Pugilist Fined for Assault Abetted by Victim's Wife
William Patrick ("Hughie") Mehegan, professional pugilist, was fined £5 by Mr Sutherland, S.M., at the Central Summons Court, Sydriey, on…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 92
Tea Gardens Police Paddock
From Police Department suggesting that application be made to the Resumed Properties Department to have the area known as the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guilty of Commercial Swindles Two Years' Gaol for Grocer
"I regard this as the gravest case of commercial fraud I have tried," remarked the Recorder at Manchester City Sessions, when Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seamen Charged with Fire on Train Early Morning Outbreak
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger, and Louis Kaho, were charged at Moss Vale Police Court with having early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Charged Railway Carriage Ablaze Drunken Seamen Moss Vale
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger and Louis Kaho, were charged at Mosa Vale Police Court with having maliciously set fire to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holidays Interrupt Court Sittings
There was no sitting of Cessnock Court this week, owing to the Easter holidays. With Anzac Day and May Day also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Identification of Skeleton Work of Police Praised
The City Coroner, Mr Oram, on Wednesday praised the work of the police, when he found that portion of the abdomen, pelvis, and leg of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Charge Sequel To Farm Tragedy Fatal Quarrel Narrandera
Thomas Mansell, who was charged at the Circuit Court with having on December 12 murdered James Dickons, a farmer, at Oaklands, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Circuit Court Divorce Petitions Telarah Case
On the ground of adultery. Robert David Cox, of Telarah, petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with Jane Cox, formerly Mather. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Circuit Court Two Claims for £1000 Alleged Slander
Evidence was continued in the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon in the cases in which Dr. James Joseph Hollywood and Kendal Morgan Madigan, Doctor of dentistry, are both claiming £1000 from Michael Thomas O'Brien, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, April 22, 1938. Christmas Day Clash at Sandy Hollow Sequel at Quarter Sessions. Man Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment
Before his Honor, Judge Nield, in the Quarter Sessions at Singleton on Wednesday, William Patrick Haynian was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Slander Cases at Circuit Court £1000 CLAIMS Further Evidence For Plaintiffs Maitland Parties
Further evidence was given on behalf of plaintiffs in the alleged slander cases heard in the Maitland Circuit Court to-day in support of their claims for £ 1 000 each. Plaintiffs…
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For having allegedly assaulted Thomas King, an invalid pensioner, with Intent to rob him, in George-st., on Thursday night, Walter Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death Sentence Oaklands Murder Trial NARRANDERA
Thomas Henry Mansell, a farm labourer, who had been charged with having murdered Thomas Henry Dickins, a farmer, near Oaklands, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Cases Unstamped Receipt SINGLETON
The following cases were hoard before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions at Singleton: Stanley J. Gleeson, a storekeeper,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Courtesy Police To Give Advice SYDNEY
The appointment of 66 police specially trained in traffic laws as a police courtesy squad is an experiment by which the Police Department hopes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Degree Nisi Petition for Divorce Circuit Court
On the ground of desertion, Doreen Tiernan (formerly Alexander), of Mayfield, petitioned Mr. Justice Davidson in the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Guilty of Murder Sentenced to Death
Henry Thomas Mansell, aged 47, labourer, was sentenced to death at Narrandera court on Friday night. He had been found guilty, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →181 YEARS Communists Sentenced WARSAW, April 24
Twenty-three Communists, who were arrested recently, were found guilty of subversive activities, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton News Three Charges Singleton Police Court Resisted Arrest Singleton
Before Messrs. A. Simmons and J. W. V. Waterhouse, Js.P., in the Singleton Police Court this morning, Douglas Wesley Bourke, who pleaded…
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