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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 150

Motorist Charged Alleged Wanton Driving

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 16

"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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Embezzlement Ex-town Clerk Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 6

When Daniel O'Grady, 43, formerly town clerk of Tenterfield, appeared at the Central Police Court, on a charge of having embezzled £718…

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Criminal Assault Two Men Plead Guilty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

Colin Austin and George Hayward seamen, pleaded guilty at Westport, (N.Z.) to a charge of criminally assaulting a 17-year-old girl, and were…

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Sent to Gaol Drunken Car Driver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 8

Arthur Foster (29), a salesman was sentenced to two months' hard labour at the Central Court, Sydney, for having driven a motor car along…

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Seven Years' Gaol. Maimed Youth for Life

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 4

Judge Myers at Wellington, (N.Z.) sentenced William Cagood to seven years imprisonment for doing grievous bodily harm to a youth at…

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Jewellery Theft German Countess Arrested. Berlin, May 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 2

Society has been shocked by the arrest of the beautiful 29 year old countess, Helge Von Monroy, who is charged with the theft of jewellery…

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Vicious Assault. Attack on Garage Attendant Till Robbed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 9

At two o'clock on 24th ult., a gang of live men, after making a vicious assault on an attendant of the garage at Rushcutters Bay, robbed the till and…

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Arsenic in Stew Attempted Murder Charge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 8

A remarkable case of alleged attempted poisoning was reported at Uralla last Friday. Subsequently a boy of 10 years was charged with…

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Police Raid. Alleged Betting Centre

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

On Saturday afternoon the police made a raid on an alleged betting centre in Macquarie-street, Sydney, and after an exciting chase arrested…

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"Go-getters." Set Traps for Country People. Four Men Sentenced. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 9

Four men, whom the police described as the associates of racecourse urgers, pickpockets and confidence men, who were convicted during the…

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Journalist Fined. Contempt of Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

Harry C. Maddison, special writer in Melbourne for "Smith's Weekly," was lined £150, with 20 gu[?] costs for contempt of Court, in publishing…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

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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Police Centenary. March of 12,000. Prince at Their Head. London, May 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 12

To-morrow the Centenary of the establishment of the police force of this country, will be celebrated by a great gathering Metropolitan…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 14

Kevin Francis O'Dea, 21, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing a motor car, the property of the Standared Insutance Company, and…

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Court Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

At the West Maitland police Court this morning, before Mr. R. Solling, J. P., Frank Burns, 23. Clyde William Thorley, 24, Frank Cestello…

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Motor Car Taken. Recovered at Wollombi Four Men Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 4

An Essex motor car, the property of Mrs. K. Monaghan, of Fishery Creek, was taken from High street, West Maitland near the Catholic…

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Peculiar Case at Muswellbrook Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 3

At the fortnightly sitting of the Muswellbrook Police Court, before Mr. Geikie, P.M., a youth, named John Stafford, eighteen years of age…

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Threat of Gaol for Future Offenders

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 2

William Osborne. who was charged at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Gelkie, P.M., with having driven a motor car while…

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Two Remanded. Alleged Burglary at Killara Home. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 5

Martin [?]orberg, 19, a motor driver, and Roy B[?]chard, 20, labourer, were remanded at North Sydney Police Court on a charge of breaking…

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Like Savages. Comment by Magistrate. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 4

On a charge of having used in[?]cent language at Bellbird Police Station, Thomas Lomas and Arthur McDonald were each fined £5 with 8/…

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