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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 108

Shots Fired Alleged Car Thieves Police Defied Sydney

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

After the occupants of a car thought to have been stolen had ignored his command to stop at Parramatta, and narrowly avoided…

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Craig's Fate Hearing Continues High Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

The hearing of the application on behalf of Eric Roland Craig to the High Court against tho verdict of the Full Court of Criminal…

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Future of Boy Pianist Rests With Court ests Must Stay Pending Decision Judge's Order Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

The career of the boy pianist, Philip Hargrave, is attracting a great deal of public interest, and there…

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Gloucester Police Court. a Red Devon Bull

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

At Gloucester Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Donaldson, P.M., Joseph Leo. Gallagher proceeded against Colin Hamberger for having…

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Theft of Fencing Wire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

At the special meeting of the Cessnock Hospital Board last Sunday afternoon, the Secretary (Mr. J. Brown) reported that 350 yards of…

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Assault Cases Further Adjourned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

owing to the principal witness being still in hospital, the cases in which Sam Najor is proceeding against Constable T. A. Martin and…

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Police Reports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

Reports were received from the police in regard to persons travelling without permits and statements. A motion was carried that those…

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Murder at Merton IN 1843

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 6

The following interesting paragraph is taken from the "Maitland Mercury's" issue of May 20, 1843:— £25 REWARD OR A FREE PARDON…

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Assaults on Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 4

Yesterday at the West Maitland Court of Petty Sessions a man was convicted of having assaulted two police officers in the execution of…

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Trial Next Week Two Murder Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, next week, the trial will comence of Irene Marden, who was committed for trial by the…

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Two Arrests Alleged "Snowdroppers" Police Belief Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 1

A man and a youth wore arrested in Cook Road, Centennial Park, early this morning while carrying bundles of household linen, alleged to have…

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ABERDEEN v. KAYUGA. (Played on Aberdeen court; first-named club being Aberdeen)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

Bluford and Wilson v. Lonergan and Casey, 5-6; James and Fittock v. Casey and Lonergan, 6-5; Mesdames Cotton and Brindle v. Misses Lonergan and…

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Assaulted Her Husband. "Just Tapped Him in the Stomach." Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

At the Cessnock Court to-day A. Dahlln proceeded against his wife, Edith Dahlln, on a charge of assault…

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Muswellbrook I v. St. Hellers. (Played on St. Alban's court; first-named club being Muswellbrook)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

Fitzhardinge and Kirby v. M. Coady and Thompson 6/1; Halliday and Barker v. C. Coady and Fibbons 6/3; Mrs. Scholes and Miss Higman v. Misses…

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Non-competition Games. Tahoma v. DENMAN. (Played on Tahoma court; first-named club being Tahoma)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

Maddox and James v. Henry and Jonas 6/5; Coady and Jordan v. Coady and Hughes 6/2; Misses Doepel and Palmer v. Mrs. Hughes and Miss…

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Tahoma Ii v. McCULLY'S GAP. (Played on Tahoma court, first-named club being Tahoma II)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

Maddox and Studdert v. M. and S. Budden 5/6; Cox and Jordan v. Wales and L. Budden 2/6; Mrs. Phipps and Miss Sevenoaks v. Misses L. and D…

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"Cessnock Must be Awarded Points in Dispute." State Body's Ultimatum to Newcastle League. Decision Flouted—Cessnock's Application to Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

The last, word has not yet been spoken in the Rugby League dispute over the awarding of points to the Cessnock Club, but to use an American phrase, "the low down has been reached." The New South Wales League last…

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Man Killed Motorist Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 2

Mr James Dennett Andrews, 70, for the last six years secretary of the Mechanics' Institute, was killed when a bicycle he was wheeling in…

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NEWCASTLE Gtate of the Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 4

The following was the state of H.M. gaol on Wednesday, May 10th:—For trial, males 35, fomales 3; for other stations, males 9; under sentence to…

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Income Tax Councillor Charged False Returns Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 10

In the Central Court, Summons division, David Pollock Shearer was fined £120 on three charges of having furnished false income…

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