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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

2,397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 120

Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., had a very light list to dispose of at the West Maitland Court to-day. There were several matters in the children's…

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Charged with Having Stolen Goods Magistrate Warns Offender. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

When Kathleen Scott, aged 20, a: domestic, was charged at the Central Court to-day on four charges of having, stolon goods from city shops, the…

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Charged with Murder of Wife Auckland Man Arrested. Borough Councillor and Church Worker

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Arthur Thomas Munn, aged 45, wicker worker, residing, at Northcote, Auckland, was arrested on a charge of murdering his wife, Lillie May Munn,…

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Alleged Assault Horse Trainer Remanded. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

John Michael Richards, aged 27, described as a horse trainer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day until March 24, on a charge of having…

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Alleged Assault. Horse Trainer Remanded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 5

Michael Richards, 27, described as a horse trainer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day, until March 24, on a charge of having committed a…

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Woman's Death. Husband on Murder Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 3

Arthur Thomas Munn, 45, wicker worker, residing at Northcote (Vic.), was arrested on a charge of murdering his wife. Lillie May Munn, 48…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Maitland will be held at the Courthouse, West Maitland, on Monday, April 14, at 10…

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Prohibited Alien an Chong in Coruet. Connection Alleged with Noumean Murder. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

Ah Chong, aged 40, described as a gardener, was charged at the Central Court to-day with being a prohibited alien…

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Ten Years' Gaol. Safebreaker Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

Among those sentenced at the Criminal Court, Perth, was George McKellar Smith, who had pleaded "Guilty" to several charges of…

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Woman Charged Alleged Maliciously Wounding. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 5

At the Central Court 15-day, Daisy Hunter Pickering, 30, married, was charged with having maliciously shot at Sydney Castle Rateliffe, her father…

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District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 4

The next District Court will be held in the East Maitland Courthouse on Tuesday, April 8. The last day for filling plaints is Friday, March 22…

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Aubin Appeal Full Court Argument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

Argument in connection with the appeal by E. Aubin for an injunction to restrain Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., from further proceeding on the…

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Muswellbrook Police Force. Appointment of Sergeant Bath

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

Sergeant A. R. Bath, of Wyong, has been appointed sergeant in charge of the Muswellbrook police district, and will take up duties here this week…

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Unlawful Assembly Charge Sixty Men Before Court at Cessnock. Echo of Police Baton Attack at Paxton Cases Adjourned Till March 25th

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

Further echoes of police baton attacks on processions of miners were heard at the Cessnock Police Court to-day, when 61 men appeared before…

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Serious Charge Horse Trainer Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

A grave charge was preferred against John Michael Richards, 27, described as a horse trainer, at the Central Police Court yesterday…

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"Pack of Lies." Divorce Court Sensation. Witnesses's Admission. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 5

A sensation was caused in the Divorce Court to-day when Ivan Ernest Rowland told Acting Justice Maxwell that the whole of the evidence…

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Charge of Abduction Sixteen-year-old Girl Involved. Cessnock Laborer Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, Rufus Beacham Howell, 30, laborer, was charged with having, at Stroud, on March 7, unlawfully taken away May Martha Rumble, a girl aged 16 years and three months, from the possession of and…

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Damage to Shire Roads Kearsley Shire's Legal Action Against Coal Lorry Drivers Test Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

The adjourned case in which the Kearsley Shire Council proceeded against Albert E. Antony on a charge of having run a coal lorry carrying…

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Sent to Gaol. Contempt of Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

In the Bankruptcy Court, in Melbourne, Judge Moule made an order committing Effle Wainwright, a married woman, of Geelong, to prison for…

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Tingha Fire. Police Court Sequel. Tingha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 5

There was a sequel to Sunday's fire at the police court when Arthur Sanderson, who occupied, until Saturday evening, the premises in which…

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