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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 150

Peculiar Case at Muswellbrook Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 13

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

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Dropped Dead. Police Sergeant Lanaham. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 3

Sergeant William Lanaham, of Willoughby, while returning from duty this morning, collapsed and dropped dead, He had been…

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Theatrical Employees. Favour Federal Arbitration Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 6

Members of the Theatrical Employees' Union in Melbourne, indicated that they were suite satisfied with the Commonwealth Arbitration…

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Divorce Court New Procedure Laid Down

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 7

Mr. Justice Owen, in the Divorce Court, announced that pending the appointment of a second judge, new rules had been formed by the judges…

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Larceny. Sent to Gaol for Two Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 3

Lena, Stevens, aged 34 years, a gipsy, formerly of Sydney, was sentenced at Adelaide to imprisement for two years with hard labour by…

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Skeleton in Well Murder Will Out

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 1

Paris, Saturday.—The disappearance of Mine. Collott from Dijon 10 years ago has been dramatically cleared up by a tragic sequel…

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Adequate Police Protection. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr Chaffey, said to day there was adequate police supervision of the coalfields to see that law and order was maintained. The…

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Police Protection Adequate. 12 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr, Chaffey, sold to-day that there is adequate police supervision of the coalfields to see that law and order is…

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West Maitland Court Monday, June 10. (Before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.m.). Drunk and Disorderly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 4

Leslie Joseph Balcombe was charged with being drunk and disorderly in High Street, West Maitland, on June 7…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 4

Before Mr. R. Boiling, J.P,, at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, William Henry Hale, 34, was charged with being drunk in…

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Travelling Tinker Gaoled for Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 3

Martin Walsh, 53, a travelling tinker, was charged before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, with stealing one gold…

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Sent to Gaol Elderly Man Assaulted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court, before Mr, M. C. Nott, P.M., Harold Paul Murphy, 64, was charged with unlawfully assaulting…

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Sent for Trial. Alleged Assault on Married Woman. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

At Parramatta, Court, to-day, Percy Roy Jones, 19, a labourer was committed for trial on a charge of having assaulted a married woman and…

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"A Pleasant Afternoon" Lively Time in Maitland Road. Ladies Engage in Hair-pulling Contest Charges of Assault and Insulting Words

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

Charges and counter-charges galore characterised a case heard at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, when Daisy Carter…

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Women Fight Squabble at Cessnock. Ventilated in Court. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 8

There was interesting evidence in a case at Cessnock Court today, when Daisy Carrer charged Jane Thompson with assault and insulting…

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"Shook" the Pepper-shakers. Two Brothers in Court Fish Shop Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 1

Before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, Laurie Craft and Garnie Craft wore charged with theft…

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Garge Shooting. Darlinghurst Tragedy. Man Charged with Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 7

An inquest was held to-day on Joseph Simons, 30, who died from a bullet wound in the neck, received in a Darlinghurst garage on April…

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Gaoled for Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 7

Miss Mavis Crawley, a young woman who intervenced when she saw five or six men kicking a prostrate loyalist timber worker at Rozelle Junction on…

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Bankstown Shooting Case Husband Charged with Murder. a Daughter's Evidence. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 2

An inquest was opened by the Parramatta Coroner to-day concerning the death of May Antin (45), a married woman, who was found shot through…

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Racecourse Frauds Five Men Sentenced. Judge's Comments. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, sentences were paused by Mr. Justice James in connection with that fraud on the Moorefield Race Club…

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