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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 117

Theft Charge Woman in Court Colombo Arrest Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Alma Francis Bruce (40), who was recently brought back from Colombo, was charged at the Redfern Court to-day with…

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Cardiff Burglary £70 Loss. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

Cardiff branch store of the Wailsend and Plattsburg Co-operative Society was broken into last night or this morning…

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Singleton Police Court Serious Offence Alleged. Young Man Remanded

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

At the Singleton Police Court to-day, before Mr R. Solling, J.P., Edward Clarence Lester was remanded to January 30, on an alleged charge,of…

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Kurri Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

Constable C. Dimmock, who for the past two weeks has been off duty through an ijury received at a recent fire at Stanford Merthyr,…

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Police Raid On Opium Den Chinese Fined Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

When three Chinese were fined at the Central Court to-day in connection with the raid on an alleged opium don in Foster-street, City,…

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Kurri Court The P. M. Presides KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The P.M., Mr. D.W. Reed, occupied the bench at the Kurri Kurri Police court to-day. John McNab was charged with…

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Fighting and Swearing. Two Men Again Before Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

Ernest Parkes, alias William Parker, a travelling mechanic, aged 42, and Ivan Robert Carroll, aged 42, were charged with having used indecent…

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Boy Drowned in Cook's River Body Recovered by Police Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

The body of a boy named Mark Smith, aged1 lO years, of Marrickville, whose clothes were found on thebank of Cook's River on Monday night, was…

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Court-martialled Imprisonment and Dismissal From Service (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

Following the occurrence on the submarine depot ship Lucia, when the men refused to work on Saturday, an able seaman, H. T. Grappon, was…

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False Pretence Woman Charged Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Daisy Ida Wheeler (40), was remanded on a charge of having obtained money from Mary…

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False Pretences Woman Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

A woman charged at the Central police station last night with false protences is alleged to have secured a loan of £250…

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Suspect Bandit' Man Charged Alleged Robbery Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

It was reported to the police on Sunday morning by William James MeIntosh, of Naremburn, that he had been held up on the…

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S.P. BETS Fraud Alleged Two Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Edwin Llewellyn Recs (50), a broker, and William Edwin Ardill, a broker,…

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Court-Martial LONDON, Jan. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

After hearing evidence similar to that offered at yesterday's court martial of the seamen from the submarine…

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Wages Cut Unions Affected Court's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

(Continued From Page 1). (1) It would cause the spending power of the wage-earners, now in employment to be transferred to their…

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Court Varies Federal Award Rates in 26 Cases 10 PERCENT. Crofts Angry Court Uproar Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

The Full Arbitration Court to-day, in a judgment in the Basic Wage case, ordered a variation of 26 awards in…

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Husband Faces Charge of Intent to Murder Wife Shot Fired Story in Court Police Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

John Bard, alias Jack Holt (31), described as a traveller, was charged at the Central Court to-day with…

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Barrington Tops. Assault Charges. Sanctuary Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Happenings on Barrington Tops on December 27 formed the subject of charges of assault at Dungog Police Court against John Robson. He…

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Murder Charge Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Three youths, Vernon Bouham (16), Robert Ronham (18), and Thomas O'Hara (18), were remanded at the Bathurst Court, to-day on a…

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Nominal Fines Calling-Over Question Magistrate's Finding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

A case of considerable importance to those encased in the baking trade, and one which may have far-reaching effect in the…

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