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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 95

Murder Charge Death Of Orchardist Relative in Court Narrandera

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 5

Charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Moon (48), orchardist, Ernest Hough (44), dairy farmer, appeared before a…

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Murder Charge Killing of Italian BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 6

An Italian was arrested on Saturday night on a charge of having murdered Domenico Palumbo, another Italian, whose body was found on…

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Police Seek New Bandit Type Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 5

Police are searching for a new type of bandit who is alleged to have run down a motor cyclist with a motor cycle and sidecar, and…

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At Woolworth's Breaking and Entering Boys Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 4

A 17-years-old-boy, charged with breaking and entering, was committed to an institution by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the West…

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Assault Charge Man's Nose Injured Case Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

An assault case in the Newcastle Court was adjourned to February 1, Mr. Soane, S.M., saying that the charge may be altered to…

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19 CHARGES Alleged Stealing at Lismore LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

Nineteen charges of stealing and receiving between January 1 and December 18, 1938, were preferred against Arthur Sydney Farlow, 28, in the…

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Police Sergeant's Evidence

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

Sergeant James Griffith, stationed at Muswellbrook, stated in the course of his evidence that he had gone to the Family Hotel at Muswellbrook…

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Two Charged Alleged Wanton Driving Man Loses Arm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

Jack Alexander Smith (22) clerk, was charged at the Campsle Court, with causing bodily harm to Clyde Battye by wanton…

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Boy Shot Charge of Murder MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 9

On a charge of having murdered Bruce Williamson, 10, on December 29, Henry Bray, 52, a horticulturist, was remanded in the Redcliffs Court…

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Knife Wounds Victim of Camp Murder Charge Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

In the MacKay Court evidence of terrible wounds suffered by a girl in a tent at Seaforth, a beach resort, was given when Mervyn Augustus Leach,…

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House Duties Determined By Police German Affairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

When I kept house in Berlin, nothing could have represented a greater contrast to my easy-going life. Though each individual had seemed a law…

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Home Picketed Police Order Dispersal SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

A message from Port Kembla states that the waterside workers to-day visited the home of a foreman stevedore, Ben Sloan, in Wollongong…

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Neon Sign Occupants of Flats Object Court's Decision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

Mr. Justice Boyce, who last night inspected the large Neon sign at King's Cross, to-day in the Equity Court said he was satisfied it…

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Theft of Racehorse

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 6

James Edward Donovan, a painter, was charged in Melbourne yesterday with having stolen the racehorse Roist. He…

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Coroner's Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 5

Three inquests will be conducted at the Cessnock Courthouse on Tuesday next, 10th inst., by Mr. Jas. R. Scott, J.P…

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Murder Charge Alleged Fatal Stabbing BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

The hearing of the charge against Mervyn Augustus Leach, 21, of having wilfully murdered Dorothy Elsie Duncan at Seafort, near Mackay, on…

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Court Told Miners Stop Work for Races

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court yesterday Mr. S. McKensey, when giving evidence said, "Mine stoppages are sometimes deliberately manufactured so…

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Handcuffed Man Escapes From Police. Search for Fugitive. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

A message from Condobolin states that the police have been scouring the country between there and West Wyalong for a…

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Youth Sentenced Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

Edward Ernest Callaghan, 19, was sentenced at the Prahran police Court to three months' imprisonment on a charge of having illegally used a motor…

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On Murder Charge Sequel to Woman's Death Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 1

At the Central Police Court today Monica Mary Swanton (36), was remanded on bail of £300 on a charge of murder…

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