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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 117

Girl in Dock Charge of Murder "Callous Cruelty" Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

Francis Eilcon Deall (14), was charged at the police court to-day with having murdered her father, Walter Deall, at,…

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Missing Man Police Searching Wife Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

The police in New South Wales and Queensland, as well as in Victoria, are searching for John Lee (42), who…

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"Graft Alleged" Police Officers Involved Minister's Statement Sydney

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

Allegations of graft against members of the police force have recently been brought under the notice of the Chief…

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"The Great Fight" Adelaide Riot Cases in Court Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 2

Twelve men, who were arrested on Friday during a clash between the unemployed and the police, appeared in the police…

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L.g. Act Case. Alderman Charged

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

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

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Assault by Kicking. an Old Fashioned Way

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Ronald Claude Gurr, a motor mechanic apprentice proceeded against Gordon White, proprietor of the Standard Garage on a charge of…

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Assault on Tops. Saxby v. Robson. Scmofield v. ROBSON

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

William Henry Saxby and Frederick John Schofield proceeded against John Robson on a charge of assault which was alleged to haVe taken place on…

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Callous Double Murder Alleged Boy and Girl Plan

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

An appalling story of alleged conspiracy to kill a father and a mother was told in the Adelaide Police Court yesterday in a…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. To-day's Cases. (Before Mr. W. C. Geike, P.m.) Fined for Not Paying Fare

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Eric O'Neill was proceeded against by the Railway Department on a charge of having travelled on the railway without having paid his fare…

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"Graft" Charges Against Police Ministerial Statement

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

Allegations of graft against members of the police force have recently been brought under the notice of the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Basic Wage Inquiry Stormy Incidents. Judge Calls Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

A series of stormy incidents, which culminated in Chief Judge Dethridge rising to his feet, and, after vainly requesting the unzion…

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Seat Smothered in Grease Matter Referred to Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Aid. Dixon, at Tuesday night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, brought under notice that the seat opposite the silent cop…

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"O.p." Tobacco and Matches Court Watness Admits

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

The increased price of tobacco does not cause Cyril Commuck an Abermain youth any undue worry. 'Cyril can still enjoy his smoke as much…

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Ex-police Superintendents Death in Charge of Party Which Hunted Jimmy Governor

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

Ex-police Superintendent John Saunders, whose death was announced in Sydney on Monday, was 72 years of age, and was widely known in the…

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Masked and Armed Man Intrusion at Pokolbin P.O. Sensational Report to Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Late last night it was reported to the Cessnock police that a masked and armed man had entered the Pokolbin Post Office…

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Melon Stealing Magistrate's Warning May Be Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

Each summer many complaints are made by farmers of the district about thefts of melons. There was a prosecution for this…

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Two Months Gaol Contemptible Theft

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 5

For having stolen £2 from the pocket of a fellow inmate of the Old Men's Home at Lidcombe. Alfred Collins, a labourer, was sentenced to 2…

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Shot Fired Husband Charged Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 1

John Bard, alias Jack Holt, 31, traveller, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of maliciously shooting at…

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False Clues Ormond Murder Police Belief Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

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

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Savage Assault Coroner Attacked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 7

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

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