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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 96

"He Hit Me in the Eye" Husband Charged with Assaulting Wife Defendant Fined £2

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

A case in which a husband was charged with unlawfully assaulting his wife was among the matters which engaged…

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Punched in Face Difference of Opinion Court Sequel Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

"It was not my foult that I behaved in riotous manner. I was asked my opinion on a thing and, because It differed from. others, I was forced…

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Dramatic End to Police Chase "Boy Gunman" Suicides in Celar Sequel to Shooting of Constable

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

The police search for the youth who shot Constable Terbutt in Sydney on New Year's Eve had a dramatic…

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Seamen's Union Ignores Summons to Face Court SHOECAUSE Deregistration Owners' Case Sydney

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

The summons calling upon the Seamen's Union (N.S.W. Branch) to show cause why it should not be deregistered,…

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Recovery Act Dealt Final Stroke. Agricultural Adjustment Programme. Unconstitutional. Supreme Court Decision. Washington

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Finding by a majority of six to three that the entire agriculture adjustment administration programme was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court to-day dealt the final stroke which completes the destruction of the New Deal programme which was…

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"Wouldn't Take a Punch Without Retaliating" Echo of Fight in Bar. Case at Cessnock Court

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

"I am not the type of man to take a punch on the face without retaliating," said James Duffin, miner, when…

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Case Fails Alleged Stealing Kurri Kurri Court Kukri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

A charge of stealing a quantity of iron and phosphor bronze, valued at £4, the property of the Cessnock Coal Mining Company,…

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Stealing Charge at Moree Constable Convicted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

At the Moree Police Court on Wednesday, Joseph Henry. Jackson, who had been stationed at Moree for four years us a police constable, was…

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Man Charged "Pervert Justice" SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

Alleged to have conspired with other persons to accuse a woman of adultery in the Queensland Divorce Court, William Henry Blythe, or Frederick…

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Alleged Assault on Woman Youths Remanded at Parramatta

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Bail of £100 each was allowed Henry Rowe, aged 20, and Harold James Mahoney, aged 19, labourers, at the Parramatta Court on Monday, when they…

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Dispute in Gulgong Council Police Called

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

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

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Police Chances Country Opposition YOUNG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

The Mayor of Young (Alderman C. M. Western) said that a deputation from the municipal and shire councils, supported by Mr. T. J. Collins, M.P.,…

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Dutch Boxer Restrained by Court Order Off Ship Offical Escort Quick Move Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

A few seconds before the Mariposa sailed to-day Bep Van Klaveren, the Dutch boxer, and his wife, were…

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Doctor Charged "Criminal Negligence" MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 5

The City Corner (Mr. Grant, P.M.) found that Dr. Albert Henry Hughes, 47, of Collins-street, city, had been guilty of criminal negligence when his…

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Bones Case Inquest Opens Man Charged Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 1

Giacomo Tarca (30), a labourer, who has been charged with the murder of Luigi Marchesi (57), was present in custody…

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Divorce Sequel Man—Woman Charged "Conspiracy" Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 2

William O'Brien, 39, private detective, was charged at the Toowoomba Police Court with having between April 1 and December 15, 1935, at…

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Vicious Assault Attack on Seaman Near Steel Works Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 4

Last night the bosun of the steamer Kini, was viciously attacked by a number of men near the Steel Works wharf, and was…

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Murder Charge Soutar for Trial Wagga Case Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquest on Christopher James Bolger, whose body was found in a well on his Mt. Austin property,…

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House Entered Gas Meter Robbed Report to Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 6

Mr. George Thomas Patrick O'Loughlin of Onus-street, Telarah, reported to the police to-day that between 7.15 p.m. yesterday and 8 a.m…

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MAROONED Family Was Starving Police Search Charleville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 5

A woman and her three children were marooned in a car for three days without food while the husband fought his way on foot through flooded creeks…

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