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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 117

Kum Choon's Ribs Who Broke, Them? Police Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

Sergeant William Patrick Jennings and Constable John O'Donnell appeared at Dalinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day on…

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Sent to Gaol Stole from Church NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 5

Imprisonment for a month with hard labour, was the penalty given Arthur Ford Johnson at the Police Court to-day for stealing from a…

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Motorist Charged Was Driver Drunk? Cessnock Case Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court to-day, Joseph Howe, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving a car while under the…

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Free Choice Waterfront Labour Court's Decision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

The High Court sitting in Melbourne to-day ruled that employers on the waterfront may engage whatever labour they…

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Riot at Bulli. Trouble Over Rations Mob Attacks Police Officer Woonona

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 2

Police, were forced to draw their revolvers against a mob of unemployed who rioted at Bulli to-day during the issue of relief rations. About a dozen…

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Miniature War. in New York City. 250 Police Besiege Criminals. New Yore

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 4

Terrified residents of a fashionable section of the city to-night witnessed scenes worthy of the most melodramatic cinema. Detectives searching an…

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Court Probes Mystery Shooting Case Who Fired? Victim's Story "Not Him" Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

"It was not Powell who shot me; I'm, sure of that," said Alexander Shepherd in the Newcastle Police Court…

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Charged with Murder. Finnie Refused Ball. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

At the Redfern Court to-day John; Finnic, aged 29, a labourer, was charged with having murdered George Cooper at a house in Redfern…

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Man and Wife Alleged Car Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

A man and his wife were arrested at Baradine by Sergt. McDwan, and charged with stealing a Nash sedan car, valued at £300 from Lindfield on…

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Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 5

John Finnie (38), a labourer, was charged at the Redfern Police Court to-day with having murdered George Albert Cooper, who was…

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Stolen Jewels Two Men Charged Yesterday's Arrest Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day James Gaffery (30), labourer, and Arthur Collins (35), salesman, were charged with having…

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Death of Child Mother on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 4

Kathleen May Beeby, aged 30, was remanded at the Wollongong Police Court on Monday on a charge of having murdered her son, Jack Beeby, five…

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"Red" Chief Police Searching Dole Riots Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 1

At a meeting of unemployed at Corrimal this morning, the dole was declared "black," and a large number…

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Police Chase Rode into Doorway Too Much Rum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 4

Charged with being drunk and disorderly in High-street, Frederick John McGoo, 19, and Tom Hill, 22, appeared at the West Maitland…

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Dole Declared Black Police Searching Tor Communist Leader. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

A meeting of unemployed at Corrimal to-day declared the dole "black," and a large number refused rations…

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In Court Alleged Murder City Tragedy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Alfred John Dillon (21), described as a labourer, was charged with having feloniously and…

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Spears Thrown White Man's Death Aborigine Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 1

Peter Thomson, an aborigine, was committed for trial at Cairns on a charge of having murdered his namesake, a white man…

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Wharf Riot Second Man Charged Out on Bail Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 1

Arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the waterfront disturbance Alfred McCarier (40), wharf labourer, appeared at the…

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Is Soviet Behind Sth. Coast Trouble? Dole Riot Police Belief Quiet To-day Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 1

The police raided a house at Wollongong this morning and arrested a man, who, it is alleged, was the ring-leader…

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Scone Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Gcikie, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Scone Police Court on Wednesday last, and dealt with a number of cases…

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