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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 96

N.S.W. Police "Safety First" Campaign

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

The unveiling of the Police Surety Campaign poster-over the toll gates of the Sydney Harbour Bridge last week by his Excellency the…

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Train Murders Search by Police MURWILLUMBAH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

Detectives believe that a sliver watch and chain, which belonged to Harold Edwin Speoring, who was killed in the Rockhampton mall train last…

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Family Feud Relatives in Court CESSNOCK

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

The hearing concluded before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Cessnock Court yesterday afternoon of the case in which Oswald Leslle Keith…

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Kurri Court Weston Disturbance Brothers Fined Kurri Kurri

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

A sequel to a disturbance at the Criterion Hotel, Weston, on March 21 resulted in two brothers appearing before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M.,…

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Broke Bond Bigamist Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

Judge Clancy sentenced Raphael Trever Huxley to imprisonment for nine months for bigamy when he appeared at the Grafton Quarter…

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Caustic Comment Industrial Magistrate Carter's Claim Sydney

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

"we have to take notice of the conditions of employment throughout the State, and we realise how men under conditions which at other times…

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Police Dances for Hospital

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

The police dance held at Kit-chener last Monday night, in connection with the organisation of the big ball which they are staging in aid of the local…

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Falsified Books of Dairy Company Man Sentenced at Grafton Sessions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

John Hayes Campbell, aged 43, whose defalcations were said to have been in the vicinity of £3700, in Grafton Sessions, changed his plea of not guilty…

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Murder Charge Remand to Brisbane MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 7

Herbert kepet (23), a Queensland station hand, who is charged with the wllfull murder of Harold Speering(33), on the mail train between…

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Case Dismissed Charges and Counter-charges of Assault Mount View Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

The attention of Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Cessnock Court last Tuesday, was occupied for several hours in bearing a case in which…

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Court Reports N. Zealand Restrictions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. A bill restricting to formal details reports of divorce cases and proceedings under the Destitute Persons Act…

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Mareo's Appeal Dismissed by Court Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for a new trial on behalf of Eric Marco, who was convicted at Auckland for the murder of his wife…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle THURSDAY, 9th. APRIL, 1936. District Court. Small List

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

His Honor Judge Nield presided at the District Court sitting at Muswellbrook on Tuesday afternoon. The proceedings lasted only half-an-hour…

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Woman Charged BOWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 7

As a sequel to the finding of a boy dead in bed, with his throat cut, this morning, Lillian Morgan appeared before Messrs. Jones…

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Sent to Gaol Gave Boy Beer PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 7

Because he supplied Intoxicating liquor to a boy aged 4 years and 10 months, Edward James Evans, 68, butcher, was, sentenced. to three…

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Police Guard Victim of Accident MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 1

A police guard had been stationed over Robert Spark, who is a patient in St. Vincent 's Hospital suffering from head injuries…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Shooting Man for Trial Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 1

The Deputy Coroner ( Mr. Moore) committed Harry White, 59, labourer for trial at the Bending Supreme Court on a charge of having murdered…

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Man Found Dead Police Investigations Foul Play Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 1

The finding of the dead body of Colin McKinnon, 58, a British war service pensioner, in a lane at Surry Hills, led to , an exhaustive inquiry by…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 2

William John Green alias Captain Green, was brought before Mr. F. J. Pocock, J.P., on saturday morning, and charged with vagrancy. He was…

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Albury Murder Rewards Renewed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 1

The Sate Government has renewed the rewards, which amount to £750, for information which will lead to the solution of the murder of an…

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