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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Police Inquire Murder Mystery Little Progress, Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

Detectives: McRae and Crosbie and Wagga police, who are investigating the finding of a man's body in the Murrumbidgee River, interviewed a…

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Wool Firm Crash Brothers Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

Berlin, Sunday.-The broth us Car! and Heinz Lahusen, joint owners of Nordwolle, the huge wool concern, which had a capital of 12,500,000, and…

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Wedding Postponed Bridegroom in Gaol

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

A wedding which was to have taken place at St. John's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, was put off as the intheded bridegroom was sentenced at the,…

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Police Transfers'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

Constable J. Robertson, who for some years has been one of New Castle's two traffic policeman, [?] been transferred to Paterson,…

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Busy Year Cessnock Police CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

Cessnock police dealt with 505 cases in 1933, this number representing an increase of 93 or 22½ per cent. Over the previous year, These figures…

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At Dead End? Police Inquiries River Mystery Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

No further developments occurred to-day In connection with the finding of the body of a man In the Murrum bidgee River near Wagga on…

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Alleged Affray Two Men Wounded Court Sequel Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

Charged at the Cessnock Police Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on George Matthews and Stanley…

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Bluff Called Man and Toy Pistol Girl 'Phones Police Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

A toy pistol, which very closely resembled a revolver and in fact was capable of making a report and giving off a flash, was used by a young man…

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General O'duffy Blue Shirt Leader Court Victory London. Jan, 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

The High Court to-day granted the conditional prohibition preventing the mllitary tribunal from hearing and determining the charges against the…

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Out for Life! Wyong Disqualification Attempted Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

When the horses returned to the enclosure after the Encourage Six at Wyong yesterday, a sensation was caused by a man…

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Twelve Months' Gaol for Illegally Using Car

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

On Sunday morning, 24th December, Mr. Dennis Kelly, a well-known resident, attended a service at St. Mary's R.C. Church, Scone. He left his Essex…

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Police Chase Motorist Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

After a chase in a car, Constables Oldfield and Graham overtook a motor lorry near Bowenfols, and arrested the driver. At the Lithgow Police…

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Changes at Court House

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

Mr D. G. Hughes,;assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions at the Singleton Court House, who during his sojourn in Singleton has proved himself a popular…

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Wagga Murder Mystery Detectives Still Enquiring. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

A report, from Wagga states that Defective-Sergeant M'Rac and Detective Crosbie have decided to leave for an "unknown destination" in connection…

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Police Returns Decrease in Crime for Year

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

The yearly return for the Police District of Singleton shows a decrease from the figures of last year in every instance- except offences against good…

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New Move River Mystery Police Search Wagga, Wednesday. Hopes of a solution of the river mystery are brighter to-day than for some time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

After visiting the locality where the body of a man was recovered from the Murrumbidgee on Christmas Day, detectives in charge of…

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REMANDED Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

At East Maitland Court to-day, Kenneth Hamilton, 20, of East Maitland appeared on a charge of stealing poultry on December 19, from East…

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Many Charged RIGA, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

The trial has commenced of 500 directors and other Government officials for withholding workers' wages…

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The Sequel French Train Smash Eight Charged Paris, January 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

As a sequel to the railway disaster at Lagny, in which 200 persons were killed and 300 injured, charges of imprudence, inefficiency, negligence and…

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Police on Job Uralla Explosion ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

Detective Comans, of the Criminal Investigation Department, is taking charge of the inquiries into the mysterious explosion at Bow and Son's…

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