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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 75 of 117

Police Raid on Weston Billiard Room. Half Hundred Men Face Charge of Being Found in Gaming House. Licensee and Keeper Heavily Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 8

Half a hundred men filed into the Kurri Karri Police Court on Wednesday and when paraded before Mr. D. H. F. Sutherland, P.M., were charged with having been found in a common gaming house at Weston on Friday, July 17th…

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Brutal Assault Woman Badly Hurt WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 1

Hearing the soreams of a woman in the home of Losile Munns, in Brookong Avenue yesterday, neighbours found Mrs…

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Woman Killed Tax-man Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Edith Bell (45), of Camperdown, was knocked down and killed by a taxi-cab when crossing Parramatta-road to-day…

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False Pretences Dole Coupons Man Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Alan Campbell (30) appeared on two charges of having obtained food relief coupons by…

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Family Feud Relatives in Court Assault Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 4

Members of the Peak and Dein families, of Aberglasslyn, again figured in a case at the West Maitland Police Court to-day…

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Motor Cases Police Court Fines Tax Not Paid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 4

The drivers of several motor vehicles were prosecuted at the West Maitland Police Court this morning for various…

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REMANDED Contractor Charged NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 1

Arthur Jersey, Sketchley (40) contractor, was charged before Mr. Atkinson, R.S.M., to-day with having stolen two railway gates, valued at…

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Court's Decisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 8

"In my opinion," the Minister said, "the decisions of the courts here were not legal ones, but were political ones. If that were not, so the…

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Two Caught Police Fire Shots SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 5

Several shots were fired by the police at Kogarah last night when they chased a man and a youth who had been seen near a telephone…

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Strange Weapon Dagger in Cane Police Act Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 1

An elderly man was noticed by Constable Parsons while in a tram Elizabeth-street, City, yesterday, to remove the…

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Robbing "Drunks." Magistrate's Comment

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

"It is a despicable business robbing a drunken man, and doing it with other men like a pack of jackals makes it worse. You want to bear in mind that…

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Three Charged Railway Thefts Six Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 5

Jamos Arthur Bovan, alias Fradorick James Rust, 80, George Edward Fuller, 39, and John Charles West, 28, before the West…

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MURDER : CHARGE Man Remanded SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

sGustav Refahardt was charged at the control court to-day with the murder of Jomma Phllbrook,in Sydney, an or about April 24 inst…

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Taree District Court. Collision Near Stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 3

Maria Florence O'Connor claimed from Charles Bulmer the sum of £30 in respect to a motor accident, on the main North Coast road near Stroud…

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"SPOOKING" Newcastle Allegations POLICE INQuiRY NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

In police quartors to-day interest is centrod in a deportment police inquiry being held by , Superiatendent Wooddrow, of Tamworth…

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Murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 4

"You never know, sir, with the Inspector. He's pretty quick on the uptake. You might have seen something or somebody, as didn't seem…

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Robbed His Mate Mean Story Told in Police Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 1

The story of a man stealing from his work-mate was told in Newcastle Police Court yesterday. Arthur Edward Ford (44),…

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Man Held Alleged Stealing CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 1

A man, wanted by the Cairns police in connection with the disappearance of a launch and £25 worth of petrol was detained on arrival at…

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Case Fails Bought a Ring Dealer Charged Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 1

On June 28 a diamond ring was stolen from the residence of Mrs. Brogan at Wickham and on the same day it was sold by a boy to…

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"Go to Gaol" More Coal Thefts Red-handed Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 1

"I can't let them go with a nominal pentlay," said Mr. Atkinson, R.S.M., in dealing with two coal larcency cases to-day…

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