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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 117

Murder Charge Young Girl Held Shot Father Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

William Jesse Young, 43, orchardist, was shot dead outside his homo at Garfield North, 45 miles from Melbourne, on the…

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Tragic Story Temora Murder To-day's Inquest Temora

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

A tragic story was told to-day at the inquest on John Algernon Russell Billings, and his wife, Nellie Billings, who were shot…

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Was It Murder? Mysterious Death in Locked House Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 9

Complete mystery surrounds the death, in a Surry Hills residential yesterday, of Anna Philbrook, 50, a widow, who was…

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Police Transfers Sgt. Yeomans Moves On NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 10

The following police transfers have been approved: Sergeant Rochester, from Wickham to Inverell; Sergeant Yeomans, Kurri to…

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Serious Clash Police—Communists Batons Used Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 8

A serious riot, in which police and Communists clashed, occurred outside the Town Hall last night, prior to Mr. Lyons opening his…

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Not Alarmed Posting of Bombs Police Attitude Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 12

Police to-day profess to be not alarmed at the fact that a number of bombs were posted to prominent Sydney men…

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To Pay Back Union Official Court Order Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

At Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Sheridan referred to the case of William Parker, ex-secretary of a miners' lodge who yesterday…

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Mail Robbery Police Investigations

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

Although intensive investigations have been made by detectives from police headquarters and the General Post Office during the past two days, very…

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Temora Tragedy Letter Found by Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

A post-mortem examination of the body of John Billings, one of the victims of the Temora tragedy, disclosed a fractured skull and two…

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From Catapult Pellet Through Window Police Belief Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

Police and detectives are investigating the mysterious breaking of a window of a railway carriage in which Mr. Farloigh, M.L.C., was…

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Indian Terrorist Duel with Police CALCUTTA, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

A dramatic revolver battle between police and Jagdish and Sukdevraj, two suspected revolutionaries, took place at Shalimar…

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Exciting Chase. Police Hidden on Train. Two Men Arrested. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

A story of long and careful planning and watching by the police is connected with the arrest of two men in connection with the theft of large…

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Sale of a Racehorse Disposed of at Maitland Fob 25/-. Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

The story of bow a racehorse was sold at the Maitland Sale Yards for 25/- was told in the Cessnock Small Debts Court…

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"You Are a Proper — DINGO " Lively Five Minutes in Shalamah Street Echo Heard at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

At Cessnock Court to-day Rober[?] Dickson proceeded against William Hirst, miner, on a charge of insulting language…

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Audacious Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

The the[?] with which the men stand charged, was the most audacious, crime of its kind that has ever been carried cut in Australia…

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Three Men Face Court on Charge of Stealing £5000 "All Gone" Police Claim Big Coup Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Joseph Wall (58), builder, William Morse Evans (49), chemist; Arnold…

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Two Years' Gaol Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Thomas William Bennett (20), was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of having [?] with…

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Drastic Law Gaol for Libel Lysaght's Bill Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 5

In the Law Reform Bill now before the legislative Assembly, punishment for libel or defamation will be imprisonment…

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Law's Long Arm Three Men Arrested Alleged Theft Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 8

Three men were arrested following careful investigation, extending over 18 months, in connection with a daring…

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Wage Reduction Full Court Order SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

The Arbitration Court decided to reduce by 10 per cent, the wages of station hands, lift attendants, and Mount Lyo[?] miners…

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