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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 109

Cattle Stealing Plea of Guilty KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

Before Mr. A. E. Mahony, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri police Court this morning, Bartholomew Brown was charged with stealing one yellow…

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Missing Man Police Dragging Cook's River. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 2

A coat and walking stick found on the bank of Cook's River have given rise to the belief that Prank Barry, aged 61, a pensioner, who disappeared…

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Court's Dignity Must Wear Coats NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

The dignity of the Court must be respected and men must come to it properly clad, says Mr. Soane, S. M. In the Summons Court to-day a…

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Murder Charge Italian Remanded BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 8

A remand for a week was granted when Glovanni Iacona, 32, was charged at the Innisfall Police Court to-day with having wllfully murdered…

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Three Months' Gaol Theft of Jewellery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. R. M. Woodruff and J. S. Hart, Js.P., Norman Henry Purchase (24) pleaded guilty to…

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Twelve Months' Hard Labour Cattle Stealing Charge Kurri Man Sentenced

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 9

Pleading guilty to a charge of haying stolen, on or about August 28th, 1933, one yellow jersey heifer, valued at £5, the property of Walter…

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Married in Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 8

Arthur Sawyer, who is serving a short sentence in the Toowoomba (Q.) gaol for a minor offence, was married in gaol last month. Sawyer was arrested for…

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Wool Stealing Prevalent an Appeal to Government

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 8

Owing to the prevalence of wool and sheep stealing in the Balranald district and all parts of Western Riverina, the Balranald Pastures Protection Board…

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Doctor Sent to Gaol Murdered Daughter-inlaw

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 4

Chicago, Wednesday.—At the second trial of Dr. Alice Wynekoop, she was found guilty of the murder of her daughter-in-law, and was sentenced to…

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Man Charged Criminal Offence Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 7

Thomas Edward Junor (37), of Abermain, was charged before Mr. J. W. Ryan, C.P.S., at the Kurri Kurri Court this morning with committing a…

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Merriwa Police Court Monday, March 5, 1934. (Before Mr. W. Miller, J.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 8

James McEwan was charged with being drunk, and as he failed to appear to the "invitation" his bail was ordered to be forfeited…

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£100 FINE Contempt, of Court Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 5

The Full Court, by a unanimous decision held that the publication in the newspaper "Truth" of a photograph of George Edward James, before his…

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Nitro-glycerine for Police Inspector a Lucky Precaution. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 1

A mail parcel addressed to Police Inspector Vance, head of the Police Bureau of Criminal Science, was found to contain sufficient, nitro-glycerine to…

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Quack "Doctor" Labourer Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 10

When Alfred Charles Wyndham, 30, a labourer, was brought before the Central Police Court, to answer a charge of having illegally used the…

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Gaol Escapee Caught at Dorrigo SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

Gordon Frederick Hunt, who escaped from the Bellingen lock-up a week ago, was captured late last night at the Dorrigo showground. He…

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MURDER! Terrorist Threats English Women Calcutta, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

Threat's of the murder of English women were contained in letters received at a Calcutta newspaper…

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At Long Bay Murder Suspect Pilliga Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Richards (48), who is under committal for trial on a charge of having murdered George Washington Nott, arrived in Sydney…

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Deputy's Claim Appeal Dismissed Court Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 7

Judgement was given by the Full Court yesterday on an appeal arising from an action which was before Judge Sheridan and a jury in the…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 4

When the case in which Mildred Annie Murray, of Beimore-road, Lorn, [?] Henry Charles Murray, of [?] with unlawful assault was…

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Pilliga Murder Accused Woman in Long Bay

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Mrs Annie Elizabeth Richards, 49, who is under committal for trial on a charge of having murdered George Washington Nett, arrived in Sydney…

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