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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 117

Three Men Before the Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Joseph Wall (58), builder, William Morse Evans (49), chemist, and Arnold Walker (42), salesman, were, remanded…

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Police Court Kurri Kurri Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 7

Only two cases were listed for hearing at the Kurri Kurri Police Court. Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided…

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Intent to Murder Trapper on Trial Police-charge Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 1

John McFarlane, trapper, appeared before the City Court to-day on a charge of having shot Constable Hutchison with intent…

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Fireman Fined Theft from Steamer Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 7

For stealing two tins of herrings and ten tins of herrings and tomato sauce, James Smith 32), a fireman, was fined 10/…

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"A Motive" Counsel's Claim Clerk Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Cecil Francis Asprey, clerk, was charged with having, between June 1 and October 9 of last…

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NEARLY £5000 Daring Jewel Theft Detectives on Job Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 7

Detectives inquiring into the audacious jewel robbery from the shop of Solomon Uohen, in King-street, have been informed that the actual…

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News in Brief Police Transfers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 6

The following police transfers wore announced in Newcastle yesterday: Constable Le Fevre, from Islington to Kurri; Constable…

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Blood Shed Burman Rioters Attack Police Calcutta, May 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 1

A large party of Burman rebels attacked a detachment of police near Prome last night, and it is feared that…

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Fall in Fish Car and Cart Collide Court Claim Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 7

When a spring cart driven by John Alfred Pitts was struck by a car driven by Gerald John Levey on August 19, 1930, a…

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Ruse Fails Chinese Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

When a Chinese greaser on the steam Changtse went ashore at Townsville (Q.) on Tuesday with an empty kerosene tin, ostensibly to put soldier…

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Alleged Theft of Goods Five Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 5

Following complaints made by Anthony Hordern's, Ltd., detectives on Wednesday afternoon raided three suburban houses and an hotel at Ultimo,…

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Unlawfully Using an Instrument Nurse Sentenced to Two Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 3

Nurse Ruby Louisa Gaudron was found guilty at the Lismore Quarter Sessions on Wednesday of unlawfully using an instrument, and was sentenced…

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Grim Crime Double Murder French Outrage Marseilles, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

A grim double murder, committed in a lonely villa in the Aixen Province, in 1925, was disclosed when the police…

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Was "Indiscreet." Use of Soldier's Badge. Case From Muswellbrook Constable Kenny Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 3

Constable Harold Douglas Kenny, of Newcastle, appeared in a new role at the Newcastle Police Court on Wednesday. He was the defendant in a…

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Embezzlement Charge Clerk Before Court £5000 MENTIONED

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. McDougall, S.M., Council Francis Asprey, 31, clerk, was charged with having, between June…

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Man and Wife in Court Insulting Words Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 8

Charged with having used insulting words to his wife in Aberdare street, Kurri; on the night of 4th April, Mervyn Paul was found guilty of…

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"Can't Take Law Your Own Hands" Fined For Assaulting Man in Street Kurri Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 6

Telling John Johnson that he could not take the law into [?]s own hands, Mr. Reed, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court Wednesday, fined Johnson £3, with court costs amounting to £4/5/-, for having unlawfully assaulted Mervyn Paul at Lang Street, Kurri, on 4th April…

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Audacious Theft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 5

The theft 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 5

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

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Two Years' Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 7

At Sydney Quarter Sessions Thomas William Bennett (20), was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of having slashed with…

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