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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 108

Theft Charge Crown Withdraws No Evidence Sydney

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

Following information by Mr. Hayes, of the Crown Law Department, that in view of a communication received from the French…

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Big Theft From Goods Train Efforts of Gang Frustrated. Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 6

The efforts of a gang of men to remove goods from a train from Sydney was frustrated early the morning by Guard Harrigan, whose attention was…

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THREATS? Accused's Charge Police Denial Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 1

An allegation that he had been brutally attached by police after 11 hours of questioning and forced to make a…

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Church of England, Bellbird Opening of Tennis Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 2

A "very pleasant afternoon was spent in the grounds of st. Matthew's Church, Bellbird, lasf Saturday, on the occasion of the opening…

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Wasted Time of Police Unusual Charge in Melbourne. Man Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 5

One of the most unusual charges, and certainly tho first of its kind in the history of the Victorian Police Force, came before the Bench at South…

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Police College

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 2

Moving the second reading of the Metropolitan Police Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Halisham said that it provided for the establishment of a…

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Illicit Still Draper Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 1

Lawrence Tognetti (20), urapor, was remanded on £100 bail when he appeared before the Central Police Court this morning chared with…

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Buried Rifles Police Discovery SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1933 · page 7

Developments in connection with a recent city hold-up are anticipated as a result of the discovery of two rifles buried beneath the ground…

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Strange Assault

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning the Parkes police were called to a house three miles' along the Condobolin-road, where they found a man named Oliver…

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Shocking Case Parents Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 4

Conditions of almost unbelievable filth in a house at South Melbourne, in which a man and his wife lived with their six children and an elderly man,…

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Stole Coat Gaol for a Month NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 7

On Friday afternoon Norman Charles Munro left a leather coat in his lorry in Scott-street, and when be returned shortly after the coat was…

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Small Debts Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 6

In the West Maitland Small Debts Court to-day, George Galton, Ltd., represented by Mr, C. A. Hill, proceeded against P.C. Foot, of…

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Man Before the Court. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, Sam Coorey, aged 39, a gardener, was charged with having maliciously wounded Nasias, allegedly during an affray at…

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Bumped Dangers Sequel in Court, NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 7

While a dance was in progress in the Adamstown School of Arts on Saturday night, Ralph Killingley (24), engineer, who was drunk,…

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Theft of Sailings Young Man Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. R. A. Atkinson, P.M., at the Cessnock Court to-day, a young man named Jack Evans, of Paxton, was charged with having,…

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New Police Officer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 2

Constable Bakes of Scone, has been appointed to Dungog Patrol vice Constable Houlahan, who has been transferred to Clarence Town. The new…

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Night Vigil Two Men Arrested Alleged Stealing Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

Detectives waited all night in a street at Balmain and carly this morning arrested two men on a charge stealing timber…

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Denman News. CACTOBLASTIS. Assault Prickly Pear in Denman District

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 6

Although it is only, a few years ago since cactoblastis were brought into the district, a walk through prickly pear infested country will…

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Sent to Gaol Woman Shoplifter "Time to Think" Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon, Grace Edith Porter (27), home duties visited two Newcastle shops and stale goods, In the police court to-day,…

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Police Faced with Complex Problem. Allandale Road Robbery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 3

The police investigating into the circumstances of the robbery at Mr. Robert Fleming's general store, at Allandale…

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