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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 111

SAFEBREAKERS Pine Greek Theft £44 Stolen Darwin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

The railway station safe at Pine Creek was broken open and about £44 was [?] The lock of the safe was picked…

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EXILED! Soviet Leaders Murder Sequel London, Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

Tho Warsaw correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that Zinovieff and Kamcneff were secretly taken from…

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Court Statistics The Year Reviewed Cases Increase

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

There was an appreciable increase in the number of persons appearing before the West Maitland Police Court during last. The total…

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"A Menace" Fortune fellers "Brush" in Court Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

There were frequent interruptions by one of the defendants during the hearing of a court case at Toowoomba, when four persons were charged with…

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Murder Intent Man Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Henry Bernard Fulton (23), clerk, was charged with having feloniously wounded Mary Margaret Fulton with intent to…

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Woman Stabbed in Back Husband Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Mrs Maude Joel, aged 38, proprielre's of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, was stabbed in the back wich a carving knire last night.She died soon…

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Kurri Police Court Statistics Report for 1934 KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

The returns from the Kurri Kurri Police Court for 1934 show that for offences against the parson there were 18, which is an…

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Man Gaoled Winchman's Loss Theft on Ship Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

On November 9, Francis William Tyler (28), labourer, boarded the steamer Nauru Chief at Carrington, and after he left a shirt, a pair of…

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Child's Body Discovered Murder Suspected. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

The body of Ethel Belshaw, aged 12, daughter of Robert Belshaw, a herd tester of Tarwin Lower, in South Gippsland, was discovered some miles…

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Fell on Knife! Woman's Fatal Injury Husband Charged Sydnky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

A remand until January 11 on ball of £200 was granted to Leslie Joel (41), storekeeper, at the Redfern Court to-day on a charge of having…

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Waverley Tragedy Recalled Murder Suspect in Mental Hospital

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Police believe that they know the identity of the man who shot Paul Drasdoff, aged 45, a Russian, in his shop at Waverley on September 1…

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Cow Killed Police Investigating NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Police are investigating the slaughtering of a cow belonging to a dairy herd at Carrington, which was found on Tuesday at the base of a…

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"400 CLUB" Police Raid Two Men Fined Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Sydney's latest night rendezvous, known an the "'400 Club" was raided early on New Year's Day, and the sequel to-day was the fining of two…

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Police Chief Supt. Parker's Claims Latest Rumour Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Rumours circulated in police circles that superintendent Parker, of Goulburn, had made strong claims for the position of Police Commissioner…

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Missing Girl's Body Discovered in Scrub Foul Play? Police Fears MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

After she had been missing since yesterday, the body of Ethel Belshaw was found in the scrub at Invcrloch, a…

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Had Celebrated New Year's Eve Sequel Brothers in Court Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Said by their solicitor to be respectable residents of Kurri, without any police record, two brothers wore fined for assault in the Police Court…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

A case of considerable interest in Local Government circles was decided by Mr E. A. Mahoney, P. M., in the Police Court at Raymond Terrace on Friday last. It…

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Denied Charge Alleged Assault NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

On December 24 Charles Wiggs of Nord's wharf appeared in the Summons Court on a charged of having used [?] words to Florence Editor…

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Bound Over Youth Prefers Gaol SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 8

When Carlton Cox, 20, labourer, was bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months at the Central Police Court, on a charge of having used…

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Brutal Murder Young Girl Victim Body in Scrub

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Additional details of the finding of a girl's body in the bush in Victoria (published in yesterday's issue), confirm the first impression…

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