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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 150

Alleged Slander. Abermain Miners in Court. Claim for £200

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 4

An action in which Dalwood Ritson Quinn, known as Patrick Quinn, claimed £200 from Arthur Platt for alleged slander was heard before his…

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West Maitland Court Monday, March 25, 1929. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.). Alleged False Pretences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 8

George White was charged that he did on December 17, 1927, receive a food order to the value of 16/1, the property of the New South Wales…

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Sordid Crime. the Erica Murder. Alleged Confession Read in Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

At the inquest at Moe (Vic.) into the death of David Wilson, an invalid pensioner, at Erica, on March 12, it was alleged that Anne Elizabeth…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. (Before Mr. S. Taylor, J.P)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Friday, Sidney Webb, who described himself as a showman, was charged with having used insulting words to…

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Sheep Stealing Whole Flooks Disappears in New Zealand

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

Reports of systematic sheep stealing from Ashburton Country, N.Z., last week have been fully confirmed by experiences of South Canterbury…

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West Maitland Police

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

Constable James, of the West, Maitland police, who was recently operated upon by Sir Alexander MacCormack, is at present an inmate of…

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Slang in Court

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

When giving evidence in a case at the Maitland District Court to-day, a witness was asked the name of a person who called to see him…

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Wrongful Arrest. for Queensland Murder. London, March 21

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

Replying, in the House of Commons, to.Mr. W. J. Fraser (Con), who asked if the Home Secretary would co-operate with the Queensland Government to…

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Football. Rugby Union. Police Application to Play First Grade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 7

At last night's adjourned annual meeting of the New South Wales, Rugby Union in Sydney an application from the Police Club to enter…

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Miner's Claim. £200 for Alleged Defamation. District Court Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

The action in which Dalwood Kitson Quinn, known as Patrick Quinn, claimed £200 from Arthur Platt for alleged slander was continued before…

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District Court. Sitting at Maitland. (Before his Honor, Judge White)

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

The Maitland District Court was continued at the East Maitland Courthouse to-day before his Honor, Judge White…

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Died in Maitland Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

The Coroner (Mr. D. W. Reed) held an inquest in the Maitland Gaol yesterday afternoon, concerning the death of Thomas Bell, aged 54 years, who…

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Alleged Assault Man on Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 7

At the Control Criminal Court to-day, Arthur Semple, 19, and Loslie Giles, 20, were charged with having committed a capital assault on a…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 6

A Quarterly Court for the Licensing District of Maitland will be held at the West Maitland Courthouse, on Monday, April 22, at 10 a.m…

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Brutal Assault Robbed of £10. Country Visitor the Victim Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

Roy Maheen, aged 22, a visitor to Sydney from Smithtown, near Kempsey, was brutally assaulted by two men at Burwood late last night, and then…

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Timber Worker Assaulted. Brutal Attack. Threats of Murder. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

A timber worker employed at the yards of D. Thatcher and Sons Ltd., Mascot, was brutally attacked by nine men in Riley-street, Redfern, to-day,…

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District Court. Claim for Money Lent. Son-in-law Sued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

Andrew Stewart, of Aberdare, proceeded against his son-in-law, Charles Leslie Thompson, of Cessnock, in the Maitland District Court yesterday…

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The Singleton Argus WEDNESDAY, 27th MARCH, 1929. LOCAL & General News Quarter Sessions and District Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

The date for holding Singleton Quarter Sessions and District Court has been altered from Wednesday, 3rd April, to Thursday, 4th April. Litigants and…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

At the Police Court, on Friday last, William Charles Neal, was fined 10/ and 8/ costs for not returning his expired certificate and no. plate…

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Savage Assault Timber Worker Attacked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 4

A savage attack was made upon a timber worker outside his home at Annandale late on Wednesday afternoon…

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