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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 150

Gaol Instead of Fine. Judge Alters Penalty

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

Two men, who applied to the Appeal Court on Tuesday for a variation of their sentences, received a surprise when Judge Thomson not only…

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Alleged Fraud. German Ex-minster Charged. Paris, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 6

The trial of Herr Kiotz, who was seven times German Finance Minister and a signatory of the Peace Treaty of Versallies who is charged with…

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A Modern Girl Thrilling Car Episodes. Police Stare in Amazement

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

A wild ride on the bumper-bars of a fast car landed a girl in the North Sydney Police Station on Wednesday. A swift leap to the…

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Constable Proves Best Shot Exciting Arrest at Woolloomooloo. a Charge of Intent to Murder. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 6

Shortly after midnight, Constable Jackson came across two men fighting in Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, and he arrested…

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Two Years' Gaol Finance Minister Sentenced Paris July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 8

M. Klotz, who was seven times Finance Minister and a signatory of the Peace Treaty of Versalies who was charged with uttering cheques…

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Stranger Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

Norman Pearsal, a stranger, was charged at the Glocester Police Court with stealing a leather motor coat, the property of Sydney Oldfield…

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Committed for Trial. Alleged Cattle Stealing Charges at East Maitland Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

At the East Maitland Police Court on 5th inst, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Kenneth George McLaren and Arthur Lyal Gower, were charged with…

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Our New Serial. "Sentenced to Death,"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

Our arresting serial, "Throads of Life" concludes to-day, and on Monday we shall commence publication of a new story entitled…

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Marriage Tangle Extraordinary Case. Magistrate's Comments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 14

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

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Sent to Gaol Conspiracy to Rob

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 4

Sentences of two and a half years were imposed by Judge Macindce upon John Barr and John Wilkins, of the special staff of the Metropolitan…

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Poison in Cream Farmers Charged. Information Dismissed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 5

At the police court Francis Patrick Condon aud John Joseph Condon were charged at Wollongong with having sold adulterated cream at…

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Sent to Gaol Stole a Gold Watch. Sydney

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

At the Burwood Curt to-day, Ronald Thomas Davis, 20, a labourer, was charged with stealing a gold watch…

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Alleged Stealing Youth on Many Charges. Killara Homes Robbed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 5

Owan Glyadwr Evans, 10, who was arrested last night, appeared at the Central Court to-day on two charges of breaking and entering…

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A Surprise Judge Alters Penalty, Gaol Instead of Fine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 16

Two men, who applied to the Appels Court tao-day for a variation of their sentences, received a surprise when Judge Thomson, not only…

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Arson Alleged. Two Men Charged. Fire at Palm Beach. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 5

Sydney Keys, 38, a boarding-house keeper,a nd Eric Woodger, 34, a labourer, were remanded at the Manly Court to-day on a charge of setting…

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Buried Body Found in Gorge Murder Recalled. Cairns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 3

The police are investigating a rumour that the body of a man has been found burled in a bag in a gorge, near Boonjie, near the spot…

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Intent to Murder. Charge Against Young Man Two Shots Fired

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

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

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Sergeant Dolman Retirement From Police. a Notable Career

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 11

Sergeant A. A. Dolman, of the Maitland Police, has retired after 37 1/2 years' service, of which 35 years were spent in East and West…

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Pandemonium Extracrdinary Court Scene. London, July 7

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

Them was an extraordinary outburst in Court when Thomas Jackson was declared not guilty at Swansea Assizes on a charge of Murdering, his wife…

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

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

The police visited a West Find exhibition of paintings by D. H. Lawrence, the novelist and poof, and look a number of them to the police…

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