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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 117

False Clues Ormond Murder Police Belief Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

The police are convinced that the murderer of Adeline Hazel Wilson, of Ormond, delibrately left a trail of false clues in…

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In Local Gaol Prison Escapees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

The Comptroller-General of Prisons, Mr. Hinohey, passed through Maitland yesterday on his way to Tuncurry to hold as inquiry into…

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Millfield Brawl Riotous Behaviour Nine Youths Charged Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

A sequel to a disturbance in a Millfield dance hall on November 22. during a dance being conducted in aid of the funds of…

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Bound Over Ex-Police Sergeant Motor Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 8

John Michael- Duckworth, ex-Sergeant police of Police, at Tamworth, pleaded guilty at Tamworth Court, to a charge of embezzling £63/7/4, public…

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Another Melbourne Horror. Police Suspect Elderly Man. Arrest Soon. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

Detectives are satisfied that their investigations into Melbourne's latest girl murder horror will be short and conclusive…

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The Murder of the Czar's Family. House Now a Show Place. Russian Outlook. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

A curious mark of Russian mentality is the fact that the house where the Czar and his family were murdered at Ekaterinburg has been transferred into…

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The Ormond Murder New Police Theories

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

Until a further postmortem examination has been made on the body of the girl, Adelnne Hazel Wilson, who was murdered at…

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Savage Assault Coroner Attacked MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

When the City Coroner (Mr. Grant, P.M.), wan leaving the Morgue, at dusk, he saw a man holding by the arm a little girl, who was crying. He…

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L.G. Act Case Alderman Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 3

Reference was made in the Grafton Police Court on Monday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., to a case in which…

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Threat Made Girls at Dance Ormond Murder Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

Although the police believe that Adeline Hazel Wilton, of Oromnd, was murdered during a fit of rage, they cannot understand…

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Shots at Fleeing Car Dramatic Police Chase

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 4

All the excitement and drama of a moving picture police chase were compressed into the incidents which followed a police sergeant's…

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Murder Charge Woman Found in Hiding Poisoning Case London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Annie Hearn, who disappeared, following the death of her friend, Mrs. Alice Thomas from arsenic poisoning, was…

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Escaped Convict Dramatic Recapture Shot by Police Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

John Patrick Hayes, alias John Horace Hayes, who escaped from Yatala labour prison on April 9, 1930, was recaptured by…

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Insulted Police Dance Hall Manager FINED £2 NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

"Get away you big hulk; it would suit you better to get some of the hold-up men and burglars."…

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Legislative Council Appeal to High Court Hearing Next

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

On an application by Mr E. J. Loxton, K.C., on behalf of the New South Wales Government, Mr Justice M'Tiernan, sitting in Chambers at Darlinghurst yesterday fixed next Tuesday, January 20, as the date on which the High Court would hear the appeal against…

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The Singleton Argus WEDNESDAY, 14th JANUARY, 1931. Local and General News Passed for Police Magistrates

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 2

Mr G. L. Berry, C.P.S. at Singleton, and Mr. A. N. Bott, assistant C.P.S. at Tamworth, and a former resident of Singleton, have been successful in…

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GLOUCESTER Police Court "Lost in Transit" Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

At the Gloucester Police Court, before Mr. Oram, P.M., Hugh Cavanagh was charged with fraudulently appropriating a saddle valued at £10,…

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Police Evidence £10,000 Involved Manager in Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

John Brown Tennant (38), a manager, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen two ledgers containing the accounts of…

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Theft Charges Inquiry Pending Child's Statement Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

The Police Commissioner, Mr. Childs, in an interview at Albury this morning said he certainly proposed to inquire…

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Opium Den Clever Police Ruse Seven Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 10

The satisfaction of having outwitted the police was accorded to a number of Chinese opium smokers for a few hours…

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