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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 117

Almost Empty Newcastle Court Dock NEWCASTLE

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

The deck at Newcastle Court to-day was almost desolated, there being only one occupant. There were not any summons cases…

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Wage Reduction Full Court Appeal Judge's View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 7

Before the Full Arbitration Court, when the unions' application for the restoration of 10 per cent. wage reduction was resumed, Mr. C. Crofts,…

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Gaol for Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

Found guilty of the theft of three cheques, totalling £2710, from Fischer, Copley, and McLachlan, Ltd., Herbert Miller Haines, secretary of…

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BULUHDELAH. Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

At the Bullahdelah police court on the 27th January, 1932, before M. Ryan, Esq., Police Magistrate, George Henry Cater, of Wootton, near…

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Dramatic Arrest Brutal Murder Recalled. Police As Tramps

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

On Wednesday the police made a dramatic arrest in connection with the death of Alex. Barrie, aged 85, who, together with his aged wife, was…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 5

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

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Yagoona Murder Trial Ends Woodley Sentenced To Death Jury's Recommendation to Mercy

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

Reginald Frederick Woodley, aged 19, was found "Guilty" of murder at the Central Criminal Court last night, and was sentenced to death. Woodley had been charged with having murdered Cecil Baker,…

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Eleven Charged Alleged Trespass NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

Eleven men arrested at Sandgate last night for "jumping the rattler" appeared in Newcastle Police Court to-day…

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Dartmoor Convicts Charged Sequel to Mutiny

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

Thirty-two Dartmoor convicts were paraded under a strong guards before Superintendent Smith, and formally charged with offences arising out of the…

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Sensation in Maitland Gaol. Three Warders Stabbed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

A sensation occurred behind the walls of Maitland Gaol on Wednesday, when throe warders were stabbed with a table knife by a violent prisoner, who…

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Man Who Stole Electric Current Magistrate Supplied the Shocks!

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 7

Robert Mays, who pleaded guilty at the Kurd Police Court on wednesday to a charge of having stolen electric current, the property of the…

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Traffic Cases East Maitland Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

The following traffic cases were dealt with by Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., at the East Maitland Court of Petty…

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Rufe Naylor Appeals to High Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

Mr Rufe Naylor has instructed Messrs R. D. Meagher, Sproule and Company to apply for leave to appeal against the State Full Court's…

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A Scone Estate. Equity Court Application

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

Before, Mr. Justice Long Innes in the Equity Court on Monday, the Public Trustee, as administrator of the estate of the late Olive Jane Gray and…

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Charred Body Found in House Police Theory Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

Noticing that the doors and windows of a cottage at Normanhurst were locked, police this morning battered down the door and…

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Court's Order Percival's Claim Judge's Comment Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

When the application under Moratorium Act was resumed before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers in the Causes Court to-day, John Whitefield…

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Tense Atmosphere in Court Inquest on Snake Bite Victim. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

A tense atmosphere prevailed at the Gosford Court this morning when the coroner (Mr Kirkness) opened an inquiry into the death…

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Mrs Edols Before Court Again Refuses to Give Particulars. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

When Mrs Amy Belle Edols was again before the Bankruptcy Court this morning in order to explain her £45,000 assets in Victoria, she again refused to…

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Girl's Death Mystery Affair Police Busy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 1

Police inquiring into the death of Josephine Brunton (23), yesterday, were informed that the girl had booked her passage to…

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SLASHED! Dartmoor Attack Court Story London, March 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 1

Thomas Davis and David Brown, convicts, of Dartmoor, were charged respectively at Tavistock with…

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