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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 108

New Court House

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 4

Good progress is being made with the erection of the New Court House by the contractors (Messrs. G. A. Zeininger and Sons), and when…

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Hidden Money Moree Police Discovery

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 1

Motee polieo found about £100 in I notes and a quantity of jewellery while I searching through the effects of William Estes Davis, 62, who died this…

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Germany Ex-police Chief Jeered

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 7

Berlin, Wednesday.—Thousands lined the streets of Schneidemurhl, Prussia, and jeered at Herr Thiemann, a former Chief of Police, when, with the…

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Hidden Money Police Discovery, Strange Caches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 2

Moree police found about £100 in notes and a quantity of jewellery while searching through the effects of william Estes Davis, 62, who died this…

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Alleged Coining Plant Police Raid Maltese Farm

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 7

A raid was made upon a Maltese farm at Blacktown yesterday by a large party of detectives and Cus toms officers. They found a…

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Police Court Muswellbrook Cases Smoked in Hall Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 6

At the periodical sitting of the Police Court, Messrs, J.P., presiding, the following cases were dealt with:-…

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Cannot Leave Gaol Business Man's Application

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 3

Convicted in June on a charge of receiving, Bernard Caplan, of Sydney, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment On Friday, Mr. Jubtice Stret,…

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Sent to Gaol Women Shoplifters SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 1

Commenting on two shop-lifting cases at the Central Court to-day, Mr. Chapman, S,M., said he supposed that a tremendous loss was…

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FINED £25 for Betting Magistrate's Comment Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 2

Frederick Hammas, aged 57, was fined £2o at the Central Court to-day for using a room at Kembla Building on Saturday for the purpose of betting…

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Baby Girl Alleged Abduction Man Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 1

Alleged to have taken a three-year-old girl from a yard at her home in Beamish-street, Campsie, on Saturday…

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Husband Faces Murder Charge in Cessnock Court Bail Refused Sequel to Shooting Remand to July 31 CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 5

Following the shooting affray at Cessnock on Saturday night, when Mrs. Rita Evelyn Jones (25), of…

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At Dead End Police Inquiries Suburban Thefts Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 1

Police who are making inquiries nto thefts at a boarding house at Marrickville last Tuesday, when Francis Sellers was shot, and Arthur…

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Woman Shot Dead at Cessnock Husband Surrenders to Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 2

Pistol shots terminated a dispute between a man and two women who were on their way to a dance at Cessnock on Saturday evening…

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Suspected Thief Eludes Police in Wild Bush & No Trace Tracker Out Two Held Cootamundra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 1

Despite the assistance of a black tracker, police have met with no success in their search over mountainous…

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Paltry Theft Widow's Lapse NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon a widow, 67 years of age, Mary Hubbick, picked up a handkerchief in Woolworth's Ltd., and was arrested…

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New Coalfields' Magistrate Mr. E. A. Mahoney Appointed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 3

Mr. E. A. Mahoney, of Lismore, has been appointed Police Magistrate for the Maitland District, in succession to Mr. C. Nott, who was recently…

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Daring Theft Tunnel Under Store Well Planned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 8

At Marrickville during the weekend a remarkable robbery was carried out, when the big department store of H. T. Seymour, Ltd., at the…

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Sensational Shooting Affray at Cessnock. Two Women Attacked on Way to Dance One Killed and the Other Wounded. Husband of Dead Woman Charged With Murder

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 3

Startled by a succession of revolver shots and women's screams, at about 8 o'clock on Saturday night, residents of View and Ann Streets rushed out and found Mrs. Rita Evelyn Jones (25), of Sargent-street,…

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Heavy Fine Unlicensed Pistols Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

Acquitted last week on a charge of having attempted to blow up the oil depot of Independent Oil Industries, Ltd.,…

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Police Dogs Remarkable Intelligence. Tracking and Seizing Criminals

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

Wonderful intelligence was displayed during a demonstration recently by the two Alsatian police dogs, which will be placed on duty with constables in…

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