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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 92

Polish Murderer Shoots Himself Tracked by Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 8

A message from Warsaw .says' that a tank was employed in an attack on a four-fold murderer. He was Bronislaw Janowski,…

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OVER 30 MILES Motorist in Court NEWCASTLE

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

For driving a motor car at a speed in excess of 30 miles an hour in a built up area, George F. Cowan, of Lisarow, was fined £2 with 5/6 coats…

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Novel Scheme Mobile Police Station Outback Services Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 9

In accordance with a new plan adopted by the police, Constable Buck, of White Cliffs, will set out shortly for inland districts…

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Death of Farley Night Oficer Three Youths Before the Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 5

Cyril Clive Maher, railway night officer, who was shot through the head at Farley railway station on Tuesday night,…

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Vicious Assault Man Robbed of £100 MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

The sum of £100 was taken from the pockets of Griffith Lewis, an ice merchant, after he had been battered with Iron bars…

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Man's Silence Alleged Murder SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 1

Miles Henry McKeon, 24, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having murdered Harold Robert Tarlington. at Newtown, on…

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Woman Charged. Attempted Murder BATHURST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 3

Following on an alleged altercation between 9 and 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, at Gwabegar, George Joseph Donald McGinty fell with a bullet…

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Gaol for Negligent Motorists Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Motorists who drive negligently may have to spend their weekends in gaol. In making this announcement…

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Police and Suspect Exchange Shots Escape in Scrub

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

Shots were exchanged between two policemen and a suspected burglar, who escaped in the scrub at North Cronulla on-Friday;…

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Murder of Dorothy May Everett Bench Warrant for Arrest of Leonard Roberts. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

On the application of the Crown Prosecutor at the Central Criminal Court to-day, Justice Maxwell ordered the issue of a Bench warrant for the…

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Dorothy Everett's Death Man Charged with Murder

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Leonard william Roberts, 84, a gardener, was charged by warrant before Mr. M. E. Soane,…

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Charge of Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

At the Ballina Police Court, Francis Ray Raymond, 39, was remanded by Mr. J. A. D. Martin, J.P., to appear at Burwood on March 21 on a charge of…

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Burglary at Cessnock Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

During the week-end a cottage in Hall-street, Cessnock, which is being built for Mr. Cecil Toby, was entered and a bath heater and blinds stolen…

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Theft of Bicycle Defendant Fined and Bound Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, Clarence Andrew Conn was charged with stealing…

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'Came From Taree' Three Months' Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 7

Pleading guilty in the police court to-day to being an idle and disorderly person with insufficient means of support, John Creagh (59), labourer,…

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Alleged Murder of Wife. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Dudley Lorraine O'Brien (22), baker, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered his wife, Margaret…

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P.M. CONVICTS Case from Homeville a Month's Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

On remand, after pleading not guilty to two charges, Harold Oliver Shaw (20). of Homeville, appeared before Mr. C. G…

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Man Faces Murder Charge at Parramatta. Body in Bush Alleged Statement to Police Case for the Crown Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 7

Dudley Lorraine O'Brien (22), a baker, pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day when he was charged with having, on November 23 last, murdered his wife,…

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Breach of Gaming Act. Fourteen Days' Gaol.. "Roller Sweat" at Cessnock Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

The playing of a game called "roller sweat" at the Cess, nock Showgnound on Saturday night led to the…

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Imperial Hotel Proposed Alterations Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 7

"For the size of Maitland, the type of hotel building is very poor," remarked Mr. W. C. Geikte, Licensing Magistrate, at…

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