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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 109

Licenses Granted Court Applications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 4

Sunday trading licenses were granted by Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the West Maitland Court today to Harold R. Martin, of High-street, West…

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Murder of Political Worker (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Chicago

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 1

Joseph Tierna, political worker, "was taken for a ride" and murdered to-day in what the police believe, to be premature violence in connection with the…

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MORATORIUM Maitland Court Cases Farmers' Relief Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

An application by Joseph James Wethered and Mary Susannah Wethered if "Fairview", Branxton, what the Commissioners of the Government…

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Wild Riot Battle with Police Relief Demands Minneapolis, April 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 1

One of the most serious riots which have yet occurred anywhere in the country, as the result of…

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Father Charged with Son's Murder. West Australian Tragedy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 5

Laurence Oliver Mollor, 44, a powerfully-built man, appeared at the Fremantle Police Court on Friday on a charge of having murdered his son,…

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Acquitted of Murder Charge. Tense Scenes in Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Richards, 49, was at Narrabri on Wednesday, acquitted of the charge of murder of George Washington Nott, 45, who was…

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13 Years' Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

On two charges of committing a serious offence of an 11-year-old girl at Ottaba, near Toogoolawah (Q.), William Telehmann, 40, labourer, was…

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MALTREATMENT Detectives Sentenced BERLIN, April 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 2

The court has sentenced Dr. Hollmann, a detective, to 13 years' hard labor for maltreating prisoners at a concentration camp…

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Alleged Theft of £1100.. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, William Walter Reece (27), show promoter, was charged with having stolen, about January last,…

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Murder Trial ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 7

A skull and A gun with broken stock, were grim exhibits on the bar table in the Armidale Supremo Court to-day, when the hearing…

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Ship's Fireman Theft of Serviettes NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 8

"It is not usual for ship's firemen to use seryiotte," said Constable Dawes to Hector White (30), fireman, who claimed that seryiotte rings and…

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Heavy Bail Alleged Stealing Gold Ore Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, William Weather Reep, 26, was remanded on ball of £1,150, on a charge of having stolen about January, 1934, in…

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Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 7

Mr. Acting Justice Markoll will take both ciyil and divorce cases at the Circuit Court at East Maitland, beginning on April 18, Jurice have…

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Charge of Assault Defendant Remanded for a Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 1

Oswald Hessian, of Kitchener, was charged, at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, with having assaulted George Gill…

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Assault Charge Acid Thrown in Face Man Gaoled Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

Bert Devenish, 47, of North Melbourne, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the North Melbourne Court yesterday for…

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Caledon Bay Murder. Two Natives Surrender. Darwin

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Gray and Rev. A. J. Dyer arrived here to-day in their lugger with two Caledon Bay aborigines, who surrendered for…

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District Court Compensation Claims Cases Settled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 6

Three cases in the list for the Maitland District COurt, which opened to-day, were settled on terms filed in court but not disclosed…

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Destroyed Tree Sequel in Court Man Fined Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 2

Robert Millward, who pleaded gumy at Cessnock Court to-day to a charge of having destroyed a tree on the Wyala Estate, was fined £2, and…

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Thirteen Years for Criminal Assault

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 1

Pleading guilty to charges of having criminally assaulted a girl of 11 years, William Teichmann (49), was sentenced by Mr Justice Webb at Brisbane to…

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TERRIFIED! Caledon Bay Natives Murder Charges Darwin, Wedneday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 5

Six policeman were needed to force five Caledon Bay natives, alleged to be the murderers of Constable McColl and five Japanese, into the…

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