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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 82

Licensing Court Applications Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 5

Booth licences for Cessnock Show, on March 11, 12, and 13, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. were granted to Ernest Francis Garratt at the West Maitland…

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Sergeant Brodie Farewelled Tributes from Fellow Police Officers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 5

Sergeant V. A. Brodie, who was officer-in-charge of the Cessnock police patrol for the past two years, but has now…

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Further Charges Against Former Cessnock Solicitor. Sentenced to Two Years on Each of Ten Indictments. Sentences Concurrent with Previous Term of Imprisonment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 6

Arthur Vincent Cunningham, 30, former Cessnock solicitor, who, in October last, at Sydney Quarter Sessions, was sentenced to [?]2 years' imprisonment on 36 charges of fraudulent misa[?]ropriation and one of forgery, pleaded…

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Youths Sentenced to Gaol Suggestion by Judge for Mental Defectives Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Henry Mason, aged 19, labourer, and Alan George Pye, aged 18, nurseryman, were each sentenced to 12 months'…

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Half-way Gaol Judge's Recommendation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 1

Although he was unwilling to do so, he had no alternative to sending weakminded prisoners who came before him to gaol declared Judge Curlew's at the…

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Court in Sunday School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 2

During the rebuilding of the Courthouse at Ipswich, trials are being held in a Sunday school building. Yesterday the Supreme Court began the…

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Case of Constable Miller Allegation by Police Commissioner Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 2

An allegation that a newspaper was behind the scenes and furnishing money to provide counsel for Constable Miller was made by the Police…

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Starting Price Commission Sits Again Const. Miller Newspaper Provides Defence Police Chiefs Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 5

When the S.P. Royal Commission resumed to-day, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, made the allegation {hat a Sydney newspaper was furnishing funds to provide…

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Stolen Launch Police Hunt 3 Men SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 8

With guns drawn, police chased three men through the scrub at Midle harbor. The police had previously received a report that Mr. Richard…

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Wingham Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 2

Last week a stranger named Robert Willis Walker was arrested in Dungog and at the local Court on the same day before Messrs E. R. Hughes…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Butcher Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

Before Mr. J. A. Balmain, P.M., at the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday, John Charles Williams, an officer of the Board of Health, proceeded…

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Convicted for Assault

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

Leonard James Mundon proceeded against Roy Coulson on a charge of unlawful assault. Coulson preferred a similar charge against Mundon. Pleas…

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Housebreaking and Stealing Two Years' Imprisonment Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 6

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions today ,Arthur Ernest Halliday, aged 26, a shearer, pleaded guilty to housebreaking and stealing £300 from the…

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Gaol Discovery Revplver—Wireless Sets SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5

A leaded receiver an three wireless sets were discovered in the piggery at parramata Gaol. They had been Smuggled in to priseners but were found…

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STOLE £340 Gaol For Two Years SYDNEY, Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

A sentence of two years imprisonment was imposed on Arthur Ernest Halliday 26) at the Quarter Sessions to-day one of breaking into a…

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Town Tennis Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

An enthusiastic air pervaded the general meeting of members and intending members of the Aberdeen Town Tennis Club, held on Monday…

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Alleged Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. Man Committed for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5

Police v. James Parley, on remand, charged with assaulting Edgar Lawrence Greentree, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm. The date and…

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District, Court Opening On

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 7

The Maitland District Court will open at the East Maitland Court thouse on Monday morning before Judge are the cases listed…

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Missing Yacht Found Police Chase Three Men

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

Police, with revolvers drawn, chased three men through the scrub at Middle Harbour on Wednesday afternoon. The police had previously received a report…

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