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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 150

Police Had No Evidence to Offer Defendant Discharged. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

At the Redfern Court to-day, William Edward Ephrain, aged 32, was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on William Anderson…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 6

Before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, J's P., at the Police Court Charles Thomas Davidson was charged with having driven a motor…

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Police Court. Cases at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 1

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

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German Prince. Lived a Gay Life. Sentenced to Five Months' Gaol. Berlin, April 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 12

Prince Max Von Hohenlone-Och[?]ngon, a sc[?]n of one of the noblest German families, and who married Countess Marie…

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Court Incident Solicitor and Sergeant of Police. Dismal of Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 14

Before the business was commenced at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday, the Magistrate, Mr. D. W., Reed, P.M., said that he wished…

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Woman Charged Alleged Embezzlement. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 7

At the Central Police Court to-day Melda Gearin, 33, ledger keeper, was charged with having fraudulently embezzled 4/ belonging to R. H. Gorden…

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Razor Slashing Charge of Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 16

Arthur Sullivan, 30, was charged at the Melbourne Court, with having murdered Ellen Turner, on April [?]…

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Tiler Charged Alleged Malicious Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 5

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

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Murder Charge Man and Woman Amiested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 14

Following tho death in a private hospital at Wangaratta (Vic),. of Amy Violet Laird (24), saleswoman, Detectives McGuffle and MoPhee were…

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Alfred Ellis Acquitted on Murder Charge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 11

Alfred Wrigley Ellis, aged 52, was at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, found not guilty, on a charge of having murdered his son, Edward…

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Singleton Court the Bread Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 16

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

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Double Murder. Then Suicide. Canadian Elopement Tragedy Vancouver, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 7

News from Saint Laurent states that with a large family of children looking on Mrs. P. Richard was shot dead while trying to prevent the…

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Muswellbrook Letter Dstrict Court. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 7

At the sitting of the District Court, his Honor Judge White presiding, the cases death with were:— P. McGruder, of Scone, V. I. and G…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 6

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

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Abandoned Baby Body Found in Bush Mother Acquitted on Murder Charge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 5

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

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Student Riots. Madrid Police Attacked. London, April 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 13

Reports from the Spanish frontier state that student riots have broken out again. There were hundreds of participants in a battle with the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 9

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 3

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 2

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

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West Maitland Court Monday, April 15. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed. P.m.). Insufficient Headlights

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 13

Gordon Kenneth Hamilton pleaded guilty to a charge of not having sufficient headlights on a motor car. between, sunset and sunrise on April…

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