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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 111

RING-IN? Trainer Charged Racing Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 1

The retrial of James Henry O'Connor (55), a horse trainer, on a charge of having obtained from Leonard…

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Anglican Clergyman Asked to Resign Charged with Heresy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 3

Action against the Rev. H. E. E. Hayes, of Mernda, is contemplated by the Church of England authorities in Melbourne, as the result of statements…

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Illegal Betting Activity of the Police SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 10

The Chief Secretary. (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) stated that he had received a report from the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. H. Childs) in regard to…

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ACQUITTED Rear-Admiral Bailey Court Martial London, February 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 1

Rear-Admiral S. R. Bailey was to-day acquitted by Court Marshal at Portsmouth on a charge of hazarding the battle cruisers Hood and Renown,…

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Collision of Battleships Three Court-martials to Be Held. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 1

Rear-Admiral Bailey to-day faced a court-martial on a charge concerning a collision between two battle cruisers. This is the first court-martial of three,…

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Two Years' Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 9

A sentence of two years' hard labour was imposed by Judge Clancy at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions on Jack Swan, 30, alias Daniel McGrath,…

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Bank Manager Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

Francis Power, aged 45, former bank manager, who admitted having stolen cash and, forged cheques involving £2000, whs sentenced at Adelaide by…

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Morpeth Court Indecent Language

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

Two cases were dealt with at the Morepeth Police Court this morning by Mr. E.A. Mahoney, P.M. James Dobson, 21, of Hexham, was…

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No Case Man Discharged Court Story Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

Holding that the court was not concerned with the moral side of the matter and that the rifle had apparently been…

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Claim for Wages Successful Plea at Singleton Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 4

In the Singleton Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr E. A. Mahony, P.M., Benjamin Archer Turnball, farm labourer, of Kelso-street, complained…

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" Third Degree " Allegations Against Police. Accused Men's Statements Denied. Armidale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 3

Allegations that police had used terrorist methods and violence in an attempt to obtain confessions from accused men, were made at the…

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Shot Fired Italian Wounded Man Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

As a sequel to an altercation concerning a business matter, during which a shot was fired in a city…

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Shot Dead New Guinea Murder Australian Cadet Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 6

One of the first of the cadets sent to New Guinea for a course of training in territorial administration, Edward Colin McDonald, 29, of Geelong, has…

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Train Mystery New Murder Problem Legs in Parcel London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

The mystery of legs found in a train in the latest murder, problem confronting the police. The discovery of a man's legs,…

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Stolen Eggs Found by Police Buried in Sand Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 9

Senior Railway Detective Grey was carrying out departmental investigations in Clyde-st., Islington, when his attention was…

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Alleged Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 4

An adjournment untill March 11 was granted Mr. W.J. Enright at the West Maitland Court to-day in the case in which Louis Tledeman, of East Grsta,…

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Two Months, Solitary Confinement for Prisoner Gaol Guard Severely Scalded

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

It was revealed on Saturday that in a disturbance at Yatch (South Australia) Prison, a warder had la bucket of boiling water thrown o[?] him and…

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New Murder Problem Legs In, Parcel. London

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

The mystery of logs found in a train is the latest murder problem confront ing the police. The discovery of a man logs,…

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Schoolgirl Molested Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

Throughout the week-end police and detectives scoured the thick scrub in the St. IVes district, where a man was alleged to have molested a school girl…

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Shot Dead Mystery Affair Police on Job Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 1

Detective Sergeant James, of Sydney, and Detective Bodel, of Goulburn, have been sent to Burra, a village 17 miles from…

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