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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

2,397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 120

Violent Prisoner Fight in Police Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

Believed to be suffering from the effects of a drug, a man who had been arrested on a charge of riotous behaviour went berserk while in the…

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Intruders Disturbed Police Make an Arrest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

Receiving a message that a man was behaving suspiciously outside the home of Mr. Jackson, at Rose Bay, Constable Lawlis made…

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Protection of Girls More Women Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

A strong appeal for the appointment of additional women police to protect girls from city pitfalls was made by a deputation representing the Council of…

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A Violent Prisoner Fight in Police Station

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

Believed to be suffering from the effects of a drug, a man who had been arrested on a charge of riotous behaviour went berserk while in the dock…

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Justices on Bench. Police Raise Strong Objection. Charges From Rothbury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 5

Tradeusz Wlodarczyk, 27, described as a journalist, was charged at West Maitland Court to-day, with having, at Rothbury, on or about…

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Basic Wage Full Arbitration Court to Re-determine. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

During the hearing of a case in the Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Lukin announced that the Full Arbitration Court would probably be assembled…

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West Maitland Court Monday, March 17. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.) Starting Price Betting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

Fabian Emil Carter, hairdresser and tobacconist, of High street, West Maitland, was charged with a breach of the Gaming and Betting Act…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 4

Charles McGarry, 42, and Donald Stanley Charlton, 18, were charged at the Went Maitland Police Court to-day, before Messrs. M. S. Meagher…

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Fourteen Years in Gaol Solicitor Sentenced. Extending Over Ten Yeaes. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

Imprisonment for 14 years was to-day imposed upon Robert McGowan, 54, solicitor, who had pleaded guilty to charges involving the theft of £15,516…

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Fatal Room. Reconstructed in Court. Dramatic Murder Trial. London, March 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 8

A most remarkable murder trial has developed as the result of the arrest of Henry Fox for the murder of his mother…

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The Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 1

Furthermore, the Upper House stands between tho police force and any political faction that may desire to take reprisals against the police…

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Remanded. Alleged Assault on Two Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 5

Peter Monaghan, 29, labourer, and John Tyrell, 30, a plumber, were remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted…

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P.M. Criticises the Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

"Anyone would think they are God Almighty," declared Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., in a criticism of police laxity in imporperly preparing cases…

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Alleged Theft of Grapes Pokolbin Vigneron Complains That His Vineyard Was Raided. Four Young Men Before Cessnock Court P.M. Describes Defendants' Story As a Concoction

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 3

The adjourned case in which Allyn Valsey, Herman Rudder, Clifford Gittoes, and Joseph William Quinn were charged with stealing grapes to the value of 2/3, the property of Arthur J. Connolly, of Pokolbin, was continued at Cessnock Police Court to-day…

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Murder Trial. William Ralph's Story. Statement From the Dock. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 5

The trial of William Ralph, 37, on a charge of murdering Arthur Lange, was continued at the Central Criminal Court to-day…

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Police Wouldn't Proceed With Case. Object to Justices of the Peace on Bench

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

Recently two coalfields' Justices of the Peace caused something of a commotion when they sat on the Bench with the police magistrate…

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Hungarian Crime. Burglary and Double Murder Police Officer's Confession. Budapest, March 18

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

The police have reached a dead-end regarding the mystery of the burglary at the Szalotna Post Office, the murdering of the 65-year-old post…

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Man on Murder Charge Woman Faints in Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 2

At the Central-Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, William Ralph, aged 37, a labourer, was charged with having murdered Arthur Adolphe Lange…

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Stealing Charge Raid on Pokolbin Vineyard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 2

Allyn Vaisey, Clifford Gittoes, Joseph Quinn, and Herman Rutter, pleaded "Not guilty" at Cessnock Police Court, to a charge of having…

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Remarkable Scene in Court Police Object to Honorary Magistrates Sitting with P.m

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 2

Strong objection to the presence of two honorary magistrates on the Bench on the ground that it was a scheme to defeat the ends of justice,…

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