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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 108

Man's Death Certificate Refused Police Inquiring Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

Mystery surrounds the death of Keith William Herniman (28) a labourer, of Crane's Lane, Castle Hill. Detectives Surridge and McCarthy, of…

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New Police Chief Ex-Prize Figher Varied Career

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

Albert Berggren, born in the town of Halmstad, on the Swedish west coast, was appointed recently as chief of police in Mexico City…

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Hit Over Fence Return of Tennis Balls Court Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 9

Tennis players generally will be interested in the details of a case heard at the Burwood Court recently…

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Car Stealers? Newcastle Court Two Men Charged Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Alleged by warrant from Sydney, to have had in their possession a motor car stolen at Port Augusta, South Australia,…

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REMANDED West Maitland Case Man Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

Remanded from Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, an engineer appeared before Mr. R. W. T. d'Argeavel at the West…

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6 Months' Gaol Gross Indecency NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

For gross indoo[?]ney in the presence of little girls, Peter Boardman (51), miner, was sent to gaol for six months by Mr. Harrison, S.M., to-day…

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Woman Shot Dead Near Brisbane Husband Charged

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

Mrs Gertrude Cottel, aged 35, was shot dead through the heart at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning at her home at Toowong, near Brisbane. Her…

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Strange Story Assessor Sentenced British Integrity London, January 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

John William Bell, an insurance assessor, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, with £200 costs, on a charge of receiving a statue of…

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Better Make It the First and Last." Magistrate's Advice

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 6

Pleading guilty to a charge of having used indecent language at Second Street, Western, on January 14th Robert Milne was fined 1, with 3/- court…

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Fourth Day Police Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

The police inquiry being conducted at the West Maitland Court House is new in its fourth day and is still going strong. The volume of evidence…

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Police Sergeants Change to Distinctive Uniform

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

THE Commissioner of Police (Mr Childs) said on Wednesday that the uniforms of first-class sergeants would be altered before the next issue…

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LONDON Visitors' Opinions Police Are Good!

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

A representative of the "Sunday Express" recently interviewed visitors to London, and asked them for their opinions about that city…

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Park Murder "A Fiendish Crime." Craig Committed for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. H. H. Farrington) committed Eric Roland Craig, 26, a salesman, for trial on a charge of murder on Tuesday morning at the…

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Native Birds Protection. Interesting Court Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

A prosecution launched under the Birds and Animals Protection Act as Nowra recently has an important bearing on the practice of keeping…

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Was Man Drowned Clothing on Beach No Report to Police Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Although no one has been reported to the police as missing, it is believed that a man was drowned while surfing at Tamarama Beach yesterday…

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Back to Gaol Prisoner's Request "Beggar Coins" Sofia, Jan. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

Six thousand prisoners were pardoned in honour of the celebration of the birth of the Kings daughter. Some wished to be returned to…

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Body Moved Rail Man's Death Police Complaint BATHURST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 5

At the inquest into the death of Joseph Hemmings (66), a retired railway man, whose body was round entangled in a fence in Vale Creek…

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BOGUS P.C. Orders to Motorists Court Sequel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

Percival Clifford Fraser (18), a machinist, was charged at the Central Court to-day with assuming the designation of a police constable at…

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Smashed Post Office Windows Police Court Sequel

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 1

Thomas Clank, 65, who smashed a window of the Forbes Post-office with a tomahawk last week, was changed with maliclously damaging Federal…

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Is It Murder? Half-caste Dead Police Inquire Bendigo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 5

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of half-caste beside the abandoned Su[?]old Mine near Bendigo…

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