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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 108

Muswellbrook Police Court. To-day's Cases. (Before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

Williamson Baker was fined £2 and 8/- costs for travelling on the railway between Muswellbrook and Murrrundi without having paid his fare…

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Muswellbrook Man's Appeal Succeeds. Conviction Quashed. Alleged Theft of Maize

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

At the Singleton Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Frederick Pierce Smith, of Muscle Creek, appealed against his conviction and fine at…

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Hit by Lorry Two Girls Injured Man Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

When he knocked down two sisters, seriously injuring one in Forest Lodge, early last night, a motor lorry driver, after stopping to allow one of…

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APPRENTICES Full Court Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 5

The Full Court held that an apprentice had civil rights to come to the court and claim damages where his employers were alleged to have…

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48 HOURS For Railwaymen Court Decides

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 5

The Fall Arbitration Court has refused an application by the Australian Railways Union for a reduction of the working hours from 48…

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Craig Appeal Before High Court. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

Eric Roland Craig sought leave at the High Court to-day to appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court of New South…

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Fifth Try Craig's Appeal High Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

The High Court was crowded to-day, when Eric Roland Craig, convicted and sentenced to death for the…

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Law Graduates Death Body Found on Tennis Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 8

Mr Cleland Lane, aged 24, son of Mr L. A. Lane, well-known solicitor, of Orange, was found dead by his father on a tennis court behind the Lane home,…

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Craig's Appeal High Court Hearing Argument. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 6

Erie Roland Craig, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Bessic O'Connor, sought leave in the High Court to-day to appeal against…

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Robbery at Baerami Store. £40 Worth of Tobacco Stolen Police on Hunt for Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

Thieves entered Mr W. B. Kirk's store at Baerami some time, on Wednesday night or early on Thursday morning and stole £40…

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Raymond Terrace Boat Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 2

We would advise the settlers on the Hunter and Williams Rivers to adopt the procaution of having chains and padlocks on their boats, as a system…

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NEWCASTLE State of the Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 2

The following was the state of H.M. gaol on Wednesday, May 17:—For trial, malon 85, fomales 3: remanded, female 1: for other stations, males 5:…

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Police Court Muswellbrook Cases Did Not Pay Fare Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 5

Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., occupied the bench at the Muswellbrook Police Court, when cases were dealt with as follows:—…

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Police Chase Agile Burglar Haul Dropped Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 7

When a cat burglar blew open a safe at Stevenson Brothers, jewellers, in Rundle-street he decamped with £1400 worth of jewellery…

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Was Violent Police Assaulted Youth Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 4

A three-quarters of an hour journey with a violently resisting prisoner from the Picture Theatre to the West Maitland…

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Begged Alms Man Sent to Gaol Police Story Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 5

Alleging that he was walking from Sydney to Brisbane, and was trying to get money for a bed, Edward Rowe (31), smallgoodsman, was sent to gaol…

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Two Fined Theft of Trees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 5

Two brothers, James and Robert Martin, of Oakhampton, were charged at the East Maitland Court this afternoon with stealing parts of…

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Alleged Theft of Car Four Youths Remanded. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

Four youths, Arthur Joseph Wilson, aged 18, labourer, John Carl Farrell, aged 19, labourer, Ernest Buckley, aged 18, painter and Cecil John Lord, aged…

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Car Chase Sequel in Court SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 5

The sequel to the sensational chase by police after an allegedly stolen motor car at Parramatta yesterday was the appearance at the Parramatta…

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Long Swim To Avoid Arrest Police Raid Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

When a raid took place by Police on an alleged "two-up" school at the month of Cook's, Botany, late on Sunday afternoon, two men, in…

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