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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Sentenced to Death Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter I.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

He trudged on The elemental strife was rather exhilarating. it seemed to soothe his perturbed mood. He had intended to take a bath…

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Shot in the Back Sequel to Quarrel. a Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

John Maskiell, a painter, employed by the Railway Department, was shot in the back while at work at Fairfield station yesterday. The wound is not…

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Satisfaction in Court Circles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 4

In court circles the bulletin is regarded with considerable satisfaction, indicating, at it does, that the King's general health has not suffered in any…

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Huge Cost. Police on Melbourne Waterfront

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 6

The Attorney-General (Mr. Macfarlan) announced in the Legislative Assembly Vic., that the cost of providing police on the waterfront at…

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Channel Air Disaster the Court's Finding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

London, Monday.—The Court of Inquiry into the City of Ottawa air liner disaster the Channel last month has reported that the primary cause was…

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Gang of Motor Thieves Tracked Down by Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 1

Police have tracked down Sydney's latest gang of wholesale motor thieves. Up to Monday night they had arrested five young men and recovered…

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Accosted by a Stranger Motorist's Extraordinary Story. Car and Stranger Disappears Melbourne, Wednesday. John D. Rutherford, of West Garth, told an extraordinary story to the police to-day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

He said that while he was driving home in his car about midnight he was accosted by a stranger, who asked for a lift. He obliged, and after the car…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 5

At the local police court two young men, Leonard George Wilson and John William Anderson pleaded guilty to illegally using a car on…

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Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 7

At Darllngluirat Oourt to-day, ilnmoH Dovlno, nffod 27, wbh ohnrgort with having murrtorod Ooovkq aaft-noy, at Mnroubra, onrly tills morn-hiK. A romnnd wnn Rrnntod until July 30, bnll lining rofusod…

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Communists Sentenced Funds From Berlin and Vienna. Constantinople, July 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 7

The trial of 81 Communists accused of disseminating Communist propaganda and attempting to undermine the existing regime in Turkey resulted in…

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Sentenced to Death Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter Ii.—a Crime and an Arrest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 3

The girl admitted afterwards that she regarded her chance companion of the thunderstorm as "rather a shy man." Woman-like, she forgot his…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

James Yule, who was charged at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday with assaulting his wife, was remanded till August 9. Ball was…

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Brawl at King's Cross Sequel in Police Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 10

The brawl in Eaton Avenue, King's Cross, on the night of May 7, had a sequel at the Central Police Court, yesterday, when Phillip Jeffs (32),…

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Employer's Plea. Saves Clerk From Gaol

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

When Keith Johnson, aged 25, a clerk, pleaded guilty at Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, to three charges of shoplifting, his employer…

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Boy Flogged to Death. Man Sentenced to Five Years

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

At Castlemaine (Vic.), on Tuesday, Herbert Albert Bownds, labourer, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of an 11-year-old…

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Sentenced to Death Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright). Chapter II.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

Soon after five o'clock, while debating the ever-present problem of clothing he looked out through a bedroom window, at a blue and cloudless sky…

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Larrikins Attack Schoolboys Police Outdistanced

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

A party of larrikins who visited the Redfern Oval on Wednesday afternoon made a concerted attack upon schoolboy footballers from the…

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Constable Shot. Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Charles Thompson, 29, a wharf labourer, was remanded on a charge of having shot at Joseph Henry…

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Body in Trunk Gruesome Discovery. English Engineer Charged. PARIS, July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

The parents of Jeannie Bigogne, four years of age, heard piercing screams last night, but did not associate them with the child until she…

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Congested. Sydney Supreme Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

Never before has the Supreme Court been so congested. There are over 400 civil cases awaiting trial, in addition to 500 divorce…

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