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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 111

Charge of Stealing Case Adjourned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

In the case of William White Orr, charged at Cessnock Court to-day with stealing Sergeant Small applied for an adjournment for one week…

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Police Evidence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

Constable Roy Smith, Dungog stated in evidence, that at 11.30 p.m. on November 17, he saw the defendant driving an unregistered motor car…

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Herr Kisch Sentenced to 3 Months' Imprisonment err o APPEAL Notice Given Court Order Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day a sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed on Herr Egon…

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Police Chief's Visit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 4

Superintendent Morton Gibson paid an official visit to Cessnock yesterday. He inspected the new police quarters and the Cessnock police…

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On Premises. Licensee Charged. Election Day Offence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 4

At the Dungog Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, relieving Police Magistrate, Henry Ernest A. Deards, licensee of the…

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Police Visit Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 4

Constable Roy Smith stated that at 9.30 p.m. on 15th September, 1934, in company with Constable Bakes, he went to the rear of the Court House…

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Unlawful Possession of Tobacco Young Man Sentenced to Three Months

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 4

At the Singleton Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., Charles William Maguire was charged with having goods…

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Alleged Assault with Intent to Rob Sandbag Mentioned Defendant Committee for Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

At Cessnock Police Court to-day Ellis Howard Lomas was charged with assaulting John Orchard with intent to rob him,…

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Raymond Terrace. Court House Repairs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

The Under-Secretary for Justice has informed Mr. C. B. Bennett, M.L.A., that approval has been given for the carrying out of extensive repairs to…

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Alleged Unlawful Use of Cow Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

The much adjourned case in which Thomas Batterham, of Kitchener, charged Richard Howe Sear, of Kearsley, with illegally using,…

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"Tired of Living" Girls Take Poison Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 7

An attempt by two girls to take their lives at Greta by swallowing poison, resulted in them being violently ill. As a result they appeared at…

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Insulting Words Lively Incident at Bellbird. Sequel in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

Among the matters engaging the attention of Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M. at Cessnock Police Court to-day was a case in which Fatal Khan…

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Girl Sentenced for Robbing Employer "Worst Kind of Theft." Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 2

At the Newtown Police Court to-day Sonia Wyatt, a domestic, faced live charges of theft from her employer. The magistrate, in imposing a…

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Police Commissioner Arrested Charge of Murder. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SAARBRUCKEN

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

Paul Meyer, ex-Superintendent of the Rhineland, was to-day shot dead by the police when arresting him on an old German warrant for embesszlement…

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Theft Charges Servant in Trouble SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

Five charges of theft were preferred against Sonia Ada Wyatl, (20) domestic, at the Newtown Court to-day. Police evidence was given that the…

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Shot Dead Following Theft Charge Tragic Discovery Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 7

As a sequel, to his arrest on a charge of having stolen a bicycle, Reginald Smith, 22 of Thornbury, was found, by his mother in his…

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Bicycle Theft Charge Mother Finds Son Shot Throught Heart

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 3

Following his arrost yesterday on a charge of having stolen a bicycle, Reginald Smith, aged 22, of Thornbury (Vic), was found by his mother in his…

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Stolen Cars Quick Police Work NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

Police last night made speedy recovery of two stolen motor cars. One had been stolen from Bull-st., and the other from Wolfe-st.,…

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£300 BAIL Alleged Wounding Police Case Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

Bail of £300 was granted Harry Barker, alias Harry James, 23, labourer, when he was remanded at the Central Police Court…

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Police Trap Fails Bandits Escape. New York

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 3

Two gangsters, believed to bo Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, the last survivors of the gang which kidnapped Edward Bremer in January, 1034, shot…

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