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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 109

Boy Bookmakers in England Evidence Before Juvenile Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

"It is one of the blackest spots on the fair St. Helens," declared the chairman of the Juvenile Court I there, after hearing evidence of boy…

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Farewell at Court House Splendid Tribute to Popular Junior Officer

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

At the termination of the day's work at the Singleton Court House yesterday a gathering assembled to say farewell to Mr D. G. Hughes, who has been…

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Roy Governor Release from Gaol GOULBURN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 7

A sensation has been caused by the news that Roy Governor would be sent to an aboriginal reserve upon his release from Bathurst Gaol, and women…

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Hostile Crowd Policeman Kicked Fierce Assault Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 7

In the centre of a hostile crowd when he alighted from a police car at Surly Hills last night. Constable Herringe was knocked down and kicked…

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Traffic Safety Police to Lecture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 10

The Department of Education has notified the N.R.M.A. that approval has been given for [?] officers of the police force to lecture to children…

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Murder Charge Glen Innes Arrest Body Exhumed Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 9

At Glen Innes police court Ernest Edwards 39, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously siam [?] McCormish, 55, on July 7 last…

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Motor Offences Singleton Court Defective Brakes Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 8

Mr. E, A. Mahony, P.M., occupied the Bench at the regular sitting of the Police Court. William J. Wood was charged with…

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Angry Crowd Clashes with Police 700 Arrests Paris, Jan. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 7

There were many angry scones in the streets of Purls, and pitched battles occurred between the police and thousands of demonstrators during…

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Judge Neild For Hunter District District Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 6

It is announced by the Attorney-General, Mr. H. E. Manning, K.C., that, owing to a considerable increase in the work of the Metropolitan and…

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Body Exhumed at Glen Innes Man Arrested and Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

At Glen Innes Police Court on Friday afternoon, Ernest Edwards, aged 39, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously slain William…

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Police Force Qualifications Needed Stringent Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 2

Although there are more applicants for admission to the N.S.W. Police Force than there are vacancies, it is interesting to note the qualifications…

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Death Sentence on Native Sergeant Assault on European Girl. Port Moresby

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 2

The death sentence was passed on a sergeant of native constabulary at Port Moresby to-day, for having committed a criminal assault on a five-years-old…

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High Treason German Writer Charged Served at the War Berlin, January 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

Arnold Von Golssenru, of a Saxon aristocratic family, who served in the war as an officer of the Saxon Horse Guards, and, after the war, under…

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Broke Windows Labourer Fined Story to Police Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

Allged by the police to have said he was tired of being out of work and that he intended to "do himself in" Michael Kelly (39), labourer, was…

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Drove Too Fast. Assaulted Police City Man Fined Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

Robert Milne Steven (30), a managing director, was fined £5 at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having driven a car in a manner…

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Tumut Drowning Police to Inquire Foul Play Unlikely Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) to-day stated that in all probability a detective will be sent from Sydney to investigate the drowning of…

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Bold Theft Window Broken Police Theory Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

Although many people were passing at the time, thieves smashed the window of a jeweller's shop in Oxford-street at 1 o'clock…

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Youth Fined Three Stealing Charges POTATOES—FOWLS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon, Kenneth Alexander Hamilton pleaded not guilty to a charge of having…

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Murder Charge 3 Months-old Tragedy Husband and Wife Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

Following intensive investigations by the police over a period of three months, William Alfred Bayly (28), was charged at the Auckland Police…

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Knocked Down by Car Old Man Dies Police Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

Knocked down by A motor car at the Weston Overhead Traffic Bridge at about 9 p.m. on November 18th. Robert Herron 84), an old age…

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