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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 150

Muswellbrook Letter. Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 7

At the customary sitting of the Licensing Court, renewals of licenses were granted to hotelkeepers in the Muswellbrook and Merton police…

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Murder Charges. Sequel to Alleged Thrashing. Castlemaine (Vic.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 14

Henry Edward Bownds, 22, a labourer, was charged with the murder of the lad, Albert Foster. The charge arose out of the alleged…

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London Police Another Dismissal. London, June 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 13

The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, Viscount Byng of Vimy, yesterday requested the resignation from the force of Constable Watson…

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Fatal Blow. Alleged Murder at Benalla. Drunken Quarrel. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 6

John Brown, 37, was murdered at his camp, near Benalla racecourse, last night. It is stated that he and a…

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Girl Missing. Futile Search by Police. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 16

Police are inquiring into the mysterious disappearance of Iris Campbourn from her home at C[?]dulla, near Mudges…

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Women Sent to Perth. Paris Police Active Paris, June [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 12

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

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Too Fast. Thief Eludes Police. Exciting Car Chase. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 16

When a thief walked from the front of a shop in Elizabeth Bay Road, Darlinghurst, early this morning, he noticed the police car approaching…

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Fired a Shot Police Sergeant Surprises Two Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 7

Sergeant Langworthy approached two men who were acting suspiciously at Rockdale early this morning but they made off…

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Ashtonfields Trouble. Sequel in Police Court. Miners' President Charged. Alleged Assault and Threatening Words

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

Thomas ("Bondy") Heare, Northern President of the Miners' Federation, and William Shakespeare, delegate for Richmond Main Miners' lodge, on the committee of management, appeared at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, on charges arising out…

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Stealing Vegetables

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

Two boys, 17 yours and 10 yours, were brought before the Children's Court at West Maitland this morning, and pleaded guilty to two…

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Settler Shot. Central Australia Tragedy. Aboriginal Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 6

Advice has been received by the Department of Home Affairs of the arrest of in alleged murderer, Williaberta Jack, at West Bonny Well by…

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Raised Rifle for a Third Try Man and Woman Shot Bail. Camperdown. Magistrate Refuses Bail. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, Henry Clay Hamill, aged 23, was charged with having shot at Albert Clyde Bell, at CamperdoWn, on Saturday night, with…

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Two Shot. Affray at Camperdown, Court Sequel. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Henry Clay Hamill, 23, was charged with having shot at Albert Clyde Bell, at Camperdown, on Saturday night…

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Burglary at Bellbird Co-operative Store Entered

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

Early on Sunday night the Co-operative Store at Bellbird was entered by thieves. About 8 o'clock a resident noticed…

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Alleged Assault. Timber Worker Victim. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

William Moore, 25, timberworker, and Mervyn Carmichael, 22 were remanded at the Glebe Court to-day on a charge of assaulting a timber…

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Sent to Gaol Stoker of N.z. Cruiser

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 3

William Johnson Frew 22, stoker, of the Dicmede, the visiting New Zealand cruiser, appeared in the Brisbane Police Court on a charge of…

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Urged On. Assault on Timber Workers. Appeal Dismissed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

Judge Armstrong, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court, to-day, dismissed the appeals of Thomas Bris-bane Patrick Healey, Francis Lees…

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District Court Sitting at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4

The Maitland District Court was opened at the East Maitland Court-house this morning before his Honor Judge White…

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Arbitration "Court Must Go." Mr. Gullett's View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 2

Speaking at a luncheon given by the Constitutional Club, in Sydney, Mr. H. B. Gullet (Minister for Trade and Customs) declared that the…

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EXHUMATION. Follows Sensational Will Case Secret Police Move. the Late Mbs. Russell's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

A dramatic development in the Russell will case, which occupied the City Probate Court a week ago, was the exhumation of the body of Mrs…

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