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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 117

Charge of Stealing Alleged Theft from Empty House

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

Efforts to bring his camp up-to-date have brought trouble on one Unemployed resident of Cessnock. He is to appear before Ccsanoek Police…

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Work Refused. Magistrate's Test

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

in dealing with a tenancy case at the Goulburn Police Court, the Magistrate, Air. Soane, said it appeared that some men getting the dole did not want to…

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Scone Case. Eighteen Months Gaol

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

Henry Herbert Warren, 31, pleaded gufity at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Tuesday to having, on April 5, at, Scone, broken and entered the…

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Expert Cracksmen Carefully Planned Burglary. Safe Robbed of £400

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 8

Obviously working to a carefully-laid plan, based on study of the building, cracksmen forced an entry into the Boolaroo…

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Took Hat Theft from Shop NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

Two men went into the mercery shop of Donald Sutherland yesterday and asked to be shown hats. They were attended to…

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Small Debts Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Edward Temple Carter claimed from Leonard Bruce Carter the sum of £50, an amount alleged to be due in respect of a certain land transaction…

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Over in Four Minutes Kurri Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 7

The business at the Kurri Karri Courthouse was gone through in quick time yesterday. It took Mr. Reed, P.M., only four minutes to deal…

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Melbourne Murder. Dramatic Turn at Inquest. Three People Committed for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

An inquest was held in Melbourne on Monday into the death of William R. Doig, 30, commission agent. Doig was found shot at Seaford on…

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Devine Before Court Remanded Till Inquest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 5

James Edward Devine, who is charged with the murder of Herbert Moffitt, at Maroubra, appcared at the Central Court to-day…

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Mr D. W. Reed, P.m. Farewelled at Court House

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

Mr D. W. Reed, Police Magistrate, presided for the last occasion to-day at Singleton, owing to his promotion as magistrate in…

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Claims for Wages Fail Newnes Lease Cases. Not the Nearest Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 8

A point taken by counsel for the defendant Albert Edward Broue, that the Court was not the nearest to whore master and servant lived, was upheld…

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False Pretence. Man Charged NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 1

Alleged to have obtained £250 my false pretence, Julius Solomon, alias Ronald Corbin (28) plano repairer, appeared in Newcastle Police Court…

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Woman Charged with Embezzlement

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 3

Rose Pendlebury, a married woman, of Norwood, was charged in the Adelaide Police Court with having forged a receipt for £4/13/4. The prosecutor…

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Defiant Girl Shouts in Court Police Abused Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 5

The four men and the girl who were arrested in the Domain yesterday afternoon. appeared at the Central Court…

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Woman's Ordeal Men on Assault Charges

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 1

Discharged from hospital a week ago, after having been an inmate for six months, a woman was brutally assaulted by a number of men at her home in…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, June 26th. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.m.) Found on Licensed Premises During Prohibited Hours

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 4

William Cooper was charged with being found on the licensed premises of the Percy Hotel on Sunday, 7th June, at 2.30 p.m. Defendant pleaded guilty,…

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Communists at Glebe Secret Raid by Police Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 2

A body of about 50 police made a secret raid at dawn to-day on a house in Bridge-road, Glebe, which has been in possesion of…

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MR D. W. REED. Transfer, to Sydney Court Farewell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 4

Mr. D. W. Reed, Police Magistrate at Maitland, has been appointed to the Children's Court in Sydney, where he will commence…

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Charge of Stealing Case Adjourned Till July 7

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court on Saturday morning Arthur Cosney, 37, unemployed, was charged with stealing two windows, a deer, and a…

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Alleged Betting Publican Charged To-day's Hearing Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 5

The charge of illegal belting commenced last week against an Adamstown publican and his barman, was resumed in Newcastle Police Court…

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