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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 108

Court Sittings What is Maitland?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

When a judgment debtor failed to attend the Maitland District Court to-day for examination, Judge Sheridan made an order calling upon him…

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Baby's Body. Police Search Successful. Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 2

The police search for the decapitated body of a baby, which had been buried in the sand, by a small boy who discovered it at Morewether Beach on Friday…

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SEAHAM McCourt-Brooks Local Wedding Seaham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 2

The wedding of Muriel, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.Brooks, of Hilmont, East Seaham, to Mr. Norman McCourt,…

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Two for Trial Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 8

John Francis Molloy and Harold Grose were committed for trial at Morce Court on a charge of maliclously inflicting griovous bodily harm on…

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No Trace Kempsey Escape Police Activesydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

After an all-night search for the man who escaped from police oustody by slipping his handcuffs while in a car near Kempsey last…

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POISONING Police Inquiries "Tasted Bitter" Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 5

The police report that Thomas Webster who lives at Hyndham, on Bulga Plateau, was admitted to hospital last week suffering from the…

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Fingerprints for Pawn Shops Police Chief Expresses Approval

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

Mr Childs expressed approval of a suggestion by a Central Police Court magistrate that any person who pledged an article in a pawnshop should be…

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Diamond Rings Thrown in Road Alleged Statement to Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

In a statement alleged to have been made to the Newcastle police, Patrick Coffey, 32, who was committed for trial at the Grafton Court on a charge of…

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Speed Cars Condemned by Police on Roads SYDNEY,Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 5

Condemnation of the practice of making speed record attempts on public roads was expressed by the Commissioner of police…

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Angry Seamen Police Called In Threat to Members Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

Two seamen who declined to fall into line with the decision of the Seamen's Union that all members of ship's crews should stand down for…

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Sudden Turn Police Car in Danger Motorist Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 7

Turning his motor van from Hunter-st, into a side street without indicating that he was doing so, William J. Allen, of Dumaresq-st., Hamiliton, nearly caused the capsize of a…

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Maitland District Court Claim for Work Against Bridge Contractor

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 3

Arthur, Pegler. of Singleton, proceeded against Frederick Charles Jackson, bridge contractor in the District Court, at Maitland yesterday, for the recovery…

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Stealing Charges Weston Co-op. Store

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 2

A man and a woman, who were treated as first offenders, Were Charged before Mr R.C. Atkinson, P.M., at the Kurri…

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Flour Deal Alleged Fraud Two Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 1

On charges of having conspired together, between January I and December 31, 1932, to defraud…

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Erection of Police Quarters

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 3

In connection with his personal representations in relation to the erection of new police quarters at Cessnock, Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…

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Old Age Pensioner in Court Abermain Caste

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 4

Two old-age pensioners from Abermain were the parties in a case at Kurri Court yesterday, when George Porteus proceeded against…

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Youth's Lapse "Not Happy Home" Court Story Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 7

A youth, whose mother died seven years ago, and whose father took in a housekeeper, was not happy at home, according to a statement in the…

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Cycle Stealing Three Men Charged Two Acquitted Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 5

Three men were charged in the Police Court to-day with having possession of three suspected bicycles. One was remanded…

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Murder of Aged Couple Farmer Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 5

In a little white-washed Assize Court-room in a remote corner of Westmorland—the tiniest court of its kind In England—a bachelor farmer for…

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Plan to Murder Lord Strickland

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 4

Malta, Wednesday.— The committee which is investigating the sworn charge by the Nationalist member of Parliament, M. Albert Mizzi, that a police…

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