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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 111

Man Murdered. Body Found in Scrub Shot From Rear Police Detain Youth

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 2

The body of James Boss (23) laborer, of Tallarook, was found in the bush a few miles from his home yesterday. His hands were tied tightly behind…

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Inverloch Murder Car Seen Near Spot

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 2

Information that, a motor vehicle was seen parked in the scrub on New Year's Day, within 100 yards of where Ethel Belshaw's body was found at…

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Police Activities for 1934

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 2

The record of police activities for last year as shown by the annual, returns, compared very favourably, with previous years, and showed that the…

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Court House Statistics

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 2

During the year 1934 the cases dealt with at Singleton Court House numbered 350, of which 161 were charge cases, and 189 summons cases. These…

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Another Brutal Murder Popular Queensland Girl Strangled. Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 2

Phyllis Regier, aged 23, a well-known resident of Rockhampton, was found dead early this morning in the back of a. car. All her clothes had been…

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Murder Intent Two Men Remanded Shooting of Constable Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 1

"Norman Brooks (20), labourer, and Roy, Butler, painter, both of Richmond, were remanded util January 25 at the City Court to-day on a charge of…

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Old Man Arrested Son Before Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 2

Bleeding profusely from shocking facial and scalp wounds, William Ison, aged 60, mail contractor, was found by Sergeant Rochester in a state, of…

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Sudden Death Mysterious Case Police Inquiring Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 5

Following the sudden death last night, of Mrs. Adeline Amy Jones (42), who collapsed while under an anaesthetic at the home of a friend…

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Body in Car 23-Year-Old Woman Queensland Murder Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 5

The nude body of Phyllis Regier (23), was discovered to-day in the back of a car in a garage at the rear of a boarding house…

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Divorce Court Rush of Petitions SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 1

No fewer than 750 divorce suits remained unheard at the end of the year, and have been carried over, to the 1935 sittings of the Divorce Court…

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'Not How'! Men Must Live Court Plea Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 1

"This is not how," said Mr. Harrison, S.M., to Mr. F. A. O'Donnell, who, in asking for leniency for two men, said…

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Pig Stealing at Tarro

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

On January 8 at night, three men visited the pig farm of Clara A. and Cecilia C. Niland, at Tarro, and each stole a pig. In the Police Court, Edward George…

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Alleged Assault Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

At the close of the police case in which two men are charged with assaulting Constable Page, the police prosecutor, Sergeant…

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Sent to Gaol Illegal Use of Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 8

Allocations of ill-treatment were made against police af the Newtown Police Court, when David Allen Burgess, 28, labourer, was sentenced to…

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Broke Gaol Cootamundra Escapee Iron Bar Cut Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

Police and gaol officials are searching for John Kingsley Clarkson (24), who escaped from Cootamundra Gaol, early to-day. Police believe that he…

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Sharp Struggle Attacked in Dark Man Charged Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

Just as John Orchard, a billiard room proprietor, was about to enter his home in Doyle-st,, Cessnock, last night, a man sprang from a dark…

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Man Fined Tea Gardens Assault Hall Disturbance Tea Gardens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

"A disturbance in the Community Hall, Soldiers' Point, on Boxing Night, December 26, led to the appearance at the Tea Gardens Police Court, before…

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Allegations of Insobriety Against Constable REFUTED! Medical Witness Men Charged Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

In cross-examination in the Police Court to-day allegations were made as to a Constable's sobriety. These were…

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Man Injured Fight in Police Cell NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 8

George Jesse, 58, of Swansea, was admitted to the General Hospital last night Buffering from fracture of several ribs on his right side and severe…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

At the Dungog police court on Tuesday, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, relieving P.M., Henry Ernest A. Deards, licensee of the Court House Hotel was…

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