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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 150

Haunted House Mystery at Glebe. Solved by Police

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 6

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

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Juvenile Gang of Thieves Rounded Up by Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

Recent arrests by Detectives Lawless and Shields, of Darlinghurst, have revealed the activity of a gang of thieves whose ages range from 15 to 17 years…

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A Lively Time Goods and Chattels Hurled About. Wife Charges Husband with Assault Information Dismissed

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

Before-Messrs. G. Wheeler and E. Dunk, J's.P., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning, Frank James Errington wasa charged with…

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Supreme Court Writ. For £1926/6/1. Served on Baths' Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

The White Memorial Baths' Committee has been served with a Supreme Court writ, claiming £1926/6/1 and £5/0/9 costs in connection with the…

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Marriage Suggested Youth Charged with Assault. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 5

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

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Jockey's Death Father Arrested. Charged with Murder

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

Edward Bills, 18, a well-known apprentice Jockey, met his death under remarkable circumstances at Kensington, Sydney, on Friday night…

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

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

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

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New Trial. Constable Convicted of Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 1

Before Judge Mocatta at the Grafton District Court Mr. Hungerford on behalf of the Crown applied for a new trial ion the action brought by…

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Solicitor Charged Alleged Omission to Pay

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

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, Norman Leonard Rox Griffin, aged 36, solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to pay…

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Alleged Assault. Young Man Remanded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 7

At the Central Court, Walter Carey, 29, a labourer, was remanded on ball of £250 for having assaulted a girl of 18, with intent to commit a…

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Brutal Assault Unconscious in Hospital. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 6

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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Slashed with Razor Woman Disfigured Domestic Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 11

At the Control Court, Sydney, Agnes Jones 63 a domestic was charged with having maliciously inflist[?] grievous [?] harm upon Mary…

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Razor Slashing. Young Woman Charged, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 13

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

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Murder Charge. the Richmond Tragedy. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 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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Cruelty to Horse. Beat It with Buckle Strap. Young Man Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 14

Alexander Roy Peterson 30 was charged at the West Maitland police Court on Monday before Mr. D.W. Reed P.M. that on March 11, at…

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Alfred Ellis, Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 7

Alfred Ellis, 52, a fishmonger, appeared in the dock at the Central Court to-day, charged with having feloniously and maliciously…

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Queer Case. Messiter Murder. "Is That the Man?" London, March 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 12

At the inquest on Messitor manager of the American Oil Co., who is believed to have been murdered at Southampton W.B. Card a grocer…

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Clash with Police. Mob Attacks Driver of Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 11

A clash between a band of 400 strikers and a small body of police occurred in Flinders-street Melbourne shortly before noon on 7th inst…

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Fugitive Wounded, Police Eire on Bolting Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 7

After two men, who, it is alleged, were caught in the act of stealing had refused to stop when called upon, the police fired several shots, and a…

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Murder Verdict. Southampton Tragedy. Death of American Oil Company Manager, London, March 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 8

At the conclusion, of the inquest on the death of Mr. Messiter, manager of the American Oil Company, who was found dead beside his car…

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