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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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Betrayer Sentenced to Death Victim Begs for His Pardon (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Moscow, Tuesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 3

Mohammed Vali Khan, formerly Afghanistan Foreign Minister, who acted while King Amanullah was in Europe, has been sentenced to death at…

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Beeby Award Challenged in High Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 3

The hearing of the coal proprietors' appeal against the validity of Judge Beeby's interim award in the coal dispute commenced in the…

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Court Sensation Witness Threatened. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 5

When Cheapley's case was resumed to-day, at the Central Court, Mr. Barry, for the Crown Law Department, caused a sensation by alleging…

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Kurri Court. Alleged Intimidation Cases. Six Withdrawn. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 8

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., presided at Kurri Kurri Court to-day. Frank Harrison was charged with having failed to deliver up an…

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Communism in Germany Police -Raid Offices. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 2

The police raided the offices of the Communist newspaper, "Isvestia Red Flag," three editors of which were previously arrested, and also searched…

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Stripped Naked. Man-handled at Ashtonfields. Police Story of Hectic Day. Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 5

The alleged unlawful assembly cases, in which 73 men are charged in connection with the Ashtonfields Colliery incident on January 10, were continued at the Wallsend Court to-day…

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Split Heads. Police and Communists. "The Red Flag" in Germany. Berlin, Feb. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 5

The police to-day raided the offices of the Communist newspaper "The Red Flag," three editors of which were previously arrested. They also…

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Informations Dismissed. Charges Against Politicians. Alleged Insults to Police. Majority Decision. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 4

The charges against Rowland James, M.H.R., and James M.Baddeley, M.L.A., of having used insulting words concerning the police at a public meeting in Cessnock Park on January 18, were continued at the Kurri Kurri Police Court…

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Beeby Award. Argument in High Court. "Miners' Claims Bona Fide." Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 5

When the coal case was resumed in the High Court to-day, Dr. Evatt, senior counsel for the Miners' Federation, declared that the conditions set…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., Fitzroy Blaxland, aged 23, wag charged that he had in his custody, four…

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Politicians Charged. Kurri Court Verdict. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 7

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey), referring to the majority verdict in the case against Messrs. Baddcley and James, stated to-day that the officer…

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Burglary Charge. Arrest at Kensington. Jewellery Recovered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 7

After the police patrol had arrested a man at Kensington late last night, they proceeded to his place of abode, and discovered an assortment of…

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Elderly Man Killed. Motorist Sent to Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 3

Gilbert Paul Herrick, 42, property salesman, of Bendigo, was found guilty at the sittings of the Supreme Court at Bendigo last week, on a…

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Police on Coalfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 6

Replying to Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A. in the Legislative Assembly, he Chief Secretary said that 879 additional police had been sent to the Maitland…

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Street Sensation. Married Woman Seized. Police Stop Fight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 8

An extraordinary affair was witnessed in the main street of Champsle when three men seized a young married woman, and attempted to…

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Beeby Award High Court Argument. Decision Reserved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 4

Argument was concluded in the High Court, concerning the Validity of Judge Beeby's second interim award for the coal industry, and Mr…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 4

An old-age pensioner appeared at the West Maitland Police Court to-day on a charge of drunkenness. He was fined 2/6, or imprisonment till…

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Sheep Stealing in New Zealand

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

Two hundred fat Romney lambs, which were securely paddocked on a farm in the Manawatu district last, week, mysteriously disappeared…

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Sentenced to Two Years. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

Augustus Charles Reeves was to-day sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The son, who had also been convicted of receiving, was bound over as…

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"Benefit of the Doubt" Cattle Stealing Charge Fails

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 6

At the Denman Police Court, A. E. V. Ekert who was represented by Mr Dunlop (of Messrs A. B. Shaw and Co., Singleton), was charged with cattle…

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