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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,630 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 82

Fully Proved Magistrate's View Betting Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 10

Arthur Lynch, 44, a miner, of Weston, pleaded not guilty at Kurri Kurri Court yesterday to having committed a breach of the Totallsator Act at Weston on June…

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Police Ball Organising at Kurri Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 4

The Kurri Kurri Police Ball will be held on August 10, and it will be followed by a juvenille frolic on the next night…

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Dead Man Verdict in Court Curious Position Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

A curious legal position has developed as a result of a party to an action, in whose favour a verdict was given, dying on the day the verdict…

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Fourteen Killed in Clashes with Police Rioting in Trinidad Port of Spain, June 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

Four more persons were killed in a clash between strikers and police at Port of Spain (Trinidad)…

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BRANXTON Police Court Cases BRANXTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd at the Branxton Police Court, Alan Lowe, 21, of Greta, was charged with having assaulted Herbert Alexander Horton…

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Constable Sentenced Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

John Graham Sibley, 35, formerly a police constable, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for larceny. It was stated that a tennis racquet was…

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Betting Cases at Kurri Court Bookmakers Charged with Tote Breach P.M. Dismisses Information

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 6

Christopher Conway, 40, a registered bookmaker, of Kurri pleaded a not guilty at Kurri police to a charge…

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Charged with Forging Certificate Youth Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 6

In committing Arthur John Swain, 22,-for trial on a charge of forging an Intermediate Examination Certificate, Mr' Sonne, S.M., at the Newcastle…

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Hair pulling in Abermain Hotel. Relief Worker Bound Over for Assault

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 10

A disturbance in the bar of the the [?]man Hotel, Abermain, on June 6th, when punches were slung and hair was…

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Shearers in Court. Charges at Nyngan

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 8

Charges under section 545 of the Crimes Act, dealing with unlawful assembly, picketing, and strikes, were preferred against eight men in the…

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Clash Between Strikers and Police Rioting in Trinidad

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 8

Four more persons were killed in a dash between strikers and police, at Port of Spain (Trinadad), on Tuesday, bringing the list of dead since the…

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Basic Wage Increased. Court's Decision. Rises of 3/ TO 6/ a Week. 300,000 Persons Affected. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 7

The Full Court of the Arbitration Court ordered to-day that the basic wage be increased by 6/ a week in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and…

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Motor Traffic Proper Use of Roads Police Patrols

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 8

One of the main difficulties in educating the road user to the proper me of the road, and coping with offences committed unwittingly by…

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False Pretences Solicitor Charged Cessnock Matter Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 3

"The charge is not true" I never defrauded anyone," said George Abel Ward 55 a solicitor who appeared in the Police Court on a New South…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Mr C. G. Carr Boyd, P.m.) Friday, June 25th

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

Several cases were either adjourned or struck out on Friday when a lengthy list was dealt with in the local Court of Petty Sessions…

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German Bishop Charged with High Treason Alleged Letter to Vatican

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

Charges of high treason, according to the Berlin correspondent of the London "News Chronicle," were levelled against the 75-year-old Roman Catholic…

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Theft From Egg Board Former Sales Manager Pleads Guilty Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Edward Cohen, 41, former sales manager of the Egg Marketing Board, pleaded guilty to the theft of £711, the…

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Guilty Plea Egg Board Official Theft of £711 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 1

Allegations that there was a deficiency of £8300 in the accounts of the Egg Marketing Board were made by a police witness to-day at…

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Stolen From Blue Mountain Towns Goods Recovered by Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

Police have recovered a number of goods which, it is alleged, were stolen from Blue Mountain towns during the last few weeks. These include 18…

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Chase by Police After Car Two Men Escape After Crash

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

After a long chase at high speed the police patrol car recovered a car alleged to have been stolen in Newcastle on Saturday…

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