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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 150

Bomb Thrown at Empty Police Station Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 5

Late last night a bomb was thrown at Ivanhoe Police Station from a lane at the rear of the station. It exploded with terrific force…

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Bomb Thrown at Police Station Terrific Explosion Injures Nobody. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 2

Late last night a bomb was thrown at the Ivanhoc Police Station from a lane at the rear of the station. It exploded with cerrific force,…

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Desecration of Cenotaph Adjournment of Case Before Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 2

When the case of Vergil Loschiavo, who was charged with riotous behaviour in connection with the desecration of the Cenotaph last week, was…

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West Maitland Court Monday, May 27. (Before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.m.) Illegally Used Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 4

Kevin Francis O'Dea, 21, pleaded not guilty to a charges of stealing a motor car, the property of the Standard Insurance Company, and…

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Youth Charged. Alleged Assault on Girl. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 5

Percy Roy Jones, 19, was remanded at Parramatta Police Court on a charge of having assaulted a girl, and having committed an net of…

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Motorist Charged Alleged Wanton Driving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 3

At the Singleton Police Court, Thomas Henry Green was charged with wantonly driving a motor car, causing serious bodily harm to a boy…

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"The Canary Murder Case"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 8

The Paramount all-talking picture, "The Canary Murder Case," received its Australian premiere at the Wintergarden Theatre, Brisbane…

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Driver Before Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

At the Singleton Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, J's.P., Thomas Henry Green was…

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Cessnock Collision Two Men in Sulky Injured. Car Driver Charged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 4

After several adjournments, the charges against Alfred Beckett, arising out of a collision between his car and a sulky on November 10…

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Alleged Serious Offence. Cut Cow's Throat. Man Before the Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 1

Alfred Stafford appeared before the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday and was remanded until Friday on a charge of wilfully killing a cow, the…

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Beautiful Countess Arrested Charged with Theft. Fiance Commits Suicide. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 2

Society is shocked by the arrest of the beautiful 23-year-old Countess Helga Yon Monroy, who is charged with the theft of jewellery worth…

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Embezzlement Ex-town Clerk Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 3

When Daniel O'Grady, 48, formerly town clerk of Tenterfield, appeared at the Central Police Court, on a charge of having embozzled £718…

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Shop Lifting Women Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

In sentencing Mary Scott aged 40, married woman, to three months' imprisonment on three charges of false pretences, Mr M'Mahon, S.M., at the…

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Children's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 4

During last week-end the premises of Wolfe and Co,, at the corner of High and Elgin streets, West Maitland, wore broken into. The thieves…

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Jewellery Theft German Countess Arrested, Berlin, May 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 5

Society has been shocked by the arrest of the beautiful 23 year old countess, Helgo Von Monroy, who is charged with , the theft of jewellery…

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Journalist Fined. Contempt of Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 8

Harry C. Maddison, special writer in Melbourne for "Smith's Weekly" was fined £150, with 2 guineas costs for contempt of Court in publishing…

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Revelry of Undergraduates Sequel in Court. One Youth Fined

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

The trouble that rose us a result of the revelry of University undergraduates and others at the Tivoli Theatre, and later in Martin-place, on the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 6

Martin Walsh, 58, described as a travelling tinker, was brought before the West Maitland Police Court this morning charged with having in his…

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Sent to Gaol. [?] Assault at Forest Lodge. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 7

At the Globe Police Court to-day, George Swift, 20 a labourer, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for having assaulted a timber worker…

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Sent to Gaol Drunken Car Driver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 4

Arthur Foster (29), a salesman, was senle[?]ed to two months hard labour at the Central Court, Sydney, for having driven a motor car along…

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