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Courts & crime, 1934

2,178 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 109

MURDERED! Storm Troop Leader 51 Sentenced Berlin, January 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

Fifty-one persons, including two women, were sentenced to terms ranging from nine months to ton years for the murder of the Storm…

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Police Ambulance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 3

The Moonbi and Kootingal effort for the Police Ambulance car fund was brought to a very successful conclusion, when a race meeting, rodeo,…

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Murder Charge Brother Remanded MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

Following the shooting of Henry George Vinocombe (59), near Talbot yesterday after an altercation, William James Vinecombe (57), of…

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Bayly for Trial N.Z. Double Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 3

The hearing was conducted on Saturday of the case in which William Bayly was charged with having murdered Samuel Lakey, and his wife,…

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Unruly Natives Clash with Police Seven Killed Port Moresby

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

Natives of the Kunimalpa Valley came into conflict with the native police under Patrol Officer Cecil Cowley, who recently went through the…

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Victorian Grazier. Shot Dead While Biding. Man Charged with Murder

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Councillor Henry George Vinecombe, a well-known grazier, was shot dead at Red Lion, about four miles from Talbot (Victoria), at 8 a.m. on Sunday…

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Thief's Mistake Deputy Sheriff Victim Two Months' Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

When David Mackenzie (38) visited a house at East Maitland and appropriated a pair of field glasses he was probably unaware of the victim he had…

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No Sitting of Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

There was no sitting of Cessnock Police Court to-day.. This is due to the fact that it was the fifth Tuesday in the month. For years now…

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No Record of "Court Martials" at Boys' Home INQUIRY To-day's Evidence New Order Leeton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

The statement that there was no record regarding "court martials" was made by the Acting Superintendent…

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More Bloodshed To-day. Riots, Pillage and Murder. Perth

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

Riots pillage and murder broke out again to-day at both Kalgoorlie and Boulder, as the miners, consumed with a flood of hatred and fury, swept…

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Mob Riots Police Powerless Shops Looted Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

Further details to hand relating to the mob riots a Kalgoorlie and Boulder state that after looting and destroying foreign-owned…

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Mob Shoot Down Negro Alleged Assault on White Woman. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Tampa, Florida

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

Mob violence broke out early to-day whon a body of men attacked the Doputy Sheriff, who was conducting a negro, Robert Johnson, who was being…

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Two Murdered Aborigines Charged White Men Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 4

A gruesome story of the murder of the two white prospectors, of the two white prospectors, Adolph Koch and Stephen Arinski, at the Fitzmaurice River, by…

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Gaol Talent Arts and Crafts Prisoner's Honours Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 7

Since he began a life sentence at Yatols prison in 1924 for the murder of Emily Hunter, Huri morse had devoted a considerable time to arts and…

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Illegal Betting £35 in Fines Three Charged Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 7

For breaches of the Totalisator Act, John Schofield (27) labourer, Harold B, Ross (46) labourer and James Charles Beaver (22)shop assistant,…

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Judge Neild Welcome Extended Newcastle Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 7

Acknowledging a hearty welcome from the legal profession in the Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Neild said it was a singular…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 10

At the police court to-day Hilary Daniels was fined £1 on a charge of drunkenness, and £3 for using indecent language…

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Two Years' Gaol Receiver Sentenced Habitual Criminal Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 1

"The jury "recommended you [?] said Judge Neild in the Quarter Sessions to-day to Frederick Junes (32) labourer, who last evening…

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Alleged Skin Stealing. Case Dismissed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 8

At the Murnirundi Police Court on Thursday a charge against Robert Edward Mclnncs and Robert Curtis of stealing-two sheepskins valued at about…

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Arrests in Basuica Two Men Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 7

A remarkable story, concerning the arrest of two men in, St. Mary's Basilica on January 25 was told at the Central Police-Court yesterday…

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