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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 117

Police and Food Relief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Donovan asked the Chief Secretary if he was aware that a number of police officers were…

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Angry Scene Father's Charge Fined for Assault Sydney

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

There was an angry scene at the Burwood Court to-day when a father accused a man of assisting to abduct his daughter…

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Lifting Jack That Caused Deal of Bother Kurri Coal Carter Charged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

The borrowing of a lifting jack, following trouble with a motor tyre, heaped a whole deal of bother upon the shoulders of Walter Joseph Butts…

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Assault and Robbery Charge Christmas Eve Bag-Snatching Act. Kurri Man Sent for Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

James Rupert Mellon, a Kurri Kurri man, was, at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, committed to stand his trial at the Maitland…

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Legislative Council. High Court Hearing—judgment Reserved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

The High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the New South Wales Upper House case…

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Armed Hold-up Posed as Police Serious Charge Sydney

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

Albert Honry Roland , Ward (21), a labourer, was romanded at the North Sydney Court today on a ohargo that, while…

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For His Own Good Police Had to be Harsh to be Kind

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

He wandered into the Courthouse on Wednesday, an aged and bent figure. He rose somewhat painfully with the aid of a stick as his name…

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Hebburn Man Fined For Keeping Savage Dog Story at Kurri Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

According to evidence given in a case at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, almost every person in the Hebburn Estate, Weston, can…

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Federal Award. Wage Reduction of 10 Per Cent. Uproar in Court. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

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

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£17,500,000 Saved. Full Court Varies Awards by 10 Per Cent. 26 Unions Concerned. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

The Full Arbitration Court, in its judgment in the basic wage case, to-day ordered the variation of 26 awards in applications before the court by reducing wage rates by 10 per cent. for a period of 12 months. Shearers will not be affected, but practically every other Federal union…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

At the police Court, Edward Clarence Lester was charged with unlawfully and carnally knowing Florrie Jeanie Stowe in August last, she…

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Dungog Court Assault Charges Sanctuary Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 10

Happenings on Barrington Tops on December 27 formed the subject of charges of assault at the Dungog Police Court…

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False Pretence Woman Charged Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 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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Theft Charge Woman in Court Colombo Arrest Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 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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Murder Charge Italian Held

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 8

A Brisbane message states that while returning from a visit to a farm near Ingham, an Italian named Ignazio Gatti, 39, is…

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CESSNOCK Mine Manager Charged Alleged Breach Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 6

At Cessnock Police court to-day, George Mason Hindmarsh appeared to answer a charge that on October 28 last, near at Kcaraley, then being…

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S.P. BETS Fraud Alleged Two Charged Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 1

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

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Clara Bow Victim of Theft 35 Charges Los Angeles, Jan, 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

A verdict convicting Daisy Deboe of stealing from the bank account of Clara Bow during the 18 months she lived with…

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Violent Riot Police Charge Armed "Reds"

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 8

A number of people were Injured and several arrests made on Monday afternoon during a clash between 500 Communists…

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"Reds" Active Police Make Arrests SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

An ugly situation developed at Balmain last night, when a speaker, addressing a Communist meeting at the corner of Palmer…

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