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Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 150

Police Record Father and Son Superintendents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 7

The retirement of Superintendent W. R. Walker, who for more than two years has been in charge of the North Coast police district, with…

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Grave Charge Alleged Assault on Girl. Singleton Youth Committed for Trial. Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

After having told part of her story, a 20-year-old Cessnock girl refused to give evidence to-day when pressed for intimate details of an alleged serious…

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Timber Workers Proposed Withdrawal From Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

The recent decision of the Arbitration Court to Increase hours in the timber industry from 44 to 48 a week was vigorous attacked, at a…

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Police Hoaxed. Message About Missing Girl. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

The police have come to the conclusion that the mysterious telephone message concerning the missing Balmain girl, Renee Taylor, was a hoax…

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Missing Girl Police Receive a Message Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

The Darlinghurst police receivecl a message over the telephone last night to the effect that a girl named Renec Flowers Taylor, aged 16, who has been…

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Bother at Bellbird Shots, a Dead Dog, and Insulting Words. Neighbours' Squabble Ends in Court: "Go Inside and Scratch Yourself."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

The night of January 5th was rather an exciting one in that part of Bellbird where George Cook und Robert Tarnock reside…

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Sequel to Assault

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The sequel to a disturbance at the Sydney Trades Hall on Monday when James Digman, aged 64, was so badly hurt about the face that his right eye…

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Two Charges of Theft Accused Convicted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

Henry Flasket Danson, aged 20, who Was remanded at the Singleton Court on Monday, appeared yesterday before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B…

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Cruelty to Cow Man Sentenced to Month's Imprisonment

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

Wallace John Newton was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Orange Police Court for gross cruelty to a cow. Constable Bates deposed that the…

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Youth and Girl in Shed Magistrate Suggests Marriage

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

Donald Schoffel, aged 19, a carter, was charged with vagrancy at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday. Constable Sly said that on January…

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Father and Son a Police Record

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

The retirement of Superintendent W. R. Walker, who for more than two years has been in charge of the North Coast police district, with headquarters at…

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Child Missing Search by Police and Civilians

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

A large party of police and civilians made a frantic search of the dense scrub in the vicinity of Kentucky, on the George's River, yesterday evening,…

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Baby's Body in Suitcase Young Girl Before Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

A girl, aged 19, described as a domestic, was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having wilfully endeavored to concal the birth of a child…

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Eastwood Shop Explosion Coroner Commences Inquiry Proprietor in Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The Parramatta District Coroner commenced an inquiry this morning into the cause of the fire and explosion wich destroyed a bootshop at…

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Murder of Boy Brother Committed for Trial. Evidence at Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 2

At an inquest on Wednesday on the death of Jack Pope, 7, who was shot through the heart at his home at Moorabbin (Vic.), on December…

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Police Are Kind. Said Gipsy Fortune Teller. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 7

A gipsy woman, Rose Stephens, or Sterio, 32, was convicted at the Central Court on a charge of having pretended to tell fortunes…

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Police Court Cases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

Police v. Henry Standery, charged with making use of indecent language in St. Aubin's-street, Scone, on the evening of 24th December last…

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Contemptible Theft

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

When Mr. Bloomfield left his farm at Warrell Creek to search distractedly for his aged wife who disappeared into the bush from a friend's…

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Killing of Blacks. Regard for Natives' Lives. Magistrate Reprimands Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

During the cross-examination or Mounted Constable Murray on Thursday, Mr. O'Kelly, P.M., chairman of the board inquiring into the killing of…

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Stock Stealing. Methods of Detection

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

In lieu of his customary monthly report to the last meeting of the Goulburn P.P. Board, the Stock Inspector (Mr. F. F. Forster) delivered…

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