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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 109

Police Search

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 2

Using a car which was was well stated with provisions, a married man and a 13-years-old girl are alleged to have disappeared from Camooweal on…

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Stole Money Young Man Sentenced SYDNEY, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 1

For having stolen money from his former workmates' clothes at a factory in Alexandria, Frank Ison (20), was sentenced to 'six months'…

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Two Charged Pawnbroker's Death MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 5

A plan of not guilty was entered in the Criminal Court yesterday when Robert Ernest von Geyer, 50, painter of Cariton, and Albert Lewis, 45…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 2

A booth license was granted to F. F. Bradstreet. An auctioneer's license was granted to A. F. Barwick…

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Missing Grazier's Motor Car Discovered in River MURDER? Police Theory C.i.b; on Job Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 1

The Commissioner of police to-day received a report concerning George Nott, a well-known stock and station…

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DEPUTIES! Maitland Award Court Claim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 1

The President of the Industrial Commission (Mr. Justice Brown) had before him to-day references by the…

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Despicable Theft

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

For having stolen money from his former workmates clothes at a factory in Alexandria, Frank Ison, aged 20, was sentenced to six months'…

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Daring Theft on Train

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

Calcutta, Monday.—An engineer, Lieutnant Tyndal Bisco, of the Royal Navy, and his wife, were victims of a daring theft on the mail train…

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Cattle Case Alleged Stealing Kurri Charge Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 5

[?] was charged at the Kurri Kurri Court to-day before Mr. E.A. Mahony, P.M. with stealing one red helfer, the…

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Stock Agent Missing Murder Suspected Woman's Footprints Found

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police yesterday received a report concerning George Nott, a well-known stock and station agent, of Pilliga, who has been missing since last Wednesday, after he had set out in his car for Burren Junction, to transact business…

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Kalgoorlie Riot Nine Men in Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 2

Evidence, of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder riots, and of burning and looting, was given at the Kalgoorlie Court yesterday, when nine men appeared on…

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No Means! Dead Grazier Police Story Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

According to the ponce, Ronald Cousins, 27, grazier, whose decapitated body was found in a…

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Warden's Court Baerami Shale Co. Labour Conditions Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 2

The Baeraml South Shale and Oil Company, Limited, applied for a suspension of labour conditions for a period of six months at the…

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Order of Death! Court to Determine Mosman Tragedy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

There was a sequel to the finding of the bodies of Hurry August plats (46) his wife Alma Spencer Plain (40), and their daughter, Alma…

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Mystery Deepens in Stock Agent's Case No Clue Search for Body Police View Burren Junct

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

The disappearance last Wednesday of George Nott, stock and station agent, of Pilliga, is still shrouded in…

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Three Years'gaol Absconded with £40,000 "Soulless Rogue"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

Described by the police as being a soullness rogue, John Gray, 45, was sentenced at the Darlinghurst Sessions to three years' imprisonment for…

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Kurri Evasion of Fare Man Before Court Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 12

Before Messrs. W. J. Ryan and A. W. Johns, Js.P., at the Kurri Court this morning James Johnson Nelison was charged with travelling on the…

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Soldiers' Settlement Cattle Stealing Case Magistrate Shows Leniency Remand Granted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 2

Leniency was exercised by the Police Magistrate (Mr. E. A. Mahony), at the Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, in a case in which Clifford…

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Olla Podrida to Gaol Instead

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 7

Just as a wedding was to have taken place at Newport (Isle of Wight), a detective rushed into the church and arrested the prospective…

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Gaol Inspected Mr, Martin's Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 6

The Minister for Justice, Mr. L. C. Martin, yesterday made a general inspection of the East Maitland Gaol and its surroundings. He stated that…

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