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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 117

Court Exodus Judge's Hint Crowd Takes It Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

A hint from Judge Sheridan in Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day was responsible for a general exodus, and in two…

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Two Charges Insulting Words Neighbours in Court Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

A squabble between neighbour at Catherine-st., Cessnock, on January 9, led to the appearance of Peter Rock Craft at the…

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Echo of Attack on Tim Barry Second Man Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Another echo of the incident in which Timothy Barry was attacked by two men, said to have worn masks, at his camp in the bush at South…

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Assault Case Husband Charged Bound Over Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 5

At the Kurri Kurri Court, to-day, John Johnson was charged with assaulting Annie Johnson. The complainant stated she was…

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MUSWELLBROOK Assaulted Police Six Months' Gaol Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 8

Before Messrs. Woodruff, and Hanmer, Js.P., at the Muswellbrook Police Court, Herbert James Wilson was charged on five counts, viz.,…

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From Gaol to Mission

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

Edward Coffey, who was recently released from prison after serving a term of four years for having shot at Detectives Bowie and…

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DISMISSED Stealing Charge Missing Rope Chessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

The Police Magistrate (Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland) dismissed a charge of stealing against William Adamson, of Cessnock, at the Cessnock Court of…

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Brisbane Murder Two Men Remanded

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 3

Hundreds, crowded, the precincts of Brisbane Police Court yesterday when Frederick Lewis, 24, shop proprietor, and John Wilson, 21, labourer, were…

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Navy League Officer Found Hanged Sequel to Assault Charge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

Reuben John Ebbet, aged 41, an officer of the Navy Cadet League, who failed to appear at the Water Police Court, Sydney, yesterday to answer a…

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Missing Cattle Police Make Two Arrests

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

The story of the sensational arrest at revolver point of alleged cattle stealers, at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, in the wildest forest…

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Boy Lost in Scrub Police Organise Search

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

More than 30 residents of Picnic Point, on the George's River, near Bankstown, spent most of last night in a vain search for a lost child, George…

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Betting Charge Police Raid Sequel SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

John James Seymour, 33, a labourer, was fined £20 at the North Sydney Court this morning on a charge of having used…

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Set It Alight Alleged Offer Court Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 5

During the case at the Quarter Sessions to-day in which Duncan Hutton was charged with arson, Arthur Harding stated that an offer of…

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Saw Clairvoyant About a Marriage Court Story Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

An allegation that a woman said she had consulted a clair-voyant concerning her daughter's suggested marriage was…

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Court Order Boxer Restrained SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day, Patrick McHugh, a directer of Loichhardt Stadium, sought an InJunction to…

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100 CHARGES False Pretence Cook in Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Godric Storm ( 89), book, was charged with having by falsely pretending to Leonard Terffel that he was Chief…

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Scene in Court Young Man Collapses When Friend Is Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

An unusual scene was witnessed, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday. A young man pleaded with the magistrate for the…

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From Gaol to Mission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

Edward Coffey, who was recently released from prison after serving a term of four years for having shot at Detectives Bowie and McDermott, in a…

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Communists Brutal Assault 0N Returned Soldier

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 5

Rupert M'Cray, a returned soldier, who, three times in the last, month, has refused demands that he should join the Communist party, was the victim…

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Brisbane Murder Two Men Remanded

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 6

Hundreds crowded the precincts of Brisbane Police Court on Tuesday when Frederick Lewis, 24, shop proprietor, and John Wilson, 21, labourer,…

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