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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 82

Slept on Bag Bed. Man Who Left £80,000. Allegations in Probate Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 4

Remarkable evidence of the eccentricities of an old man was given in the Probate Court, Sydney, during a hearing involving the will of Henry…

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Six Months For Cattle Stealing Telarah Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

Sentencing William Anderson Lamb, of Onus-st., Telarah, to six months' gaol, concurrent, on each of two charges of cattle stealing,…

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Stop Press Police Inquiries Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 5

The Police Conference this afternoon carried a resolution that all department inquiries be conducted by magistrates, and that…

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Grave Discontent Police Force Promotions SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

"The gravest discount exists throughout the service over the promotion of junior members said to have special qualifications, but who…

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Government of the Police Force Declaration by Commissioner Mackay

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

"If everybody is going to have a hand in the government of the police force—if Judges, barristers, solicitors, and others are going to…

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Police Association's Conference Discontent in the Service Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

A motion was carried by the New South Wales Police Association's Conference to-day declaring that the gravest discontent existed throughout the…

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Speed Hogs Police Methods Criticised Magistrate's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 10

A police car, pursuing a speeding motorist may be a public danger, in the opinion of Judge Thomson, who, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court,…

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Double Tragedy Motive A Mystery Murder-suicide Gundagai

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 1

Police are still Investigating the double tragedy which occurred yesterday afternoon, when Waiter Charles Small, 42, temporary shire…

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Boy's Death Motorist In Court NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 1

Sequel to the death of Douglas Morse Pullen and injury to Trevor Thornton, both eleven years old schoolboys, allegedly caused by…

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Gross Charges Abermain Mix-Up Aired in Court Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 11

Cross-charges of threatening words, assault and insulting words, arising out of a mix-up on Sawyer's Gullyroad, Abermain, on April 8, and…

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Race Club Can Legally Eject Spectator Court Decision Earlier Judgments Reversed Damages Claim Fails Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 7

The Rosehill Racing Club has the right to eject a man who has paid for his ticket after he has refused to leave the ground. This, in effect, was the decision of the High Court…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Mr C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Friday, 23rd April. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

Herbert Thomas Wells, aged 19, of Howe's Valley, was charged with the theft of 11 dairy heifers on March 13th, valued at £30, the property of…

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Six Months. for Cattle Stealing. Telarah Man

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

Sentencing William Anderson Lamb, of Onus-st, Telarah, to six months' gaol, concurrent, on each of two charges of cattle stealing the…

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A Police Officer at Copeland

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

The Copeland Progress Association (Mr. J. C. Webeck, Secretary) sought the Board's co-operation in having a police officer appointed to Copeland…

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Sunday Cricket Police v. Northumberland Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

Last Sunday under perfect conditions, the Police team outclassed the Northumberland team, by winning the second…

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A Menace Police View of Cyclists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

The dangers facing cyclists in traffic were emphasised at the Police Conference in Sydney. "Bleyelos are a menace to the whole…

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Cessnock's New Police Chief. Sergeant Wood Takes Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Sergeant W. Wood, who has been appointed officer-in-charge of the Cessnock police patrol. In place of Sergeant Brodie (recently retired…

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Government of the Police Force Declaration by Mr. Mackay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

"If everybody is going to have a hand in the government of the police force—if judges, barristers, solicitors and others are going to be drawn in—…

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Monument Figure Found in Bush Police Directed to Locality

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 8

Police on Wednesday morning received a telephone message stating that in lantana bushes on the roadside three miles from Lismore…

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Country Police. Additions Not Possible. Commissioner's Reply to Graziers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

The Commissioner for Police (Mr. Mackay) told representatives of the Graziers' Association of N.S. Wales on Tuesday that unless the strength…

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