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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

2,397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 120

Man with Revolver. Sentenced to Three Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

Arthur Oummings, 25, was charged at the Katooba police Court with carrying a revolver without a license, He plouded not guilty…

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'Daddy's Dead' Poignant Court Scene. little Girl's Evidence. Mother Charged with Poisoning. London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

A poignant domestics drama was staged in the dismal Woolwich Police Court to-day, when Mrs. Eva Gertrude Langsford a Bachelor of Arts…

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Rothbdry Trouble 29 Miners Before Kurri Court. Large Police Force Present. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

A Kurri Kurri mossage states that over 1000 miners assembled outside the Police Court to-day, when 29 miners, appeared on various charges arising…

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Punchbowl Tragedy Verdict Op Murder Anu Suicide. Widow's Story. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

A poignant story was told to the Parramatta Coroner to-day when an enquiry was held into the death of Jessie Smithson, 20, of Hurstville andn…

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Beeby Award Argument in Full Court. Constitutional Powers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

Argument on the various summonses issued as the outcome of Judge Beeby's interim award for the coal industry wore heard in the Full…

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Police Black. Staffs Refuse to Wait on Them. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Following a meeting of hotel staffs in Cessnock yesterday afternoon, which was attended by representatives of miners' lodges, and the Newcastle…

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Beeby Goal Award Testing Its Validity Case Before Full Court'

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

The Full Court of the High Court of Australia commenced yesterday the hearing of the case which will test the validity or otherwise of the interim award for the coal industry made by Judge Beeby in December last…

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Police and Communists Attempt to Confiscate Banner Causes Riot. Several Casualties. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

A long procession of Communists at the funeral of a suburban comrade, murdered by the Fascists, carried a banner inscribed,…

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Son Arrested Charged with Murder. Margate Fire Mystery. London, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

As an astonishing development in a crime mystery which has excited public curiosity for two and a half months, Henry Fox, the 30-years-old…

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Kurri Police Court Wednesday. January 9. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

There were about 500 men in street, in the vicinity of the Kurri Kurri Courthouse, when the Police Court opened on Wednesday, but there…

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Childish Tricks on Police Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

It is reported that the police at Kurri Kurri are subjected to petty annoyances at hotels where they are stopping…

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Eight Days' Gaol But Sentence Suspended. South African Reporter's Cash. Johannesburg, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

The Chief Magistrate committed Louw, a reporter on the "Rand Daily Mail," to prison for eight days, for refusing to give the source of…

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Warden's Court. Before Warden Guaham. Cases at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

Warden A. N. Graham presided at East Maitland Warden's Court to-day. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY…

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Coal Industry. Dispute on Northern Field. Argument in High Court. Appeal Against Beeby Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

The High Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Duffy, Mr. Justice Rich", Mr. Justice Starke, and Mr. Justice Dixon, in Melbourne…

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Said Police Punched Him Magistrate Didn't Believe Story

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

When David Love Grant said in his evidence in a case at the Kurri Kurri Police Court Wednesday, that the arresting Constable had…

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"Time to Pay?" Magistrate Reed's Retort

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

"In cases of this kind, I shall seriously consider the question of disallowing time to pay," said Mr. Reed, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri…

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Rothbury Trouble. 29 Miners Before Kurri Court. Large Police Force Present

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

A Kurri Kurri message states that over 1000 miners assembled outside the police court on Tuesday, when 29 miners appeared on various charges…

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Police Will Do Duty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, said this morning that the police had been adequately reinforced. He added that it must be understood the police…

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Court Cases Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

Five cases were adjourned at the East Maitland Police Court to-day by Mr. D.W. Reed, P.M. When the cases were called the police witnesses…

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Defence at Rothbury. Police Strongly Reinforced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

Information was received this morning in Government circles to the effect that 10,000 miners were preparing to march on Rothbury to-day, but…

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