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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 117

GHASTLY "Ripper," Stories Murder Lust Dusseldorf, April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 1

Contrasting with his callous behaviour yesterday Peter Kuerten, the German "Ripper," to-day alternately flushed and was…

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Counterfeit Coins Found Police Find Plant in Bush

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 4

Two men, one of them a half-caste, who was engageil by the, police as, a tracker, were arrested at the week-end in connection with the distribution of…

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Presentation to Judge White Framed Photograph Fob Court House

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 4

It is the intention of the legal profession at Newcastle to make a presentation to Judge While of a framed photograph of himself to be hung in…

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Master of Malabar Faces Charge of Neglect of Duty Land Seen Officer's Story Court Inquiry Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 1

When the inquiry into the loss of the Malabar was commenced this morning, a charge of having failed in his…

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UNLICENSED Hawkers Charged Court's Lenience Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 7

That they were working for a Mr. Walsh, from Newcastle, and did not know that their employers' license did not cover them, was the…

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Not Guilty On Murder Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 10

Alfonzo Munoz, a Spanlard, was found not gullty in Donillquin Circuit Court on a charge of murdering William patrick Smith at Barham on…

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District Court Increasing Powers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 6

It is stated in local circles that an enlargement of the powers and functions of the District Court at the expense of the Supreme Court is…

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Issue of Blankets Powers of Police SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 1

The Chief Secretary's Department informed Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A, to-day, that Inspectors of Police could issue blankets to all deserving cases…

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Master Guilty Malabar Stranding Court's Finding Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 7

When the inquiry concerning the loss of the steamer Malabar was resumed to-day, Keith Morris, chief officer,…

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Living Wage Application to Court Unions Oppose Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 1

An application by the Employers' Federation for the fixation of an early date for the hearing of a public inquiry in respect to the admit…

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Fight Between Trams and 'Buses at Newcastle Court Busy Many Prosecutions To-day's List Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 7

Prosecutions under the Motor Traffic Act and Transport Trust Regulations are becoming increasingly…

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Denman Section Denman Police Court. Charges of Assault

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 10

Before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., at the Denman Police Court on Thursday, Susan Sophia Munns, widow, proceeded against Baden Powell…

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Scone Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Scone Police Court on Wednesday. Police v. Maxwell B. Mitchell…

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Man Charged

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 6

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court this morning, Basil Rees (24), a well-known resident of Kurri Kurri, was charged with having feloniously and…

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Aberdeen Robbery. Two Men Sentenced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 2

At the Singleton Quarter Sessions, William John Parker and William Bell were charged with having on 14th February, at Aberdeen, broken and…

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Police Promotion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

Police Sergeant C. Yeomans has been all this week receiving congratulations upon his promotion to that rank. Sergeant Yeomans, who is at…

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First Murder at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

Only once in the long sequence of years has the dreaded word "Murder" been uttered at Kuril Kurri…

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Goods Disappear. Railway Complains. Six Months' Gaol

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 5

At the West Maitland Police Court on Tuesday, railway detective William David Douglas, deplored the quantity of goods that disappears…

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S.m. Sick of Weeping Women Petty Theft Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 6

Doris May Clarke, aged 25, a married woman, was charged at Central Police Court, yesterday with having, at Sydney, on April 16, stolen a pair of…

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Finding of Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 1

Mr Laidlaw, S.M., who conducted the inquiry, declared that the Court was entirely satisfied that the charge against Captain Leslie had been proved…

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