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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 117

Vicious Assault Man Battered SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 8

The police can obtain little information concerning an assault case which occurred last night…

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MUSWELLBROOK Alleged Robberies Youths Charged Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 8

On Thursday night last, which was the shopping night of the week, on account of the Easter holidays, the manager of one of the principal…

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Court Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 6

Mr. Flynn, S.M., achieved a record speed at tho Sydney Traffic Court, He handled 245 cases in time given as…

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Murder Charge Fell From Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 12

Following the death of Robert Galvin Rahilly Nizbet, aged 26, in Timaru Hospital, as a result of an alleged assault and robbery in a motor…

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Girl Shot Murder Attempt Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 12

Mavis Steele Smith. 23, was admitted to hospital at Hastings gravely wounded in the head and back. Herbert Frederick Nunn, 43…

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WINGHAM New CourtHouse Badly Needed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 9

Additions are being made to the residence of the Sergeant of Police at the police station, Wingham. A new courthouse is badly needed…

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Youth's Story 'Plane Wreckage Police Inquire Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 1

It has been reported to the police that a youth saw what he believed to be the wreckage of an aeroplane on a mountainside near Hail…

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Victim Dies Gang Warfare Police Record Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 5

Richard Campbell, who was shot in the back by two men near the St. Kilda railway station on Monday night, died at…

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VARIATION Ambulance Award Court Approached Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 1

Supporting the application to the Hospital Conciliation Committee for a variation of the award for ambulance officers, which comes into operation on…

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Loot Seized Prahran Police Raid Four Arrests Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 9

Prahran police, after extensive raids on suburban homes effected four arrests, and seized much property, said to be loot from a recent big…

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At Bedside Special Court Dying Woman Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 1

A special court was held at the bedside of Mrs. Gladys Jones (22) at the Coast Hospital after her dying depositions had been…

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Three Young Man Face Attempted Murder Charge SHOOTING At Lambton Men Arrested Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 11

Two men, who were arrested at Carrington early yesterday morning in connection with the shooting of…

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Two Charged Alleged Fraud Provident Society Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

At the Central Police court to-day, Raymond Barr Brown (56), and Littlejohn Blunt (30), medical agents, were…

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Three Shots Attempted Murder Youthful Gunman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 6

Gordon Curnow, 18, of Alma Street, Darlinghurst, had a narnow escape on Saturday, when a youthful gunman fired three…

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Murder Trial Commences Alleged Motive for Crime. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 2

The trial commenced, at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Judge Halse Bogers, of Marshall M'Hugh, aged 36, a carpenter, who…

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Big Batch Drunks in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 4

Usual activity on the part of luiquor qua[?]ers on Saturday afternoon last resulted in the appearance of six, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the…

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Deliberate Attempt at Murder Youth Saved by Presence of Mind

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

A deliberate attempt to murder Gordon Curnow aged 18, of Almastreet, Darlington, was made on Saturday afternoon by a youth who…

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EXAMINATION Small Debts Court Case Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 4

In tho Small Debts Court to-day John C. Skelton was examined upon the application of Bennett and Wood, Limited, as judgment creditors…

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Demonstration by Unemployed Revolver Drawn by Police Constable

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 4

A remarkable demonstration by unemployed took place at the Oullen Bullen police station, when the officer in charge was obliged to…

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Damages Awarded Motor-Sulky Collision Court Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 5

A collision between a car, driven by Jack Suters, and a sulky, driven by James Feeney, near the Victoria Bridge, on the East Maitland-road, on…

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