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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 82

Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

At the Dungog Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs J. T. Williams and O. A. Olson, J's.P., a stranger named William Ryan was…

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Bullahdelah Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5

At Bullahdelah Court on 28th April last before Mr. R. Solling, P.M., the following cation were dealt with. A case in the children's court was…

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Alleged Assault High Street Incident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5

An incident in High-street, West Maitland, on March 25 last, led to the appearance of George Wood, of Oak hampton-road, West Maitland, at the…

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Solicitor's Clerk Sentenced. Embezzlement and Larceny

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 1

William Welsh Scott, 48, solicitor's clerk, who had pleaded gully to embezzlement and larceny, was sentenced to two and half years' imprisonment…

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Small Debts Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

H. L. Kesteven v. William Bunt (garnishee Allen Taylor and Co.).—Full amount paid into Court and ordered to be paid to judgment…

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Mass Protest Meeting at Kurri Mr. Booth's Caustic Criticism of Magistrate Emphatic Resolutions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

At a meeting held at the Kurri Kurri Band Rotunda last Friday night, about a thousand people voiced an emphatic protest against the verdicts passed by Mr. C. C. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court last week, when he…

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Basic Wage Judge Dethridge's Views Court Argument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5

The workers of Australia wore only entitled to what the country could pay, declared Chief Judge Dethridge in the Arbitration Court to-day during the hearing…

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Court Intervenes Rail Strike Averted BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 5

The railway strike which threatened Queensland for to-day was averted after 5 p.m. yesterday by the intervention of the Industrial Court at the…

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Food or Radio Sets Comment in Arbitration Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

Food instead of radio sets for the family on the basic wage was vehemently advocated in the Arbitration Court at Melbourne by Chief Judge…

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"Cadging Food" Seaman Sent to Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

As an idle and di[?]orderly person without sufficient lawful means of support, Joseph Sweeney (40), seaman, was sent to gaol for 14 days, by Mr. Balmain, S.M.,…

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Woman in Court Stole to Pay Bets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 7

Evidence that a woman had stolen gold rings from various jewellers in order to pay bots contracted through S.P. betting was gives by police at…

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Not Popular Payment by Cheque Police Complain Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 7

Consternation prevailed among members of the Police Force to-day when they received cheques representing the amounts due to them for the…

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Assault on Child 12 Months' Imprisonment

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 5

When Lionel Benjamin Davis, aged 26, appeared at Darlinghurst Sessions charged with having assaulted a girl of seven years, at Lake Illawarra, he…

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Source of Worry a Youth Sentenced SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 1

A sentence of two years' imprisonment was imposed on George Henry Silk (18) by Judge Thomson at the Quarter Sessions to-day…

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Dungog Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 2

At the local Court on Tuesday last before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M., George Norris pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing motor accessories to the…

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Two Years for Housebreaking Youth of 18 Sentenced Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 8

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, George Henry Silk, 18, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for housebreaking…

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Controlling Starting Price Betting Views at Police Dinner

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 2

Mr Davies, M.L.A., speaking at the annual dinner of the police of No .19 division, held at Wollongong on Tuesday night, said the time had come for…

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A Mayfair Notebook The Queen's Dresser—Rose and Lily Girls at Court—Five Colours in One Frock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 5

THE fashionable bedtime hour during this gay of gayest London seasons is 3 a.m., but 10 p.m. will…

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Death of Elderly Woman Man Charged with Manslaughter Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2

The trial is proceeding at the Quarter Sessions of Royle Charles Cooney, 40, company, director, charged with the manslaughter of Mrs Bessie…

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