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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 117

Murder Intent Man Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Co[?] Muddle (38) a mechanic, was remained for a week on a charge at having shot John Johnson with…

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Devine Committed for Trial Charged with Manslaughter. Murder Charge Dismissed

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

The inquest on Frederick Herbert Moffitt, 67, a taxi-driver, of Darlinghurst, held by the City Coroner (Mr E. A. May) concluded…

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Assault and Stolen Goods Four Months' Imprisonment Imposed

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

At the Singleton Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs At Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js. P., Cyril Richard Franks appeared on remand on…

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Fatal Shot Alleged Thief Two Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

There was a sequel to the fatal shooting at Seven Hills, when Edward Josiah Stanton (29), labourer, of Glebe, was…

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Valuable Pigeons Sold for Few Shillings Lads Changed with Stealing

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

Seven of 26 pigeons, valued at £100, which were stolen by boys from Mr G. Cronin, of Glebe-road, Glebe, on Thursday, were sold by the thieves at…

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Hotel Raided Police Meet Opposition

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 3

Unexpectedly serious trouble was encountered by a police party which raided a hotel in Balmainroad, Leichhardt, on Saturday, in…

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Man Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

There was a sequel to the fatal shooting at Seven Hills, when Edward Josiah Stanton, aged 29, labourer, of Glebe, was charged at the…

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Pilot L. J. Trist Murder by Natives Denied

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

The Administrator of New Guinea (General Wisdom), has advised the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) that there is no foundation for the report that…

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Alleged Intent to Murder Man Remanded on Bail. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, Cecil Muddle, aged 38, mechanic, was remanded for a week on a charge of having shot John Johanson with intent…

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After Monster Police Active Possible Clue Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

Police and detectives are making and intensive search at Bondi and surrounding districts in an endeavour to locate the…

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Grocer Kills Alleged Burglar Police Make Two Arrests

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 2

A parallel to the case in which an alleged burglar, William Alliston, was fatally shot by a garage proprietor at Blaxland on Monday…

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Collision Sequel Lorry Driver, Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 4

Saxton Cushing, the driver of a lorry which collided with a motor cycle and sidecar on the Western road, near Lawson, resulting in the…

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FORGERY Six Months' Gaol TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

Arnold George Nabbox (35) a returned soldier, pleaded guilty at the local court to-day to a charge forging a bill of exchange for £9…

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Charged with Breaking Bond. Remanded to Wingham

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 5

Convicted on a forgery charge, and bound over at Wingham Police Court on September 19, 1930, to be of good behaviour for 12 months, James…

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Ran Amok Police Allegation Wielded' Shovel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Frederick Johnstone, alias John Frederick Hays (26) was remanded on charged of mailcious damage and…

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Cheque Frauds £150 Obtained Police Bus Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

Six valueless cheques, some of which were passed on Newcastle business people, have been traced by Newcastle police…

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Insulted Police Communist Fined Bound Over Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 5

As a result of utterances made by him on June 28, J. B. Miles, secretary of the N.S.W. Communist party, was to-day…

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£17,500 String of Pearls Court Claim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

Recently Dr. George Arthur Vivers, of King's Plains, Glen innes, was granted an interim inunction against his…

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"Had Crook Story to Tell" Man at Kurri Court Breaking and Entering

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

Charged at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, before Mr. P. H. D. Sutherland, with breaking and entering and receiving, John Fallon, made a…

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Aborigine Charged with Murder White Man's Cruelty

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 1

When Peter Thompson, a fullblooded aboriginal, was charged before Mr Justice Douglas at Cairns (Q.) on Monday with…

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