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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

2,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 108

Daring Theft. Brick Through Jeweller's Window. Trays of Rings Taken

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

After flinging a brick through the window of a jeweller's shop in a busy city street on Thursday afternoon, a man grabbed three trays of diamond…

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Theft of Motor Cycle Wheel Defendant Convicted and Given Suspended Sentence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

Thomas Whatman pleaded guilty, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, to charge of stealing a wheel, tyre and other parts of a motorcycle,…

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Police Inquiry Took Place To-day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

Police were conspicuous by their absence in the public portions of the West Maitland Police Station to-day. The reason was the departmental…

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Waverly Murder.i Craig Committed for Trial. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

The inquest concerning May Miller, whose body was found at Waverly last month, was concluded to-day, and the Coroner…

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Assaults on Police Magistrates Blamed. Flogging Recommended

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

"Magistrates are doing very little less than encouraging assaults on policemen by their lenience to the men convicted for these offences," said a…

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Charge of Stealing Wine "We Were Going to Have a Party." Two Young Men Convicted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

Before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court to-day Henry Pinchen and William Pinchen were charged that, at Pokolbin, on January…

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Charge of Assault Echo of Keinbah Incident Defendant Fined £5 AND £6/4/ COSTS

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court to- day William James Brickman proceeded against Watty Barrett on a charge of assault…

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RUM-RUNNERS Court's Ruling British Ships Washington, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

The Supreme Court ruled that British or Canadian rum-running vessels cannot legally be boarded, searched or seized by…

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Transfer of Dole Activities From Labor and Industry to Police Department

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

In the very near future the administration of food relief will be transferred from the Department of Labor and Industry to the Chief Secretary's…

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Welcome to Police Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

Before the business of the Singleton Court of Petty Sessions commenced this afternoon, a welcome was extended to Mr Nott, P.M., who, although…

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Theft Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

At the Werris Creek Police Court John Thomas was committed for trial at Tamworth Quarter Sessions on February 22 on a charge of breaking…

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Bicycle Theft Aldermanic Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

Another bicycle theft was reported to the police last night. An alderman of the East Maitland Municipal Council rode [?] the…

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Police Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

The open departmental inquiry was continued at the West Maitland Police Station to-day. It is understood that several witnesses outside the…

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Husband Fatally Shoots Himself Attempted to Murder Wife

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

After attaching his wife and apparently failing in an attempt to murder her in a house at Mount Evelyn, Victoria on Monday afternoon, John…

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Police Puzzled Young Man's Death Mystery Affair Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

A puzzling feature of the death of Ronald Orams (30), who was found last night with a bullet wound in his heart, is that a…

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Bee Stealing Heavy Penalty Desired League Move

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 4

In a report of the activities of the Beekeepers' Protection League in the last issue of the "Australasian Beekeeper,' the secretary, Mr. P. C…

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Murder of May Miller

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 4

A statement tendered by the policy, in the Coroner's Court on Friday contained an admission by Eric Robert Craig that he killed May Miller in Queen's Park on…

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New Police Uniforms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) said yesterday that the uniforms of first-class sergeants would be altered before the next issue, Mr…

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Body Found Murder Mystery CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 8

Police have received information that the body of a man has been found in an old mining shaft at Boonjie, where a mysterious murder…

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Shot Dead Bullet Through Heart Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 8

A Brisbane message states that Mrs. Gertrude Cottell, 35, was shot through the heart by a revolver bullet and was killed at her home in…

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