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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 92

Darwin Crime Aboriginal Before Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

A dramatic appeal by the magistrate to people in court not to attempt to molest the prisoner preceded the brief hearing of a charge against the…

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St. Andrew's Tennis Club. New Court Opened

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 2

As a start towards the liquidation of the debt on the new court constructed by St. Andrew's Club a successful tournament was conducted on…

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Unusual Charge. First in History of Darlinghurst Court. One Man Discharged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. Four men were placed on trial at the Quarter Sessions to-day, charged with conspiring to effect a public…

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Charged with Stealing Rails Four Men Remanded

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

Roy M'Farlane, aged 32, of Newmarket; Matthew Francis O'Keefe, aged 37, of North Melbourne; William Grahame, aged 30, of Albert…

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Motor Cycles. Young Man Charged Alleged Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 7

Six jurors were challenged by Vivian Percival Carrington Charles Foate, 23, when he appeared at the Maitland Quarter…

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Cowardly Assault Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 2

Describing the assault as cowardly and brutal, Judge Curlewis, at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions, sentenced Hairy Waters, 34, to two…

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Alleged Theft Man's Statement WOLLONGONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

A case of alleged robbery, with violence, has been reported to the police by Mr. P. L. Toohill, an insurance company's representative, residing at…

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Assault on White Women Aboriginal Confesses

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

An unexpected confession of last Thursday's attack on two white women was made in Court at Darwin on Monday by Packsaddle, the…

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Case Stopped Alleged Assault Not Guilty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 6

Happenings at a service station in High-street, West Maitland, on November 15, resulted in Alfred George Tyler, 60, being…

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Puzzle for Equity Court Charity or Not ?

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 2

The Equity Court will shortly be asked to decide what is to be done with a patriotic fund established by employees of Scott's Ltd., Newcastle,…

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Stop Press. Murder Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 7

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, in the West Maitland Court at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Thomas Gibson, 18, William Robert Date, 17, and…

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Sent to Gaol Illegally Used Cars SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 1

A sentence of 18 months imprisonment was imposed on Cecil William Meier, 20, a bootmaker, at the Quarter Sessions to-day when he pleaded guilty…

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3 Face Charges of Attempted Murder Sequel To Farley Shooting Grieved Parents See Son in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 1

Following the shooting on Tuesday night in the ticket office of Farley railway station, when the night officer, Cyril Clive Maher, received a wound in his head, three local youths…

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Light List. Newcastle Court NEWCASTLE. Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 7

The charge sheets at Newcastle Police Court to-day contained only three cases of drunkenness. The defendants, who were first offenders…

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Foreign Powers Charged With Spying. Treason Trial. British Guilt Flatly Denied. "Allegations Untrue. Moscow March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 7

Representatives of foreign states were again mentioned in the official communique issued this evening regarding the secret session of the treason trial. "Rakovsky, Grinko,…

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Darwin Assault Aboriginal Charged DARWIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

Evidence was taken in closed court to-day when two Darwin women testified to the recent assault made on them by a native…

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SHOPLIFTING Young Woman Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

Stated to be a married woman and the mother of two children, Thelma Green, aged 16 years and 10 months, was fined a total of £5 at the Central…

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Charged with Capital Offence Young Man Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 8

Bail of £500 was allowed Stanley Pish, 22, a labourer, at the North Sydney Police Court on Wednesday, when he was committed for trial on a…

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Knife Used Tragedy on Farm Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 4

Evidence of a quarrel between two farmers, with a fatal sequel, was given in the Boonah Police Court, when John Henry Geiger, 60, was charged…

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Gottfried Cramm Still in Custody Police Inquiries

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

It is understood that G. Cramm, the tennis player, who has been detained on suspicion of having violated paragraph 175 of the Crimes Code,…

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