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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 150

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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Alleged Theft. of Council's Funds, £8000 Said to Be Involved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 9

Roy Daniel O'Grady. formerly Town Clerk of Tenterfield, was charged at the Tenterfield Police Court, with having stolen on February 1, 1928,…

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Took Council's Anvil Branxton Court Case. Branxton

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

Edward Keasey. was charged before Mr. M.C. Nott, P.M., at the Branxton Police Court to-day with stealing a blacksmith's anvil. valued…

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Volunteer Workers at Newcastle Timber Yard. Police on Guard. Newcastle

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

Messrs. Armstrong, and Royse, timber merchants, offered former employees yesterday casual work, which is equivalent to work on the…

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Razor Slasher Two Years' Gaol. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Ernest Edward Steward, 28, T.B, patient, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of…

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Cenotaph Desecration. University Undergrad Charged. Threw Wreath on Roadway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7

At the Central Summons Court to-day, Virgil Loschiavo was charged with riotous conduct, arising out of the Undergranduates' commemoration…

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Conspiracy. Trial of Communists. Thirty-one Charged. Calcutta, June 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7

The biggest trial in the history of India opened at Meerut, when 31 self-styled Communists including two Englishmen…

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Murder Charge. Husband Sent for Trial. Bankstown Shooting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 4

Martin Michael Antin 42, a labourer in the employ of the Railway Commissioners, was committed for trial by the Parramatta District…

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Charged with Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6

Alfred Prosser 50 a taxi driver, walked into tho Central Police Station this morning and stated that he was driving the taxi at the time of the…

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Echo of a Murder

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 4

By the death at South Shields, at the age of 79, of Joseph Turnbull, an echo has been provided of a murder at Willington, Durham, as long ago as 1873…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

In the Scone Licensing Court, on Wednesday last, the following licenses were granted:— William Peter Costello, renewal in…

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Sent to Gaol. Brutally Assaulted. Constable. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day famen Brower Cable was convicted of brutal assault on Constable Brownotto, who was acting as in…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, June 14, 1929. (Before Mr M. C. Nott, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 8

Charged with having an article resembling a number plate in his possession, calculated to deceive, Augustus Mitchell, the own or and driver of a…

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Fatal Taxi Smash Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 9

In connection with a taxi cab fatality at Roseville last night, when Oswald Cuneen was killed, Alfred Prosser, aged 50, walked into the Central Police…

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Police Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 1

Francis Richard Daniels, a stranger, was charged at the Police Court yesterday with being drunk and using indecent language in…

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Man Charged Alleged Assault on Woman Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 6

Jean Young, of Drummoyne was found early to-day bleeding from a wound on the head. She was taken to hospital, where she alleged a man…

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Alleged Murder. Assisted Assisted Into Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day, Phillip Michael Malouf, 24, a motor mechanic, was remanded on a charge of having murdered Joseph Ellas…

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French Murder. Scenes Outside Court. London, June [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 3

A report from Paris says that after ten days of hysterical scenes at Lim[?]ges, in which crowds outside the court daily demanded his death the…

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Gaoled for Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 7

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

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Travelling Tinker Gaoled for Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 16

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

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