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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 111

Scone Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. G. W. Johnston, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Scone Police Court on Wednesday last…

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Police Court To-day's Cases (Before Mr. Johnstone, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

A. A. McTaggart (represented by Mr. N. A. Halliday) proceeded against, F. L. Reid, under the Landlord and Tenant Act. Mr. Halliday applied for…

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Broke His Bond. Man Sentenced. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

Clarence Haddon, who in January of last year was bound over for six years, was to-day sentenced to seven months' imprisonment…

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FINED £7 Theft of Poultry DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

A flue of £7, with 15/ costs was imposed on Bernard James Smith by Mr. G. S. Goldie, P.M., at the Dungog Court when he was convicted of…

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Fowls in Custody. Man Charged. Alibi Fails

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

At the Dungog Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, relieving Police Magistrate, Bernard James Smith was charged with that…

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World Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

President Roosevelt has sent a message to Congress urging American adherence tc the World Court. He was bitterly opposed by Senator Johnson…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

In the Licensing Court, permission was granted to Frank Arthur Leslie Gunning to have certain approved alterations made to the Victoria Hotel,…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured Fugitive Submits Quietly Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

John Kingsluy Clarkson, aged 24, who was awating trial on several charges of alleged false protences, escaped from the Cootamundra gaol early…

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Car Murder Mother Collapses BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

Phyllis Reiger, the young woman whose strangled body was found in a car in a garage at the rear of a boarding house in Rockhampton, is…

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Unlawful Possession of Tobacco Young Man Sentenced to Three Months

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

At the Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Mr E. A. MahonY P.M., Charles William Maguire was charged with having goods in custody which…

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Small Debts Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

At to-day 's Small Debts Court William Campion, as executor, claimed £28/0/6, alleged to be due for rent, from H. F. Boyle. After evidence, the…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

At the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court to-day the report of the inspector (Sergeant Homann) stated that all hotels in the district were…

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Singleton Police Court Thursday, January 17th. (Before. Mr E. A. Mahony, P.m.) Rabbit Prosecutions

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

The rabbit inspector for the Singleton Pastures Protection Board, Mr C. York, proceeded against Thomas Edward O'Bryan, of Cross Creek, for…

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Another Brutal Murder. Popular Queensland Girl Strangled

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

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

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Alleged Assault with Intent to Rob Accused Remanded Until

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

An allegation by John ("Dicky") Orchard, well-known billiard room proprietor at Cessnock, that when he was about to enter his home in…

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Sent to Gaol Goods in Possession Singleton Case Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

Charles William Maguire was charged at the Police Court with having goods in custody, which might reasonably he suspected of…

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Police Support Sought Abermain Thefts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

Kearsley Shire Council last night decided to ask the police to make special efforts to clear up robberies which have occurred at the Council's…

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Ransom Notes Lindbergh Murder Writing Experts Flemington. (N.j.) January 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Four more handwriting experts testifying for the state to-day further identified Bernard Richard Hauptmann's handwriting as the same as…

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Coastal "Coffin" Ships Court Reserves Decision in Coramba Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

Many "coffin" ships were plying along the Australian coast, declared Mr J. W. Clark, at the Marine Court of Inquiry, in Melbourne on Wednesday, into…

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