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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 82

Garah Case Motive for Murder Wife's Belief Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Hilda Brown, the widow of Ernest Brown, 53, the woolclasser, those body was found underneath a bridge near Garah last…

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Another German Airman Sentenced to Death Rebel Offer of Exchange (Australian Press Assn. Message) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 2

A message from Bilbao states that Herr Wandel, the third of the captured German airmen, has also been sentenced to death by a Government court…

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Nudism As Ideal Husband's Defence in Court Action

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 2

Yesterday before Judge Foster in the General Sessions Appeals Court, Mrs Doris Lennie, opposing an appeal by her husband against a maintenance…

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Singleton's Police Protection Chamber of Commerce Considers Local Force Inadequately Staffed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 1

Concern at the inadequacy of police protection in Singleton was voiced at the Chamber of Commerce last night, when it was decided to communicate with the Chief Secretary protesting against insufficient staffing…

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Alleged Stealing Arrested at Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 10

William Joseph Warr, alias William Flrown, 21 was arrested at Dungog and charged with having, at Glen Innes on May 1, broken and entered the…

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Stealing Charge a Youth Convicted SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 9

Herbert Thomas Wells 10 was convicted before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse J.S.P., of stealing £3 in bank notes and a quantity…

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News of the Day No Wollombi Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 6

OWING to there being no cases listed for hearing the regular police court was not held at Wollombi to day…

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Missing Car Search For Murderer Police Appeal Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

While leading criminologists are continuing their investigations to the Queensland border for the person responsible for the death…

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Singleton Police Court Thursday, 27th May. Theft From Hotel

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

Herbert Thomas Wells, aged 19, was convicted before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Waterhouse, Js.P., of stealing £3 in bank notes and a…

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Police Search Murder Mystery. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

The police search for the man who was responsible for the murder of Harry Brown in Queensland last wook, was continued to-day…

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Murder Near Queensland Border Police Still Searching for Man Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 6

The police have not yet located the man for whom they are searching in their effort to solve the murder of Ernest Harry Brown near the…

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The Garah Murder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

Detectives investigating the murder of Ernest Harry Brown, near Garah, are looking for a suspect in Sydney. A car similar to that owned…

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Conspiracy Charge. Mcdonald Sentenced. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

Guy Paul McDonald, convicted of conspiracy to cheat and defraud, was at the Quarter Sessions to-day sentenced to four and a half years'…

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Found in Office Two Men Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

At the North Sydney Police Court to-day, Thomas Vincent Jones (90) and Robert Stevens (35) labourers, were charged with having broken and…

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Gaol for Bride of 12 Marriage to Divorced Man with Five Children

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

Officials at Mankata, Minnesota, the other' day, placed 12-year-old Virginia Johnson in gaol as a delinquent, neglected miner, in order to separate her…

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Fatal Road Race. Wager Ends in Death. Survivor Sent to Gaol. Guilty of Manslaughter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

Arguments between two motorists as to who possessed the better cars ended in one being killed and the other being sent to prison for manslaughter…

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Aviators Unable to "Raise the Wind" Sequel in Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

Mrs Jill Wyndham obtained judgment in the King's Bench Division (London) for £549, with costs, against Flying-Officer David Llewellyn, with…

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Man Hunt The Garah Murder All Night Search Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 1

A large force of police was out early this morning in the Ponrith District, searching for the man who is wanted in connection with…

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Paid No Salary Unique Plea to Court PARIS, May ail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 3

A curious sequel of the diverce between the famous actress, Younne printemps, and the equally famous author-actor, Eacha Gullry, was heard in the Law…

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Man Charged with St. George Murder Arrest in Bush

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 2

Harold Thomas Mullen, aged 36, a labourer, was charged at the Central Police Station on Saturday night with having on or about May 19, at St…

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