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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 150

Stole Watch. Theft From Bedroom. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

A man named Harold Collier was fined £20 or two months' imprisonment at the police court this morning for stealing a gold wristlet watch…

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Land Deals. Three Men Charged with Fraud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Extraordinary allegations of fraud were made in the Perth Court when three middle-aged men, James Lindsay, Sydney Byron, and Samuel…

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Drunken Driver. Magistrate Imposes Severe Penalty. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

In the Central Court to-day Henry Benjamin MeNamara, 60, a storekeeper of Wiseman's Ferry, pleaded guilty to driving a motor car at…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, January 18. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

The legal profession were represented by Mr C. R. Whitfield (Messrs Wm. J. Cragg and Whitfield), Messrs A. B. Shaw and C. H. Dunlop (Messrs A. B…

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Kurri Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

An unusual case will come before the District Magistrate, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the next sitting of the Kurri Kurri Court, when a…

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Small Debts Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, Cecil Turnbull (represented by Mr. E. N. Gaden) sought to recover from Wild Day (represented by Mr. G. M…

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Shot in a Brawl Police Exonerated

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Mr Grant, the Melbourne Coroner, on Wednesday investigated the death of William Herman Krafft, aged 28, a carrier, of Ringwood, who was shot…

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Father and Son. a Police Record

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

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…

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Women Disturb Public Meeting Ejected by Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Fifteen women, some of whom were rocognised as having been concerned in the organised disturbance at the meeting in the Melbourne Town Hall on…

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Question for Court. London, Jan. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

The question of the legality of General Booth's deposition will evidently be re-fought in the law courts. It is learned from a semi-official…

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High Court. Messrs Bavin and Latham Mentioned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

Two names have been mentioned for the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. Justice Higgins on the High Court Wench. They are the Federal…

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On Retired List Naval Officer Court Martialled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

For having noted "to the prejudice of good, order, and naval discipline," Engineer Lieutenant Commander William Henry Vaughan Edgar, of…

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Quarterly Licensing Court (Before Mr D.W. Reed, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

The District Licensing Inspector's quarterly report for quarter ended 31st December, 1928, was rendered. An application , was made for the…

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Police Search for Missing Girl Left Home on Monday—not Been Seen Since

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Seeking the opportunity to slip away from her home in Lang-street, Kurri Kurri during her parents' absence early on Monday afternoon, Ethel Stevens, a fourteen year old girl, has not been heard of since, despite systematic inquiries made by the police…

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Not Taken Seriously Mr Bavin As Member of Federal High Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

A report from Melbourne that Mr Bavin, Premier of N. S. Wales, is likely to be offered a seat on the Federal High Court bench, is not taken seriously in…

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Teller Charged Alleged Theft of £595

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 9

Aubrey Carl Holt, 30, married pleaded guilty In the Perth. Court to a charge of having stolon £505 from, the William-street branch of the…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2

At the Police Court, Henry Flasket Danson, aged 20, was charged with stealing a parcel containing clothing valued at £3, the property…

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Danish Officer. Sentenced by German Court. London, Jan. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 13

A sensation has been created throughout Denmark by the sentence of five years penal servitude passed by the Leipzig Supreme Court on a…

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Murder in Garage the Police Theory. London, Jan. 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 12

Scotland Yard is now satisfied that Vivian Messitor, manager of an American oil company, whose body was found in a garage at Southampton,…

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Muswellbrook Letter Police Court. Peculiar Cases. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2

At the monthly sitting of the Police Court, Mr. Geike, P.M., presiding, a middle-aged man, named Eptic Carmichael Rondo, a Belgian, charged…

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