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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 111

Bodily Harm Elderly Man Charged Sessions Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

Trouble that occurred in a street in Kearsley on January 25; resulted in one man receiving a fractured skull. The incident formed…

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Charge Denied Assault on Girl Teacher in Dock Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Rearrested in Brisbane after allegedly absconding from ball on a charge of serious assault against a 15-year-old girl, Walter James Portus…

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Home Ablaze Police Investigating CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

Returning from Cessnock with his wife at about two o'clock on Monday afternoon, Peter Lefeure found his home on Kearsley Hill, Kearsley, on…

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New Court House for Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Plans arrived in Scone to-day, and are in the hands of the Mayor, for a new and modern Court House for Scone. It is understood that the…

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Shot Dead Armed Man in Street Murder Charge Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

When he was walking with a fully-loaded double-barrelled gun under his arm, Fitzharidge Murton, 45, was shot dead in the street at Wombat Flat,…

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Night Raid at Sydney Street Cottage Sequel in Police Court Proceedings. Charges of Malicious Damage and Unlawful Entry. Private Inquiry Agents Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

EVIDENCE of a raid in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, February 10, on premises occupied by William Slack, in Sydney--street, Muswellbrook, for the purpose of proving alleged misconduct, and of alleged threatening to shoot with a revolver, was given in a case…

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Hotels and Betting. Police Official's Statement. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

A prominent police official, referring to a statement made at a meeting of hotelkeepers that prosecutions for betting would be made under the…

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Hild Welfare Comment by Judge Court's Power

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 5

When dealing with a 14-year-old at the Maitland Quarter sessions yesterday afternoon, Judge Nield referred to what he…

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Rail Unions Awards Consolidated Court Judgment Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Members of the Australian Railway Union, National Union of Railway-men, Federated Ironworkers Association, Government Tramways Electrical…

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Youth Charged Alleged Assault Two Counts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 2

An incident that occurred near the Spiritualist Church at Kurri Kurri, on the night of December 1, led to Cecil Roy Simpkins, 19,…

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Fatal Quarrel Man Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

Thomas Haggarty, 21, who recently arrived in Australia, was charged at Daylesford (Victoria), with the murder of Fitzharding Murton, 45, of…

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Kurri Police Court Cases Traffic Breaches Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 7

Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day an offender against sobriety was fined 12/, with 8/…

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Bad Record Valueless Cheques Man Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 7

pleading guilty to three charges of obtaining money by means of valueless cheques, Robert Hamilton Kid (43), clerk; was to-day sentenced to…

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Not Guilty Alleged Assault Attack in Yard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 7

Ellis Howard Lomas, a relief worker, of Cessnock, was charged at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day with having at Cessnock on…

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Serious Charge Alleged Assault Question of Age

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 7

When a man and his wife returned to their home in Price-st, East Maitland, on the night of February 23, they found a boy in…

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Unsolved Murder Perth Coroner Concludes Inquest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

The unsolved murder of Edgar Whitfield was the subject of an inquiry by the Coroner at Perth on Monday. Whitfield was murdered on February 5 in…

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Appointment to Police Force

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 6

Mr Colin B. Williams, sou of Mrs C. Williams, of Boundary-street, qualified about two months ago for admission to the New South Wales Police Force. On…

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Woman to Die Guernsey Trial Ends Guilty of Murder London, April 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

Gertrude de la Marre, aged 27, a housekeeper, was sentenced to death to-day at the conclusion of the famous Guernsey trial, in which she was…

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Knew It Was Not Sunday Unusual Reply in Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 4

A rather unusual way of distinguishing Sunday from other days of the week was given by a witness in a case at the Maitland Quarter Sessions…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 8

At the Dcnman police court last Friday boforo Mr. G. J. Johnson, P.M., Carlisle Foot pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent language, and was fined…

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