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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 108

Police Guard Serbian's House Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 1

Police protection is being given to the house of George, a Sorbian, who has received threats against his life No further attack was made by…

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"Went Into the Lion's Den" at Kurri. Kurfi Man Charged Indecent Language

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 4

James Thomas Donne was fined [?]3, with 8/- court costs, by Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M., at the [?] Kurri Poline Court yesterday [?]…

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New Scheme Tracing Firearms Police Decision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 2

An elaborate scheme to prevent the indiscriminate use of firearms has been evolved by the Criminal investigation Branch…

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Man's Death Foul Play Scouted Police Theory Sydney, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 7

Roy Jameson, who died from strychnine poisoning at his home, in Wetherlist, Loichhardt, on July 9, was not the victim of foul play in…

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Cessnock Murder Will be Adjourned Important Witness Still in Hospital. Search for Revolver

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 3

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Rita Evelyn Jones, who was mortally wounded by a bullet in the…

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Hold-up Men Attacks on Law-breakers Police Appealed to Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 7

Officers from the C.I.B. are making strenuous efforts to apprehend a gang of desperadoes, some of whom are stated to be armed, and who…

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Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 1

London, Wednesday.—A message from Moscow says that the captain of I the excursion steamer which capsized on the Volga on July 14 has been…

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Novel Points in Betting Case Disallowed by Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 4

Carl Sharkie pleaded not guilty at the Penrith Police Court on Wednesday to a charge that "on June 10 he was in a street, to wit enclosed land off…

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Council Employee Fined £10. Unlicensed Slaughtering. Magistrate's Strong. Comment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 6

"Defendant deserves all that is coming to him," commented Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., at Moree Police Court last Tuesday, when imposing the…

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Theft at Rose Bay a Big Haul. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 6

When Mr Peter Cruise and his wife returned to their home at Kose Bay late last night, after attending a ball, they discovered that a fur coat worth…

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Theft From Hotel Money Recovered and Man Arrested. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 6

Late last night-members of the wireless patrol investigated a report that £60 had been stolen from the Paragon Hotel, Circular Quay…

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Disputed Prize Police As Litigants

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 4

Two policemen were litigants in an action in the Supreme Court at Brisbane on Wednesday, when Sergeant Alfred Bee claimed that he was entit…

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Maltese Before Court Sequel to Raid on Farm

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 4

Joseph Apapo, poultry farmer; Antonio Apapo, labourer; and Angelo Buttegeig, labourer, of Blacktown, were charged at the Parramatta Police Court…

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STOLE £1000 Police Allegation Barman Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 1

John Henry James (19), a bartender, was remanded until August 4 on £200 bail by Mr. Shephered, S. M., at the Central Court to-day on a…

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Callous Murder Was Robbery Motive? Money Found Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 1

The theory that robbery was the motive underlying the murder of Miss Katherine Starr in the bush some distance off the…

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Again Fined, Brothers in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 6

Michael Howe, 62, and his brother, Philip Howe, 54, who were before the court on July 21 were arrested in High-street yesterday afternoon…

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Queer Case Old Man's Death Police Busy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 1

Detectives who are investigating the death of James Emerson Joyce (61), a railway pensioner, do not suspect…

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Victorian Murder Police Mystified

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 2

The criminal investigation branch is unable to suggest any motive other than robbery for the brutal murder of Miss Katherine Starr, whose mutilated…

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Alleged Attempted Burglary Two Men Arrested. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 2

After firing a shot, Constable Lind, with Nightwatchman Gould, arrested two men at revolver point early to-day in a drapery store at Blaektown…

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Police Intervene Wrestling at Leiclihardt SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 7

The wrestling bout between walter Browning and Bill Beth, at Leichhardt Stadium, on Saturday night resulted in a draw, each man…

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