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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 108

Sent to Gaol "Pinky" Drinker NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 1

That he was associate of thieves, vagrants and mothylaled spirit drinkers was alleged by police against James Casey (45), labourer, charged…

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Police Car Crashes

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 2

Sergeant Hungerford and Constable Ashton, of Newcastle, had a narrow escape from being killed on Saturday afternoon. It appears that they were…

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Theft of Tools Young Man Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 5

For stealing a quantity of tools, valued at £15, the property of Darkes Ice and Cold Storage, max Allan Rickard (21) labourer, was fined £5…

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Girl's False Story of Assault Jury Stops Case. Sydney, Monday

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Judge Coyle declared that a Grown witness, a 15-year-old girl, on a charge of having assaulted whom three…

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Mt. Everest Expedition Police Seize Log Books

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 1

The Calcutta police have seized the log books of D. S. Richards, wireless operator with the recent Everest climbing expedition, and have forward…

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Car Skidded. Dashed Into Ditch. Police Hurt Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 5

When Sergeant Hungerford and Constable Ashton, of the detective force, were returning to Newcastle lon Saturday, after conducting inquiries…

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A False Report. Alleged Assault of Police Officer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 4

The public is not always given to accuracy in its reports of events, real or imaginary. During the week-end a police car…

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Police Car Crashes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 2

Sergeant Hungerford and Constable Ashton, of Newcastle, had a narrow escape from being killed on Saturday afternoon. It appears that they were…

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Police Car. Crashes on Singleton Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

When a police car was returning from Muswellbrook on Saturday afternoon it crashed into a ditch alongside a culvert, and the two…

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Award Varied Mine Horse-keepers Court Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 7

Mr. H. C. Morton general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, stated on his return from Sydney to-day, that the variation of…

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Woman's Death Scene in Court Coroner's Inquest Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 7

There was an angry outburst by a husband in the Coroner's Court to-day. The husband accused a doctor of…

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SCREWJACK Charge of Stealing KURRl Case Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 7

James kennedy was charged before Mr. W. J. Ryan, C.P.S., and Mr. A. W. Johns, J.P., with stealing at Abermain on August 12, one screw jack,…

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Prisoners Escape From Gaol Long Sentence Men

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 3

Undergoing long terms of imprisonment Harris 0'Neill and George Hayward escaped from the Mount Eden Gaol, Wellington, N.Z., on Monday…

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Double Tragedy Murder—Suicide Shotgun Used Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 4

A shocking crime was carried out last night in a cottage in St. Silas place, Waterloo. A man pursued a woman with a…

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Rail Hours Overtime Defined Court's Rule Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 1

According to a judgment to-day, any time worked over nine hours in one shift on the railways of…

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High Court Sittings to Be Held in All Capitals

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 2

Instead of the High Court of Australia sitting only in Sydney and Melbourne as at present, periodical visits are to be made to Perth, Brisbane,…

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Ambulance Car Disappeared in 1926 Court Charges Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 7

The disappearance of a motor ambulance waggen from the works of the makers, Gilbert Brothers, Newcastle, in 1926, had its sequel…

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"Pass It By!" Request to Court Bankruptcy Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 1

Considerable time was taken up in the Bankruptey Court to-day by the perusal of bundles of manuscript after Samuel Curotta had intimated…

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Ryde Shooting Woman Charged Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 7

An allegation that, the defendant had obtained a revolver from her brother in-law and deliberately shot Herbert Arthur Haylock at a house in…

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Craig Trial False Statements Witness Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 7

There was an echo of the second trial of Eric Roland Cralg in connection with the murder of Elizabeth O'Connor to-day, when…

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