshawar in connection with the bombing tragedy when a squadron of Poona Horse was bombed from…

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West Maitland Court Monday. March 4. (Before Mr; D.W. Reed, P.M.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

DRUNKENESS AND LANGUAGE, Eugene William Faulkiner, was charged with being drunk, and with using indecent language in High…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, L.M., in the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, Sarah Florence Croyle, licensee of the Angel Inn, West Maitland,…

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Razor Slashing. Young Woman Charged. Alleged Inciting. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Mary Jones, 20, a domestic, was re[?]anded on a charge of having maliciously inflicted bodily harm on Malsie…

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Cruelty to Horse. Beat It with Buckle Strap Young Man Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 8

Alexander Roy, Peterson, 30, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., that on March 11, at Lochinvar,…

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West Maitland Court Monday, March 11. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

A first offender was fined 10/, with 8/ costs, on a charge of riding a bicycle on the footway of High-street, West Maitland…

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Charges Dismissed Woman Complains of Assault. But Police Unable to Locate Her. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

When Stanley William Balley, 22, a labourer, and William Edward Makean, 22, a printer, were charged, at the Globe Court to-day, with…

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Solicitor Charged Alleged Omission to Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 8

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, Norman Leonard Rax Griffin, aged 35, solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to pay…

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Norman Salon in Court. Sequel to Mysterious Disappearance

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

A sequel to the mysterious disappearance of Norman Salon, aged 24, motor salesman, from his home at Darling Point in December, was his…

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Police Coup. Nine Men Arrested. Suspected "Go-getters." Indignity of Black Maria

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

"This is a gross and unnecessary indignity," exclaimed one of nine men who were transported from Detective Headquarters to the Central Police…

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