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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 117

Court Roster Maitland District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 6

Mr. F.D.H. Sutherland, P.M., has issued a new roster of police courts in the Maitland district, Starting from April 1 courts will be…

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No Court To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

There was no sitting of Cessnock Police Court today. When there are five Tuesdays in the one month, or when the fifth Tuesday falls on the…

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French Murder. Supper Over Corpse. Family Intrigue. Paris

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

When Antoine Martin and his sister-in-law, Isabelle Martin, were sentenced to death at Montbrison for the murder of the woman a husband, evidence…

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Won't Fight Judge's Opinion Court Order Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

In the Supreme Court to-day, Harry Stone asked Mr. Justice Long-Innes for an injunction to prevent Rubs, Critcher,…

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CONSORTING. Woman Charged Green in Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

When Nellie cameron appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with having habitually consorted with reputed criminals she…

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Pentridge Gaol Shooting Warder Recovering

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

Warder Thomas O'Dowd, who was shot in the abdomen when he tried to prevent Reginald Barker, aged 18, escaping from Pentridge Gaol on…

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New Guard Police to Take Action

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police (Mr Childs) announced on Monday that police action will bo taken against a number of members of the New Guard,…

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Testator's Family Maintenance Strange Story in Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

Two applications were before the Equity Court on Monday, each seeking an order under the Testators' Family Maintenance Act for…

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Super-Charged. Union White Flash

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 4

Motorists throughout the country arc learning the advantages of supercharged White Flash, by actual test. One tankful is proving sufficient to…

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"A Nuisance" Magistrate's Rebuke NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

"You're a nuisance about the place," said Mr. Stevennon, S.M., to Patrick Smith (as) labourer. Smith pleaded guilty to having…

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Alleged Kidnapping. Two Men Charged. Squatter Tells of Ordeal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

The alleged kidnapping of a 68-year-old grazier from Scone was described at the Central Police Court yesterday, when Henry Edward Measervy, 43,…

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KIDNAPPING. Allegations by Scone Grazier Two Men Charged. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

Evidence regarding the alleged kidnapping of Edward Perrott (65), grazier, of Scone, was told at the Central Court to-day by Detective Constable…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Messrs A. Simmons and T. H. M. Purvis, Js.P.). Jumped the Rattler

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

At the Singleton Police Court on Wednesday afternoon Alexander Davie, aged 61, was charged with having,on March 2, travelled frm Scone to…

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Refused to Become a Communist Sons Taught to Assault Mother. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 4

The police proceeded to Punchbowl yesterday at the request of a woman, who stated her husband was teaching her two eldest sons to assault her…

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New Guard. Police to Take Action "Aid Not Needed."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Child's) announced on Tuesday that police action will be taken against a number of members of the New Guard,…

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Police Protection for West End Request for Permanent Officer Refused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

On the suggestion of Ald. Lowe, Cessnock Municipal Council recently made a request to the Chief Secretary's Department that a police…

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Oyster Thefts Two Men in Boat Police Story Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 5

Sergeant Petitt, of Stockton, told Mr. Stevenson, S. M. in Newcastle Police court to-day that there is quite a trade in oyster…

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Killed a Man "Defended My Sister" Court Startled Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 5

"I Killed the man," was the starting statement made in Newcastle Police Court to-day by a witness: but there was…

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Woy Assault Case Girl Disbelieved

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 2

When the jury at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Friday acquitted Jonaathan Allison Green, aged 24, plumber, on a charge of having attempted to commit…

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Two Years for Larceny Income Tax Adjuster Sentenced. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 2

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions today Walter George Melbourne Wall, an income tax adjustor, was convicted of larceny as a bailce of a cheque for…

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