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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 108

Seamen's Union Denial of Membership Appeal to Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers in chambers to-day application was made by Albert Mearns, Alfred Worms and Alfred George Worms for an…

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ADJOURNED Police Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 4

Owing, it is understood, to the illness of a material police witness, the open departmental inquiry at the West Maitland police station, has…

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Dole Frauds Special Police Detailed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

The Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. H. Childs) stated to-day that 100 police in the metropolitan area have been specially detailed to…

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Man Dies Broken Skull Court Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

Ernest Livingston Morrison (58), labourer, was charged with manslaughter at the Central Police Court…

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Tragedy at Surry Hills Man Charged with Murder. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

John Kirkkaldy, aged 42, a coal lumper, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of feloniously and maliciously" murdering Robert…

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REMANDED Five Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

James Murray, [?], John [?], 28, and William Taylor, 28, were remanded at East Maitland Court this afternoon until February 20, on a…

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Driven to Theft Appeal Successful

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

William Donald Bayswater (33), a returned soldier, and former railway employee, successfully applied to Acting Judge Nield at the Quarter…

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Two Years' Gaol Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Sheridan sentenced Erle William Seers (10) to two years' hard labour for indecent assault on a…

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Limit by Law Magistrate's Regret Blood Suckers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 4

I sentence you to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour, the sentence to be cumulative with the sentence six months'…

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Skull Fractured by Blow From Fist Magistrate Expresses Surprise

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

Ernest Livingston Morrison (58), labourer, was charged with manslaughter at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Saturday, following the death of…

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Five Years Gaol for Forger Long Record Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

Convicted at the darlinghurst Sessions on a charge of breaking and entering, Max Selling (49), a Russian, whom the police…

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Murder Charge Alleged Stabbing Bail Refused Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

Arising out of the death of Robert Widgery on Saturday night, John Kirkaldy (42) appeared at the Central Police Cort to-day on a charge…

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Murder Charge Death of Dwarf Fierce Brawl Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

Darlinghurst police yesterday arrested a man and charged him with having murdered Robert Widgery, 42, a dwarf, of Riley-street, East Sydney…

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Sydney's Police Call Boxes Only System in the World

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 4

To make them conspicuous to motorists, all police call-boxes in Sydney and [?]bs are to be paint black and yellow-the official colo[?] combination…

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Tennis Courts and Private Dwellings Judgment in Sydney District Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

The effect of a judgment by Judge Edwards in Sydney District Court is to restrict the right of municipal councils to refuse…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. R. M. Woodruff, J.P., at the police court yesterday, Bernard George Fleming (34), was charged with an offence under the Totalisator Act,…

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CESSNOCK Police Court Mining Act Breach Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 5

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court to-day. Arthur Stapleford, shotfirer,…

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Two Years Accountant Sentenced NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 5

James Gordon Ross, accountant, was sentenced to two years' hard labour by Judge Sheridan in the quarter sessions to-day…

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Heavy Bail Railway Losses Five Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 4

Tobacco and cigarettes, valued at over £100, have been recovered by the East Maitland police, constables Pollard and McCormick,…

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Theft of Cartridge Shells Offender Fined Six Pounds

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court today David Walton was charged with stealing 2cwt. of empty cartridge shells valued at £5, the property of…

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