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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 117

Sent to Gaol Tax Man's Larceny Big Amount Involved. Sydney, Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Walter George Molbournd Wall, an Income Tax adjuster, was convicted of larcony of a cheque for £11,290,…

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POLICE v. Communists Charges Arising From Clash

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

On charges arising from a clash between police and. Communists near the Eight-hour Monument in Melbourne on February 25, three young men…

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VAMPIRE STILt at Large Police Receive Taunting Letters. More Murders Threatened. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

The murderer of Suzanne Meyers, the pretty 18-year-old typiste, whose nude body was found in a snow field outside Strasbourg, boasts of emulating the…

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Boy Charged Alleged Assault. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 1

The Petersham police, last night arrested a youth under 16 years of age, and charged him with criminally assaulting a girl, aged 3 years…

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Child Murder Body Burned Police Belief Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 5

A ghastly tragedy, the police allege, lies behind the arrest of a man and woman at Hawthorne yesterday…

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Change Against Millfield Mine Deputy. Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 3

Matthew David Wilson, mine deputy at Millfield Colliery, was proceeded against by the management at the Cessnock Police Court to-day on a…

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Attack in Force Anti-evictionists Court Sequel Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 5

The story of the storming of a man's work place by anti-evictionists was told in Newcastle Summons Court to-day…

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Charged with Paddington Murder Sensational Arrest Made. Detectives Long Search Ends. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the police made a dramatic arrest in connection with the death of Alexander Barrie, aged 85, who together with…

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Doctor and Nurse Squabble Magistrate Dismisses Cases

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 3

In the Goolangatta Summons Court last week before Mr A. P. W. Tregear, P.M., Dr. J. S. Milne, of Coolangatta, proceeded against Nurse Florence…

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Sensation in Maitland Gaol Three Warders Stabbed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

A sensation occurred behind the walls of Maitland Gaol yesterday, when three warders were stabbed with a table knife by a violent…

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Alleged Breach Brattice in Mine Deputy Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

Mathew David Wilson, a deputy employed at Millfield Colliery, was charged at Cessnock Police Court before Mr. F.D.H. Sutherland, P.M.,…

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ALERT P.C. Three Arrests Alleged Theft Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

Prompt action by the police early this morning resulted in the arrest of three men, who, it is alleged, were in the act of…

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Murder Charge Man and Wife for Trial

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

At Nyngan Police Court James Valentine Williams was committed for trial, charged with the alleged murder Vera May Williams, at Hartwood…

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Nine Dead Wholesale Murder Man Suicides Stookholm, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

A daughter returning home, was horrified to find that her father Jalmar Vansydow a noted industrialist, and head of the employers'…

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Charred Bones of Baby Found Murder Charge in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

The charred bones of a newly-born baby, which were found by detectives on Monday in the back yard of a house in. Lisson Grove, Hawthorn…

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Novel Ruse Fails Police Find Men in Bathroom

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

When the police made a raid on a North Melbourne hotel after business hours they could find no trace of a number of men they had seen entering…

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Busy Day Kurri Kurri Court Motor Cycle Smash Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 10

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day, before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, two inebriates we fined 10/ and 20/…

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Eric Campbell's Appeal Upheld "Question of Free Speech." Matter May Go to Higher Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 3

"A very important question of free speech is involved," said Mr Lamb, K.C., who appeared for Mr Eric Campbell, the leader of the New Guard, in…

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On Trial Murder Charge Youth's Ordeal Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

"At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Reginald Frederick Woodley (19), a labourer, was charged with having…

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PURSUED! Man's Hallucinations Court Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 6

Refusing to leave the backyard of Mr. Tom Nicholls' residence, on the Great Northern-road, Rutherford, about 9.30…

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