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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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

Girl Murder Search for Clues Theory Discarded Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

Every effort is being made to solve the murder of Ethel Beishaw, whose body, with hands and legs tied, was discovered at inverioch yesterday…

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Clothes on Beach No Report to Police NEWCASTLE

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

The Newcastle police stated this afternoon that although extensive inquiries had been made following the finding had bundle of boy's clothing…

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Murder of Young Girl Police Ba[?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

The police are temporarily baffled in their investigation into the death of Ethel Belshaw, 12, whose body was found in the [?]rub at [?] on…

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Stealing Charge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

At the Dungog Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. W. Aldis, J.P., Bernard James Smith, was charged with that on December 31,…

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Increase in Police Court Business Kurri Figures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

Returns of business conducted by the police at Kurri Kurri for the year 1934 were made available yesterday by Sergeant W. Wood…

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Theft Charges Man Further Remanded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

On remand from December 27, on two charges of stealing, John Norman Medcalf, 24, of East Maitland, was again remanded by Mr. K. R…

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Lindberg Murder Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

What promises to be one of the most sensational murder trials in the history of the United States has opened, Bernard Richard Hauptmann…

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BIGAMY! Woman Charged Sent for Trial Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day, Gwendoline Elizabeth Francis (27), home duties, was charged that, on July 14,…

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District Court Dates—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

The following dates have been fixed j for the sittings of the District Court at Muswellbrook during 1935:—Monday, 25th March; Monday, 19th. August;…

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Brutal Murder of Young Girl Additional Details

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

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

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New Theory Murder of Girl 'Cause of Death Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

Police opinion now inclines to the belief that a young man of unbalanced mind was responsible for the brutal murder of the 12-year…

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Lindbergh Murder Trial Opens Four Women on Jury. Flemington (N.j.)

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

What promises to be one of the most sensational murder trials in the history of the United States opened to-day, when Bernard Rechard Hauptmann was…

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Woman's Death on Launch Police Searching for Another Woman

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Mrs Gladys Bunting, about 40, of Moonee Ponds (Vic.), a member of a moonlight excursion, died in a launch on the Maribyrnong River oil…

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Boy and Girl Romance Court Story of Elopement

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

A story that savoured of old fashioned fiction was unfolded to the magistrates at Hove (Eng.) when a girl of 15 told how she…

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Singleton Sixty Years Ago Measures to Prevent Horse and Cattle Stealing. Extracts From "Argus" Files Week Ending January 5th, 1875

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

During December the weather was extremely hot. Vegetation was all parched up, and there were bush (Iras in all directions)…

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Murder Charge Shovel Allegedly Used

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

Charged with having wilfully murdered Arthur Parker on December 14 at Sherwood, Joseph O'Donnell (54), fattier, yesterday appeared in Brisbane…

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Police Hope to Clean Up Victorian Murder Mystery Dead Girl Seen With Man Story Probed Melbourne

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

Police investigating the brutal murder of Ethel Belshaw, aged 12 years, in the ti-tree scrub at Inverloch, on…

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Heavy Bail Counterfeit Coins Two Charged Newcastle

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

The men arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly counterfeit florins, appeared in the Police Court to-day…

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NEWCASTLE Additional Police Force

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 9

We require an augmented police force in Newcastle. Sometimes the town is left with only one constable, the other two being absent on escort…

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[?]Lnks with Early Days Extracts From "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History Promoting the Maitland Regatta—Raffling a Racehorse—Beginnings of the Wallis's Creek Bridge traced by Pioneers—Newcastle Wanted More Police. Maitland Regatta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 9

We are glad to find that the idea of holding a regatta on the Hunter at Maitland shortly meets with general attention and favour. It is the…

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