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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 150

Intent to Murder. Charge Against Young Man. Two Shots Fired. Two Shots Fired. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

Henry Clay Hamill, 23, was remanded at Newtown Police Court on a charge of attempted murder arising out of a shooting affray in a…

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Garden's Penalty Reduced Appeal Court Judge Says Too Severe. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 7

Judge mocatta, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day, held that Mr M'Mahon, S.M, had imposed [?] leavy a penalty Upon Mr J.S. Garden,…

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Alleged Fraud Produce Agent Charged. Magistrate's Strong Comments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 15

"The whole thing reeks of fraud. I cannot understand why on earth Parliament didn't wipe them out altogether."…

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Remanded. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 3

At the Newcastle Police Court, Kenneth George McLaren (41), labourer, was charged with having stolen a white heifer, valued at £4…

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Police Court. Sitting at Singleton. No Silencer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 3

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., occupied the Bench at the regular sitting of Singleton Police Court. Jemes Walsh was charged with…

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Motorist Charged Alleged Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 3

The defence was begun in the Criminal Court, Perth, in the case in which Henry William Norris is charged with having at Narrogin, on…

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Marriage Tangle Extraordinary Case. Magistrate's Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 8

Evidence of an extraordinary character was given before Mr. Perry, S.M., at Paddington Police Court, when Richard Daniel Lehane Willis…

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"Flash Conduct." Women Molested. Magistrate's Comments Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 16

At Cessnock Police Court to-day, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P. M., Laurie Craft was charged with drunkenness, and offensive behavior…

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Bail Refused. Coaltrimmer Charged. Wife Terrified. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

Joseph Blinstruth, 42, a coal trimmer, was charged at the North Sydney Police Court to-day, with having attempted to commit a serious offence…

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Amazing Frauds. Concealment of Profits, Two Men Sentenced. London, July 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 2

Amazing revenue frauds were disclosed at Newcastle Assizes, when Moses jacobson, a naturalised Russian, and George…

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Rhodesian Murder House Painter Arrested. Capetown, June 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 13

The identify of the man arrested at Rhodesia for the murder of the University student, Miss Kanthack, in 1927, was disclosed to-day as John…

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Police Baffled. the Morwell Tragedy. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

Despite careful inquiries the police have not yet been able to discovery the motive for the tragedy at Morwell, which resulted in the death of…

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District Court. Divorce Petitions. Shields v. SHIELDS

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

In the Divorce Jurisdiction at the Maitland District Court, Thomas Shields asked for the dissolution of his marriage with Jennie…

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Paintings of Nudes. Seized by Police. London, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 7

The police visited a West End exhibition of paintings by D. H. Lawrence, the novelist and pool, and took a number of them to the police…

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Save Ten Millions Arbitration Court's Abolition. Mr. Bruce Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 8

The Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce), when asked to amplify a statement, recently attributed to him in Sydney, to the effect that a…

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Damages Claimed Motor Car and Cycle Collision. District Court Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 9

In the Maitland District Court on Thursday afternoon, before his Honor, Judge White, Frank Alexander Cridiand, of Elgin-street West Maitland…

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West Maitland Court Monday, July 1. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

ALLEGED THREATENING WORDS. Edward Charles Graham, 47, was charged with using threatening words to Margaret Mary Graham on…

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Singleton Police Court Larceny Charge Fails

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

John Thomas Date appeared before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., at the Singleton Court on Friday, charged with having during…

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Unbranded Sheep. Two Graziers Fined. Magistrate's Comment. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 5

At the Burwood Court to-day George Limberse, grazier, of Cowra was fined £10 for having sent 299 unbranched sheep to Flemington sale yards…

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Attack on Police Three Arrests Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 3

A third man has been arrested in connection with the armed attack on the police at North Adelaide, when Constable J. Mitchell was wounded…

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