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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 108

Police Busy Gelignite on Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 6

The police have as yet found no trace of the persons responsible for placing gelignite on the railway line near Queen's Wharf, Morpeth,…

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Farmer's Body in Well Believed to Be Murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 1

Believed by the Police to have been brutally murdered, the body of Percival C. Read, aged 44, farmer, of Jimbour Plains, was found at the…

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Charge of Murder a Doctor Placed Under Arrest. Launceston

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 2

After, the doctors had worked on him for eight hours, Dr. Ernest Roberstson, who was admitted to hospital yesterday suffering from morphia poisoning,…

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London Police Organisation Changes "Brains Needed" London, May 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 1

The annual report of the police chief, Trenchard, foreshadows important changes in the character and organisation of the metropolitan police…

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Cadet System Police Conference View Motion Rescinded Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 7

Although the annual conference of the Police Association carried a resolution expressing opposition to the cadet system a rescission motion…

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Sensation at Quarter Sessions Appeal Court Man Collapses After Sentence Is Reduced

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 3

There was a mild sensation at the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court in Sydney on Monday when Cyril Raymond Juillerat collapsed…

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Taxi Hold-up Man Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 7

The sequel to the hold-up and robbery of Mr. Noel Capelli, a taxi driver, on April 21, was the appearance in the Campsie Court to-day of…

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Sold Razor Police Seek Information

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 6

The West Maitland police are anxious to communicate with a man who may have purchased a Bengal razer from a person in the street on…

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Benefit of Doubt Alleged Insulting Words Woman Charged Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 7

Cross-examining a police witness at Gresford Court to-day, Mr. C. A. Hill, when spoken to by the P.M. (Mr. Atkinson) regarding his line…

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FINED £2 Improper Language Gresford Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 7

Sidney Harold Brooker, of Gresford, pleaded not guilty at the Gresford Court to-day to charges of having been drunk and used indecent…

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Resisted Police Gresford Man Fined P.m.'s Comment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 6

"It would be a good idea to have another prohibition order against you," said Mr. Atkinson, P.M., in convicting Milton Amos…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

At the local Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. Britz P.M., Ronald Chapple was charged "That he did ride an unlicensed motor cycle, he being…

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Obstruction on Line Four Men Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

At Lismore Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, George Rudd, Christopher Bourke, Thomas Murphy, and John Dulbridge, who had been found guilty…

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Alleged Thefts Man Charged NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

"I suppose my wife has laid the charge against me; she hair done it before," said Thomas Heavy Lowe (46). boot repairer, when questioned…

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Abducted Girl Young Man Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

On a charge of having abducted a 15-years-old girl, Walter Lavery (25), tailor's cutter, was remanded at the Redfern Court to-day until May 15…

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Rogue's Love Affairs Amazing Police Story

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 7

An amazing story of an elderly man's love affairs was unfolded at the Quarter Sessions Court in Sydney yesterday, when Ray Murray, aged 72, a…

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Police Changes West Maitland Station Sergt Kemp Leaves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4

Sergeant Komp, who has been stationed at West Maitland for the past eight months to-day left for Glen Innes, where he will take charge…

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S. P. Betting in Country Hotels Police Debate

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 7

The alleged prevalence of starting price betting in country hotels was the subject of a debate at yesterday's session of the Police…

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Radio Blamed Hotel S.P. Betting Police View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 8

At the Police Conference the alleged prevalence of starting price betting in country hotels was the subject of debate, the outcome of which…

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