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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 111

18 Months' Gaol Theft of Motor Car Sessions Sentence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 7

Adrian William Jones, 29, who in March, 1927, at Sydney, was sentenced to death for inflicting grievous bodily harm and later had the sentence…

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Two Sentenced Cessnock Robberies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 7

Richard Charles Trenholme and Robert Snaddon, both of whom are 18 years of age, and who pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions…

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REGRETTABLE Judge's Comment Two Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 7

Both convicted previously of robbery under arms in Melbourne, Arthur Hamilton (19) and Gerald Hamilton (20), came before his Honor…

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Visit to Gaol Coalfields Artists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 7

A concert party from Kurri, Weston, Abermain, and Cessnock under Mr. W. Doig of Weston, visited the Maitland gaol and rendered an…

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Assault Charge Fails Cessnock Relief Worker Acquitted. Quarter Sessions Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 3

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty without leaving the box, in the case in which Ellis Howard Lomas, relief worker, was charged, at…

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Murder Intent Two for Trial Amazing Mudgee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

Charged with having shot at Stephen Malone with intent to murder him, on the night of April 5, and with having broken, entered and…

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The Police Northern Promotions SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 7

Included in the police promotions announced last night by the Commissioner for Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) were the following Northern…

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SINGLETON Joining Police Force MR. C. Williams Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 8

On Monday last, Mr. Colin B. Williams, son of Mrs. C. Williams, received notice of his appointment to the New South Wales Police…

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Night Raid at a Cottage in Muswellbrook Sequel in Police Court Proceedings. Charges of Malicious Damage and Unlawful Entry. Private Inquiry Agents Fined. "Muswellbrook Chronicle"

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 6

EVIDENCE of a raid in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, February 10, on premises occupied by William Slack, in Sydneystreet 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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Slight Increase in New South Wales Living Wage II-RISE Court Adjustment State Bill Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

The Full Bench of the State Industrial Commission, comprising the President, Mr. Justice Browne, and Justices…

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Not Guilty. Dungog Man Charged. Alleged Assault

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 5

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Monday, before His Honour, Mr. Justice Nield, Lyall Gordon Doherty (39), residing at Dungog, was charged…

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Albury Murder Story to the Police Sydney Sceptical Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 1

Police in Sydney attach little importance to the story alleged to have been told the Adelaide police in connection with the Albury murder…

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Police Car Damaged in Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 9

A Vauxhull car, used by Superintendent M. Gibson, was badly damaged in a collision with a lorry at Cook's Hill. The driver, Constable R. W…

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The Home is Woman's Domain A Mayfair Notebook The First Jubilee Court—Fairyland in the Palace—Patch-work Table Centres—Flower Beds for the Dining Tables— Suits and Coats LONDON, March 29. 1935

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 5

the two hundred girls who were rented at the first of the Jubilee [?]ts, there were few who did not into their presentation gowns and…

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VENDETTA Bomb Explosions Police Belief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 1

Police are making inquiries into explosions which occurred in a house in Dowling street, Moore Park, early to-day, partly wrecking…

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Albury Murder Alleged Confession Man Held Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 5

When Robert Henderson Rae Appeared in the Adelaide Police Court on a vagrancy charge, the police prosecutor said Rae went into an…

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Illegal Use Transmitting Set Man Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 1

The case in which Walter Bedford (25) radio mechanic, is charged before Mr. Harrison, S,M., with having on April 6, without…

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Police Problem Big Conference SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 5

A conference of police commissioners form throughout Australia will be held in Sydney shortly. Commissioners form all States will attend. No…

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Dr. and Police Differ Over Motorist's Condition o .ice ':oris( CASE_FAILS Liquor Charge S.m.'s Doubt Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day Frederick Claude Davis (47), carrier, was charged with driving a motor lorry…

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Stole a Suit Three Months' Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 1

For stealing a suit of clothes valued at £3 Alexander Lease (46), labourer, who had a record, was to-day sent to gaol for three months…

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