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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 117

GLOUCESTER Police Court "Lost in Transit" Gloucester

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

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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In Local Gaol Prison Escapees

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

The Comptroller-General of Prisons. Mr. Hinchey, passed through Maitland on Monday on his way to Tuncurry to hold an inquiry into…

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Police Evidence £10,000 Involved Manager in Court Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 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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L.G. Act Case Alderman Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

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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Theft Charges Inquiry Fending Child's Statement Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 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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Millfield Brawl Riotous Behaviour Nine Youths Charged Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 11

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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MURDER-SUICIDE N.Z. Tragedy SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 10

At the inquest at Opotiki. New Zealand, into the deaths of Hemara and Ani Waiariki, aged 28 and 15 respectively, brother and sister, who…

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Girl Discharged From Murder Charge ADELAIDE

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

Frances Eillen Verdon Dall, 14, charged with having murdered her father, Walter Helps Dall, 55, at Kumurna Crossing,…

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Ormond Murder Young Girl's End Choked to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 3

Further details are now available of the brutal murder at Ormond (Victoria) on Saturday…

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One Solved Murder Mysteries Unusual Discovery London, Jan. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 11

The investigation of two mysterious cases concerning two girls took an unusual turn at the week-end. Winifred…

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Bound Over Ex-Police Sergeant Motor Licenses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 11

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

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Opium Den Clever Police Ruse Seven Arrested

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

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

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Shop Robbery Man for Trial Police Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 10

The sequel to the breaking entering of Mr. Chick's shop in Church-street, West Maitland, was heard at the…

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Grim Relics Of Czar's Murder Cold-Blooded Display LONDON, Jan. 10

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

A curious light on Russian mentality is the fact that the house where the Czar and his family were murdered at…

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

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

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

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Insulted Police Dance Hall Manager FINED £2 NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

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

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Escaped Convict Dramatic Recapture Shot by Police Adelaide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 12

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

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

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

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

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Dungog Court Assault Charges Sanctuary Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 8

Happenings on Barrington Tops on December 27 formed the subject of charges of assault at the Dungog Police Court…

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SINGLETON Police Court Motorist Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

Mr. D. W. Rood, P.M., oocupied the Bench at Singleton Police Court. Benoni Bartrop was charged with not having kept as nearly as…

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