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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

2,397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 120

Let His Wife Steal. Magistrate's Severe Comment. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

A seething indictment against a husband was delivered by Mr. Camphin, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, when Elsie May Brace, 39, was…

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Mr. Hoare's Protest. Charge Against Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

The Northern president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. T. Hoare, made the following statement yesterday afternoon :—…

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Vendetta. German Murder. Policeman Could Not Forget. Berlin. Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Cassol police in 1928 beseiged a farmer, Klaus in his house in a neighbouring village, and captured it after a two days' fight, during which…

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Beeby Award Before Full Court. History of the Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

The Full Court continued the hearings of the appeal against the intelin award made by Judge Beeby for the coal mining industry…

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Fight in Cellar Police Make Sensational Arrest. Baton Used. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Two men were arrested in sensational circumstances at Rose Bay at 1.30 this morning. The occupant of a house, Mr…

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Court Cleared Incident in Conspiracy Charge. Plot Against Soviet. LONDON, Jan. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Where was a sensational incident of the resumed trial at Berlin of Professor Shavla Karunidze, who is charged with conspiracy, when the…

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Complaint Against Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Complaints were made to an officer of a Cessnock Lodge than four girls had resented remarks made to them by police on patrol duty at Cessnock…

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Baton Charge. Stones Thrown at Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

An attack was made on the police at Kurri last night, following the arrest of a man for having allegedly used insulting remarks about the…

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Trouble at Kurri Police Stoned Baton Charge on Crowd

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

There was further trouble at Kurri Kurri last night during, an openair meeting, which was held at the band rotunda, Lang-street. While William Laidlaw, of Sydney, who came to Kurri Kurri three weeks a [?] was addressing a gathering of about 1000 persons it was alleged…

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Charge of Stealing Tomatoes Hands Up You —,Or Shoot Police Court Sequel to Incident at Mount View

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

At the Cessnock Police Court to- day Ivan Sidney Slade, farmer, of Monnt View, proceeded against James Pinchen and William…

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Dundas Tragedy Husband Charged With Murder. Evidence at Inquest. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

The inquest was opened to-day by the Parramatta District Coroner in regard to the shooting of Mrs. Roma Soloman, of Dundas…

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Man Charged at Tamworth

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

Philip Horatio Whinfield (47), appeared before. Tamworth Court on Monday to answer a charge of maliciously setting fire to a shop in Werris…

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Alleged Assault Father Proceeds Against Son

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning John Thomas Drummond senior proceeded against…

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Escape from Gaol. Foiled by Magpie. Imitated Sound of Saw

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

An attempt to escape from the Bunbury gaol (S.A.), made on Friday night, by William Desmond Lord, who was being held pending his trial on a…

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Police Precautions. Strengthening Position. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Police reports to the Chief Secretary this morning indicated that things were generally quiet on the coalfields…

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Muswellbrook Court House. Annual Returns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

During last year 242 cases were heard at the Muswellbrook Police Court, and of these there was only one commital case. Nineteen municipal and shire…

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Tennis Hints Court Position in Singles

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

The singles game is the best practice for a player to improve his game. All the responsibility is on his…

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March to Killingworth. Men Met by Police. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

About three hundred miners marched on Killingworth Colliery this morning to interview the few men working there. The police were at…

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Dont Serve Police Request by Miners' Wires Most Shopkeepers Agree

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

There were some exciting moments in Vincent- street yesterday morning. Miners' wives, divided into…

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Hotel Staffs Paid Off. Police Get Own Meals. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

As a result of the "black" ban, all Cessnock Hotels presented a deserted appearance to-day. They were carried on by the…

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