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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 82

Court Appeal. Tickle v. Cann and Others

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 6

Richard Bert Tickle, of Newcastle, fruit merchant, was the plaintiff and Emily Cann, Alice Mary Cann, and William Gordon Rooney, all of…

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P.m.'s Comment Horse Stealing Charge "Ingenious Ruse"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

After hearing evidence for two days, of what he described as "the most ingenious ruse he had heard during his many years on the…

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Police Fail Charges of Resisting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 5

In the Newcastle Police Court two ship's firemen charged with indecent behaviour and resisting arrest were remanded to to-day…

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Fraud Charge Solicitor In Court "Scotch Account" Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

Alleged to have been responsible for the misappropriation of £3475, David Campbell, 52, a solicitor, appeared at the Quarter Sessions…

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Singleton Police Court Before C. G. Carr Boyd, P.m

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 5

The chief case before the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday was a cross action for assault between William Henry Badior, farmer, of…

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Insolvency Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

In the Insolvency Court, Sydney, yesterday, a sequestration order was made re Albert Edward Westcott, solicitor,…

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Council to Pay Retiring Allowance Full Court's Decision

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

The Full Court on Wednesday entered judgment for £1663/6/6 in favour of the executors of the estate of the late T. W. K. Waldron, formerly solicitor…

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"Stay In" Strike at North Wallarah Barricaded in Men Use Live Electric Wires Police Guard Tunnel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

With barricades erected in both the travelling and haulage tunnels, 30 miners have commenced a "stay in" strike at North Wallarah Colliery, near Swansea. The barricades are…

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Court Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 1

Mr, G. G. Carr-Royd, P.M.,has been advised that Mr. R. Solling, P.M., of Taroo, would be available to all at the following [?] next month—…

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Singleton News Cross Action Alleged Assault SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 2

A cross action for assistant was heard before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Singleton Police Court, the parties being William Henry Badior and…

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Had a Gun Sydney Hotel Incident Story in Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 1

The allegation that a man had come into an hotel with a gun behind his back, after he had been refused a drink, and had been jestied out by…

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Stay-In Strikers Are Still Down Below No Surrender Police Have Weary Vigil Long Resistancelikely Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 1

The "stay-in" strikers in the North Wallarah Colliery, near Swansea, are still below, and show no likelihood of coming up. This morning they sent a message over the telephone…

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Alleged Fraudulent Misappropriation Solicitor Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 2

The case in which David Campbell, aged 52, solicitor, was charged with fraudulent misappropriation, concluded at Darlinghurst Sessions…

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Salvation Army Gaol Chaplain Welcomed Mailand Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 4

Brigadier E.F. Egan who has succeeded Colonel Pennell as Prison Chaplain of the Eastern Territory of New South Wales was warmly…

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Armed Bandits Daring French Theft £10,000 Missing Aix En Province, Feb. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 1

Armed bandits stopped a mail van shortly after leaving the post office to-day one taking the place of the driver. The van was…

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Long Sentences for Two Men Shot at Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 2

Trenchant criticism of the use of firearms by young criminals was made in the Criminal Court at Melbourne by Mr Justice Gavari Duffy when he…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court Garage Proprietor Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

In the industrial Magistrate's Court to-day Stanley Isaac Barksby, motor garage proprietor, was charged with falling…

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Week-end Theft Sample [?]oom Entered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 2

During We week-and thieves entered the sample room of Sarg[?] Gardiner, Ltd., in Eigin-street, West Maitland, and stole clothing and other…

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Charge and Counter-charge of Assault Lively Incihent in Hotel Bar. Rothers' Quarrel Ends in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

Among the matters which engaged the attention of Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Court to-day was a case in…

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Bail of £500 Public Servant Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 7

At the Central to-day Sidney Aubrey Maddocks, 56, a public servant, was charged with having at North Sydney on March 1, indecently…

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