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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 150

Coal Carter in Court Gambling and Ill-treating Horse: Fined on Both Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court to-day, George Hancock was charged with playing a game of chance. The…

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Brutal Assault Unconscious in Hospital. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 5

A man who was brutally assaulted and robbed of £3 at Surry Hills last night is believed to be named John Richardson, Immediately upon…

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Leslie Williams Statement to Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 4

Leslie Williams, whose disappearance has worried the police of New South Wales and Victoria, and who returned unexpectedly to has father's…

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Abandoned Child Charge of Murder Preferred Against Mother

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 4

The circumstances associated with the death of the six months' old infant, Ronald Maxwell Sams, whose body was found in the bush near the Minmi-road…

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Charges Dismissed Police Unable to Locate Woman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 3

When Stanley William Bailey and William Edward Makean, two young men, were charged at the Globe Court yesterday, with having committed an…

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Secret Ballot. the Timber Strike. Court's Final Order

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 6

Judge Lukin, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, made final an order for the holding of a secret ballot of members of the Australian…

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State Officials. Arbitration Court Control. Premier's Desires. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 5

Questioned by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Baddeley, in the Legislative Assembly to-day regarding…

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Harbour Bridge Request for Increased Pay. Arbitration Court to Decide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 3

The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Buttershaw) told a deputation of workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge that he could not personally…

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Marriage Suggested Youth Charged with Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

When Frank Williams pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to a charge of an offence against a girl under the ago of 16, the solicitor for…

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New Trial. Constable Convicted of Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 6

Before Judge Mocatta at the Graton District Court, Mr. Hungerford, on behalf of the Crown, applied for a now trial in the action brought by…

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Murder Charge. the Richmond Tragedy. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

John Dawson Fisher, 24, a clerk, was charged at the City Court to-day, with the murder of Harold MacDonald, at Richmond…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

Mark Luke Joseph O'Brien, 21, a pianist, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. R. Solling, J.P., with…

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Brutal Assault

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

The Sydney Timber Merchants' Association has decided to offer a reward of £250 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons…

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Former Magistrate Admitted As Solicitor. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 5

Among those who were admitted as solicitors by the Full Court to-day, was John William Malcolm Laidlaw, Stipendiary Magistrate…

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Theft of Gravel Question Raised in House

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr. Baddeley referred to the refusal of the Minister for Local Government to grant an inquiry into…

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Telegraphic News Brutal Murder. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

In connection with the snooting of David Wilson, at Erica (Vic.), it is alleged that Anne Hillard, who also has been arrested, made a statement…

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Missing Petrol Police Investigating

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 7

Kurri Kurri police are busily engaged making enquiries in connection with petrol which was stolen from bowsers in Kurri Kurri…

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LOCAL & GENERAL District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

There are 24 claims for trial in the Maitland District Court list, more than half of which are in respect to alleged negligence arising…

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Jealous Lover's Crime Struck Servant-girl He Courted a Fatal Blow. Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 3

According to a recent English, paper, it took the jury an hour and 40 minutes to arrive at their decision that Frank Hollington, 25, labourer, was guilty of…

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Mystery of Haunted House Solved by Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

Known by the title of the haunted house, an old-fashioned three-storied mansion in Ferry-road. Glebe, has long been the subject of local awe and…

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