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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 150

Police Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

The departmental inquiry concerning the escape from custody of Patrick Duncan and Walter Jones, at the Central railway station, Sydney,…

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Razor Slashing Charge of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 8

Arthur Sullivan, 30, was charged at the Melbourne Court, with having murdered Ellon Turner, on April 6…

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Muswellbrook District Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 3

At the sitting of the Muswellbrook District Court, last week, his Honor Judge White presiding, the cases dealt with were:—…

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Singleton Court the Bread Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 6

Inspector Young proceeded against Darcy Ponton and two employees, John Phillips and Bernie Ryan, at Singleton Police Court, for baking…

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New Police Chief. Superintendent Childs Succeeds Mr. J. MITCHELL

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

Metropolitan Superintendent W. H. Childs is to be the new Commissioner of Police. At a meeting of the State Cabinet,…

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Failed to Attend Drills. Military Trainees in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 6

Several military trainees were proceeded against by the Defence Department, at Cessnock Police Court this morning, on charges of failing to…

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"A Man Ought to Murder You" Harmless Pumpkin Causes Brawl Lively Time at South Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court this afternoon William John Lockwood charged Bertram Crossley with unlawful assault, and Crossley counter…

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French Crime. That Baffled Police. Likely Now to Be Cleared Up. Paris, April 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 5

The finding of the bodies of three Czocho-Slovakians, who had been shot with a revolver, a short distance apart in a field, near Louvres,…

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West Maitland Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 4

Sergeant J. Jackson, of Dorrige, has been appointed to the staff of the West Maitland police, in succession to Sergeant Dolman, who has…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 4

The Maitland Circuit Court will open at the East Maitland Courthouse to-morrow before Mr. Justice Ferguson, acting Chief Justice. Mr…

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Man's Mutilated Body Murder and Robbery. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 2

The mutilated body of James Christensen, ,aged 55, a single man, was found lying against a boxthorn hedge at Colac East late last night. The…

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Brutal Murder Man's Head Battered In. Robbery the Motive. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 5

The maitland body of James Christenson, 55, a single man, was found lying against a box thorn hedge at Colac East, late last night…

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Batons Drawn. Police Disperse Timber Strikers. More Men Involved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 6

Hundreds of strikers assembled outside the timber yards of James Moore and Sons, Ltd., South Melbourne, on Tuesday, with the object…

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Police Conference. Matters for Discussion. Motions of Public Interest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 5

When the annual conference of the Police Association commences on April 22, many motions of interest to the general…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

Claude Mulholland, 21, of Beresford, was taken by Newcastle Ambulance to Newcastle Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from…

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Police Court. Cases at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 2

Mr. D. W. Rood, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court. William Dunn was charged with having failed to effect the transfer…

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Tiler Charged Alleged Malicious Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

At the Redfern Police Court to-day, William Edward Ephrain, 32. a tiler, was charged with having maliciously inflected grievous bodily…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

The civil cases in the present sittings of the of the Maitland Circuit Court will not commerce until Monday morning. The jurors summoned for…

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Abandoned Baby Body Found in Bush Mother Acquitted on Murder Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 5

Florence Sams, 21, appeared before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ferguson, at the Maitland Circuit Court this morning, charged with having, on or about February 27, at Thornton, feloniously and maliciously murdered Ronald…

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Pugilist Charged Attempted Theft From Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

James White 27, was brought before his Honor, Justice Ferguson, acting Chief Justice, at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon on…

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