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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 95

Young Offenders Police Suggest Reforms SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

Police suggest that reforms should as instituted in the method of deal-ing with juvenile delinquents. They consider that instead of sending…

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Man Injured Police Search For Taxi Cab SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

Police throughout the city to-day were searching for a taxi-cab which, it is alleged, did not stay after knocking down and injuring John Barrows…

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Dragged Into Motor Lorry Woman's Story to Police. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

Jean Begley, 27, a resident of Newtown, informed the police to-day that while she was in a night club in Oxford-street last night a woman…

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Knocked Down and Seriously Injured Police Searching for Taxi-cab. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

Police throughout the city are searching for a taxi-cab which, it is alleged, did not stop after knocking down and seriously injuring John…

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Murder Charge Butcher Remanded Bail Refused Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Andrew Leckie, 54, a butcher, was charged with the murder of Laura Cuddihy, on April 15…

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Butcher Charged Alleged Theft Of Sheep Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

The hearing of the charge against Joseph Cantwell, of Lochinvar, of having stolen a sheep, the property of Ian Corner, was resumed by Mr. C. G…

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Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

Before Messrs. H. E. Cox and F. W. Aldis, J's.P., at Dungog Police Court this Thursday morning, David Varaschetti, 35, no fixed abode…

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Murrurundi Police Court. Breaking and Entering

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 4

Allan Campbell McLean was charged at the Murrurundi Police Court on Friday last, before Messrs. G. W. Kilminster and L. G. Fox, J's.P., with…

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Flowers Stolen Theft From Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

Although the West Maitland Municipal Council and some of the residents have been making efforts to beautify the town, they are being…

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Police Court Breach of Motor Act Vagrancy Charge Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. Johnston, P.M., dealt with several cases at the Singleton Police Court yesterday. Arthur Richard Thomas, of Liddell,…

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Charged with Garage Robbery Youth Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 8

Claude Richard Cavanagh, 18, was committed for trial on £200 bail, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, on a charge of having,…

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Man Charged Thefts From Motor Cars DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 5

A number of rugs and other articles were missed from motor cars in the main street at Gloucester on Wednesday night…

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Germans in Court Language Difficulty

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

When Hermann Ahsbabs (21) and Simon Tydecks (22), two Germans, came before Tamworth Police Court on a charge of desertion from the…

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Son's Discovery. Father's Bigamous Marriage. First Wife Collapses in Court. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, James Evans Bell (52), ironworker's assistant, pleaded guilty to bigamy. Evidence was given…

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Stealing Charge Butcher Convicted Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 9

When the evidence concluded at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon in the case, in which Joseph Cantwell, butcher, of Lochinvar, was…

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Alleged Robbery Man and Woman Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 9

In Newcastle Police Court Walter Henry Barnes (24), labourer, and Joan Olsen (31) were charged with stealing £200, the property of William…

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Problem for Magistrate "Not His Wife" SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 2

The magistrate at the North Sydney Police Court was faced with a problem when a woman's claim that she was the wife of a man about to be sentenced was disputed by…

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Police Hide at Hotel Katoomra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 7

Because of a series of robberies at the Hydro, Medlow Bath, police have hidden in the grounds and rooms of the hotel for several nights. While…

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Ten Years Gaol Sold Plans Of British Arms Factory LONDON, May 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 2

Joseph Kelly, 31, bricklayer, was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude at the Manchester Assizes to-day, on a charge of having sold to Germany a…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Mr E. Forrest, J .P.) Friday, May 19th

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 3

On a charge of being found on the Criterion Hotel with an unlawful purpose, Aubrey Errol Nowland, aged 19, was sentenced to one month's hard…

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