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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 109

INVERELL Police Cordon Formed Escaped Burglar Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

After a burglar had been disturbed, in, the office of the Inverell railway station early yesterday, and escaped by diving into a…

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Car Thief Police Fire Shots Loot Found Sydney

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

A parcel containing tens of thousands of cigarette papers, which police believe are part of the proceeds of a robbery from a wharf recently,…

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Man Charged Wagga Mystery WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

Another development has occurred in the investigation of the death of Percy Smith, 34, at Wagga. Smith's body was found in the…

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Stolen Saddles Three Convicted Theft From Hut

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Charges of having, between July 25 and August 23. 1932, at Rosebrook, stolen a saddle and bridle and other articles valued at…

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Sent to Gaol Disparaged Naziism Essen Professors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Two Professors, controlling hospitals, were sentenced to three and four months imprisonment respectively, for falsely disparaging…

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Two Charged Robbery at Teralba NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

While Mr. Alfred Hindley and his family were absent from their home at Teralba from December 23 to 26 the house was broken into and…

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"Samarang" Star Inspector of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Ahmang, a "handsome Malay native," the star of "Samarang," a film about pearl divers in the South Seas, is a British former officer who was…

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Two Brothers Committed for Alleged Murder Tragedy Near Mungindi

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing at the Mungindi Police Court of the case against Sidney and Stephen Mitchell, of Thallon, Mr J. ward, P.M.,…

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Doctor Dead and Nurse in Critical State Drug. Found by Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

A doctor lias died, and a nurse is in hospital a critical condition, as a result of their, taking morphine in the nurse's flat "early on Saturday morning…

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NEW C.P.S. Praise for Mr. Austin Court Welcome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Mr. M. J. D. Austin, who has been appointed Clerk of Petty Sessions at West Maitland, in succession to Mr. M. S. Meagher…

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MURDER! Man Charged Wagga Case Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

Edward Henry Morsy, 32, who was arrested last night, following police inquiries into the death of Percy…

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Sheep Stealing Peculiar Position INVERELL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

The decision of the Inverell Pastures Protection Board not to take any action, despite recommendations by the local police to stop sheep…

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Gaol Governor Eve of Retirement SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

The Governor of Parramatta gaol, John McGoldrlck, will retire on January 20, after having served 35 years in the prisons department, which he…

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Alleged Murder Two Brothers Committed Mundindi Tragedy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing at the Mungindi Police Court of the case against Sidney and Stephen Mitchell, of Goondiwindi, who…

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Bombs Thrown Mass Murder Attempt Assailants Shot Calcutta. Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

A dramatic attempt at mass murder of Europeans was made at Chittagong yesterday during the last over of the test cricket match between…

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Failed to Park Cars Properly Fines at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Brian Ivens pleaded guilty at Cessnock Court to-day to a change of failing to park his car as close as practicable to the footpath…

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Six Months for Stealing Racquet

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

Leslie Hewitt, aged 25, a man with a record, was sentenced to six months' gaol at Sydney on Monday for having stolen a tennis raequet from Anthoay…

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Man Charged with Wagga Crime

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 2

Detective on Monday night charged a man with the murder of Percy Smith, whose battered body was found in a sack in the Murrumbidgee River…

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S.m.'s Warning Teralba Robbery Two Sentenced Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 7

Convicted on Monday of receiving cutters and other property valued at £40, property of Alfred Hindley, at Teralla, Frederick Roberts (68), deal…

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Smugglers' Ruse Foiled by Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 10

Yet another story of the strange devices adopted by tobacco smugglers is reported from the village of Slatina (says the correspondent of the…

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