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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 150

Additional Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 8

For the purpose of having as strong a force as possible on hand should anything unforeseen happen, additional police were despatched last night by…

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Sent to Gaol Elderly Man Assaulted

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

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 to Gaol Six Months to Live

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 4

Though he said that he had only six months to live, because he had been shot through the stomach, John E. O'Brien (85), will spend about…

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Larceny. Sent to Gaol for Two Years

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

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

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Razor Slasher Two Years' Gaol. Sydney

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

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

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Flat Tragedy Murder and Suicide Verdict

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 9

That Rene Linton was murdered by Strachan Knight, and that the latter subsequently took his own life, was the finding of the City Coroner…

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Reward Offered. Assault on Box Factory Foreman. Sydney

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

The Zetland Case and Box Factory, of Foveaux Street, has offered a reward of £50 for information leading to the conviction of either…

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

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

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

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Sent for Trial. Alleged Assault on Married Woman. Sydney

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

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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Police Protection Adequate. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 14

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

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Found Hanging Feared Police Charges

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 14

William Malley 12, a well-known resident of the Woodburn district preferred death to the police court, says a Lismore message…

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Tragic Sequel to French Murder. Paris, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 13

The disappearance of Madame Collett ten years ago, was dramatically cleared up by a tragic sequel…

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Cenotaph Desecration. University Undergrad Charged. Threw Wreath on Roadway Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 5

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

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London Police Another Dismissal. London, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 8

The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police. Viscount Byag of Vimy yesterday requested the resignation from the force of Considerable Watson…

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Took Council's Anvil. Branxton Court Case. Branxton

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

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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Women Fight. Squabble at Cessnock. Ventilated in Court. Cessnock

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

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

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White Slavery Women Sent to Perth. Paris Police Active. Paris, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 8

The police are actively inquiring into the antecedents of Georges Vigneron, who was arrested yesterday on a white slavery charge…

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Romantic Story. Unfolded in Court. Woman's Attempt to Shoot Sister. London, June 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 12

What the bachelor judge, Mr. Justice McCardie, described as a more romantic story than most novels, was unfolded at the trial at the Old…

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East Maitland Court Friday, June 7. (Before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.m.) Motor Prosecutions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 13

Roy Gibb was charged with not driving a vehicle parallel to the footpath before stopping. He pleaded guilty…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 13

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

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