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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 92

District Court Claim Against Estate for Work Done

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 10

Evidence was not concluded yesterday In a £400 claim in respect of work done, when the Maitland District Court was adjourned…

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S.P. BETTING Hotels Take Action Police Satisfied Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 2

Police paid visits to nearly every hotel in the city and suburbs to ascertain whether the licensees had honoured their promise to clear their…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 4

At the Police Court last Monday, before Messrs. R. E. Zeininger and M. Johnson, J's.P.; Harold Norman Dunn was charged with maliciously…

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Police Court Carried Firearms SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

In the Singleton Police Court to-day, the following cases were heard before Mr/C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.: Walter H. Armstrong and Jim…

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Girl on Theft Charge Return with Escort

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 3

Eileen Plynn, 23, of Sydney, was remanded until Saturday at the Adelaide Police Court on Wednesday on a charge of having stolen £726 from…

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Sold Liquor Without Licence . Nine Months' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 8

When police raided a house in East Brunswick, (Melbourne) they found 1117 bottles of beer, 14 bottles of wine, and flasks of cocktail, gin,…

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The Police Head

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, who is 53 years of age, has applied for permission to be examined by the Medical Board with a…

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Teacher's Body Found Police Investigating

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 6

Northumberland (Eng.) police are investigating the death of Jane Scott (33), a school teacher, who was on a holiday from Australia, where she…

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Police Chief Medical Examination SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, last night applied to the Chief Secretary, Mr. Gollan, for permission to have his medical examination, fixed…

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Police Commissioner Mackay To Retire. Owing to Ill-health

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) has asked to be retired on the grounds of illness, and a medical examination will, it is understood, take…

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Cadets in Police Force Sons of Clergymen Among Applicants

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 3

Sons of clergymen and professional and business men are among the 165 youths whose ages average 18 years, "who have…

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Deserter Sentenced Paris, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 10

Denis Caron, 51, who lived for 23 years in a cellar after deserting from the army in 1914, has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by a Court…

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Nazi Leader Sentenced Budapest, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 1

Major Szalasi, Hungarian Nazi leader, was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for the publication of pamphlets advocating a plebiscite on the…

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Left Gaol at Five—in Again at Nine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 5

Released from the Maitland gaol at 5 a.m. yesterday, Thomas Quainno: (55) was again in custody at 9 a.m. for offences which he had committed…

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Magistrate's Reply to Minister of Transport Sequel to Rebuke

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 2

"A magistrate is the best judge of how certain Acts of Parliament are operating. "If he thinks they are operating…

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"Give the Boys a Chance" Magistrate's Appeal for Young Delinquents

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 2

"I will be told that we must not send criminals to the dominions, and that the dominions won't have them…

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Police Chief Examined by Specialist SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 1

All X-ray examination was made to-day of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J. Mackay, by a specialist, and he will be examined by another…

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Fleetwood-smith Locked in Room Police Rescue

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

A mobile police inspector and constable had to be called on to release Fleetwood-Smith from his room at the hotel at which the Australians…

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Police and S.p. Will Not "Declare" Clubs

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 2

Police denied in Sydney at the week end that clubs where licensed bookmakers engaged in pre-post and doubles betting would be "declared."…

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Commissioner of Police Mr Mackay Goes Before Specialist. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police (Mr Mackay) to-day went before one of the two specialists who were to examine him for the Police Medical…

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