Remarkable Story Told in Divorce Court. Sydney
One of the most extraordinary stories which has been heard in the Divorce Court for some time was related to-day, when Gertrude Brown…
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Courts & crime, 1929
2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 150
Royal Court. the Queen's Majesty. Helen Wills Scores London, May 9
The first Royal Court this season was unique because for the first time since Queen Victoria, it has been held by the Queen of England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thought Broken Neck, But Shot Through Heart. Daughter Finds Mother's Body. Police Making Inquiries. Sydney
Mrs May Austin, aged 44, was found dead at her home at Bankstown last night with a bullet wound above the heart. She had been living apart from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Present Dole an Outrage" Locked Out Miners and Unemployed Demonstrate Thousand Men and Women March to Police Station
"That in the opinion of this meeting, the time is now ripe for the rank and file of the working class in this, and other districts, to demand the right to live either by work, or if that cannot be done, by full relief from the Government. With this in view we pledge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alister Jenner Clark Appeals Judge Does Not Doubt Justice of Conviction. Case Before the Full Court. Sydney
Alister Jenner Clark,who was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court in March last, on a charge of having murdered his wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Criminal Assault. Twelve Years' Gaol
At the Hobart Criminal Court, Joseph Finn, 53, a labourer, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for having criminally assaulted a married…
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Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the Police Court. Reginald John Thomas Hancock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent to Gaol. Assault on Timber Worker
Arising out of an attack on a volunteer timber worker in King-street Newtown, on May 4, James Browel Cable, 27, timber worker, Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Charged. Alleged Assault on Timber Workers. Sydney
Six timber workers appeared at the Balmain Police Court this morning on charges arising out of alleged assaults…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police Court. Casks at Kurri Kurri
Mr. M. W. Nott, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court. Herbert Bartlett pleaded "guilty" to a charge of having failed to notify…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Mystery. Elderly Woman's Death. Police Baffled. Sydney
The death of the old woman. Selina Stanley, who is believed to have been murdered at Erskineville on Tuesday, is still shrouded in mystory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Trial. Alleged Cattle Stealing
At Parramatta Court, William Straughton, 42, dealer, George Turner, 21, labourer, and Colin Ford, 27 a dealer, were committed for trial[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brutal Assault. on Timber Worker
How four men, armed with "loaded" sticks and iron bars, made a br[?]al attack on Jack Raynes, a timber worker, in a Glebe tram on April 23…
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At Armidale Criminal Court, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty in the case of Alma Henrietia Agnes Smith, charged with the manslaughter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Widow's Suit. Unusual Small Debts Case. Magistrate's Comment
A peculiar case was heard before Mr. M. W. Nott, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Small Debts Court, when Hannah Thompson proceeded against R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Assault. Struck Down and Robbed, Sydney
Arthur Hickey was brutally assaulted in Railway Square, Sydney, last night. Three men approached him and one…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Murder Mystery Detectives Sanguine of Success. London, May 6
The detective who is clearing up the mystery of the finding of the body of Miss Olive Branson, an Englishwoman in a water [?]ank near the villa in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Murder Dody Found in Tank. Paris, May 5
Sensational developments have occurred in connection with the death of Miss Clive branson, a cousin of Sir George Branson, a judge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Use Machines Guns. Berlin, May 3
Details of the sheet barricade fighting show that it was more serious than was cabled earlier. The casualty lists now reveal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Indiscriminate Shooting. Police Criticised. London, May 6
A message from Berlin says that it now appears that Mackay was shot by the police for not the slightest reason…
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