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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 108

Girl's Story. Robbery in Park Man Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

Leo Jack Walsh (20) was charged at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day with having, at Newcastle, on February 11, assaulted…

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His Freedom Lifer's Appeal Maitland Gaol Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

During his recent Inspection of Maitland gaol one of the prisoners, an aborigine named Lacey, who is undergoing a life sentence…

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Offensive Letter to Girl Man Sentenced to Three Months. Sydney, Wedneeday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

At the North Sydney Court to-day Alfred Cecil Mclzci, aged 36, a wool elasaor, was sentenced to throe months imprisonment for sending a girl an…

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Murder Trial Commenced Craig Pleads Not Guilty Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr Justice Halse Rogers, oil Eric Roland Craig, who is charged with the murder…

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Duty Stamp Paymaster's Neglect Court Allegation Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

Failure of a Main Road's Board paymaster to affix a duty stamp, for which payment was made, to a receipt, was alleged In the Summons…

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GRANTED! Court Decision Trade Union Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

Delivering his reserved Judg-ment to-day, the Deputy Regis-trar of the Commonwealth Arbi-tration Court (Mr .H. W. Tarrant)…

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Brutal Thug Boy Assaulted Story to Police Mildura

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

Keith Smith (13) who last week was the victim of brutal assault by a man who wielded an iron bar, recovered sufficiently…

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S.P. BETTING Police Active Many Convictions Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

the activities of [?] Hungerford and Constable Asbton, detailed for the detection of S.P. betting during March yielded a crop of no…

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Police Evidence

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

Detective Constable S. C. Williams, of Newcastle, relating a conversation he had with Cribb at Muswellbrook Court in August last, said he asked him if he…

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18 CONVICTIONS Prisoner's Record Two Years Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

"How long have you been out of gaol for that—six months before you committed this crime?" asked his Honor Judge Sheridan of a prisoner…

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Craig Murder Trial Denies Guilt From Dock

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

After the Crown case had closed yesterday, at the Central Criminal Court against. Eric Roland Craig, charged with the murder of Elizabeth O'Connor…

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New District Court Judge

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

Mr A. E. Barton, barrister, who has been an acting judge for some months, has been appointed by the Executive Council as judge of the District Court…

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Second Trial for Murder Amendment of Criminal Code

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

Vancouver, Thursday.— A message from Bathuret (New Brunswick) states that, for the first time in the history of British jurisprudence, a man was…

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Maitland Quarter Sessions Sale of a Cow. Farmer Charged. Share Dealings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

Ernest David Cribb, a share farmer, was brought before the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Wednesday on a charge of having on May 20, at Togar,…

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Girl Murder Defence of Craig Counsel Emphatic Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

Evidence for the defence have been completed, counsel's addresses were entered upon in the third day of the trial of Eric Ronald Craig on…

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Said Policeman Struck Them with Baton Magistrate Didn't Believe Story. Kurri Casks. I

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

Allegations that a policeman had struck them with a baton when he apprehended them after midnight on the night of March 19th was made by…

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Three Arrests Colliery Ambush Alleged Stealing Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 6

For a considerable time now the manager of the Aberdare Central Coillery has been concerned over the inability of his pit horses to carry out…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 2

The Clerk of the Licensing Court, Mr. M. S. Meagher, has advised that a quarterly licensing court, for the licensing district of Maitland, will be…

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Death Sentence Murder of Wife SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

At Adelaide the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against Frederick John Weber, who was charged with the murder of his wife, Bortha Weber…

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Ex-railway Man Shot Dead in His Home an Arrest Murder Charge Wife's Story Gundagai

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

Joseph Gentine (74), formerly an employee in the railway service, was fatally shot in the dining-room of…

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