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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Bail Refused Charge of Murder Two Remanded Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

Ball was refused James Geddes (23) and Reginald Davies (40), when they were remanded at the North Sydney Court to-day on a charge of…

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EFFICIENCY Police Districts Big Changes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

To provide for greater efficiency and to eliminate friction which has been caused in the past through…

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"Paralysed" Beggar Cycled to "Work" and Ran From Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

Extraordinary allegations concerning la "paralysed" beggar were made by a detective when William George Bowyer, aged 23, was sentenced at…

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Pathetic Figure Madame Stavisky Court Scene Paris, January 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

Madame Stavisky, dressed in black with a purple scarf about her neck, burled her face in her hands to-day as the Public Prosecutor asked that a…

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Seaman Kicked a Brutal Assault MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

Despite the fact that a party of police was a few yards away, hidden from view by a motor-lorry, a volunteer seaman was knocked to the…

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Women As Traffic Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 10

In Chickasha. Oklahoma, twenty-two women on the relief rolls have been appointed as traffic police. Waving red flags, they direct traffic from…

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Murder Charge After Tailor's Death MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

The Coroner committed William Sylvester Barrett, a labourer, for trial on a charge of murder at the conclusion of the inquest on William…

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ARMIDALE Cliildren's Strange Find Handed to Police Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 4

Valuable rings and pieces of Jewellery are understood to have been in parcels which were handed to the police at Armidale this…

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Crime Increase North-eastern District Police Report Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 1

A report furnished to-day of offences in the north-eastern police district shows an increase of serious crime during last year as compared…

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Maitland Charge Mentioned at Armidale Youth in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 6

Neville Phillip Maybury (20), was charged at the Armidale Court on Thursday with having insufficient lawful means of support…

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Murder Charge Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

After a well-known girl had died in the Wagga Hospital to-day from septicaemia, two women were arrested on a murder…

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Two Fined East Maitland Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

For riding a motor cycle while under the influence of liquor, Henry George Lethbridge was fined £2 at the East Maitland Court, to-day, by…

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Serious Charge Young Men Remanded Police Allegation Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

Ball of £100 each was allowed Henry Rowe (20) and Harold James Mahoney (19) at the Parramatta Court to-day when they were remanded u-…

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Shot Himself Cornered by Police Youthful Gunman Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

When cornered by police yesterday, James Alfred Penrose, 18, suspected of having shot and critically wounded Constable John…

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Wrong Man Arrest of Engineer Police Error Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

A case of mistaken identity was admitted by the Queensland police when Gerald Charles Ross Mumby, a Melbourne engineer, was discharged…

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Youthful "Gunman" Suicides in Cellar Dramatic End to Police Hunt

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

James Arthur Penrose, aged 18, for whom detectives had been searching since Constable Terbutt was wounded on New Year's Eve, was found dead in the cellar of a building at Waterloo early, yesterday…

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Cessnock Police Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

The second sitting of the Cessnock Police Court, in the new year, will take place on January 14. Among the matters listed for hearing is a…

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Theft of Registered Letter Postal Employee Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Walter James Field, postal employee, pleaded guilty, at Cessnock Court to-day, to a charge of having stolen, on…

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Plug of Dynamite Building Destroyed Two Men Charged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

When Frederick Cartwright (22) and Norman Cartwright (19), labourers appeared before the Kogarah Court to-day charged with having…

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Police Called Dispute in Council GULGONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Gulgong Municipal Council, the Mayor (Alderman J. H, Stahl) threatened to have Alderman T. Amles removed from the…

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