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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 95

Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 3

The Police Magistrate, Mr. R. Solling, had a crowded day at the court on Wednesday. Several cases were adjourned to next court, June 27…

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Police Changes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 7

Police Superintendent White, of Newcastle, begins extended leave tomorrow. Although an announcement has not been made, it is understood…

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Murder Charge Against Mother

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

A mother was committed for trial at Adelaide yesterday on a charge of having murdered her nine months old baby…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. W. C. Geikle, of Sydney, will preside at a sitting of the Licensing Court at Dungog next Thursday at 10 a.m…

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Street Betting Gaol for Six Months SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Robert Francis O'Connor, alias Drummond, 53, a labourer, pleaded guilty at the Central Court today on a charge of street betting…

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"Had a Kink" Man Sent to Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 7

That Jack McDonald (32) had a kink for stealing was said by Detective Emerson in the police court today…

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Police Station Sergt. James on Leave SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

Sergt. W. Jones, of Singleton police, is at present on leave. He is visiting his son at Warren, whore he was stationed prior to being transferred to…

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Charged with Murder of Baby Mother Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner at Adelaide found on Monday that Evelyn Meynell murdered her nine and a half months old child, John William…

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Difficult Task of Ambulance and Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

A tribute is due to the efforts of Ambulance-Superintendent W. O. Blackwell and Constable W. J. T. Boyd, who on Monday afternoon,…

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Murder Charges at Dubbo Second Case Alleged Against Defendant. Dubbo

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

When Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61, appeared before the Dubbo Police Court to-day on a charge of murdering Thomas…

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Musicians in the Street Case for Supreme Court SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

Mr. Justice Bavin, in the Supreme Court to-day, was asked to determine whether musicains have a right to play in the street…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

Before the P. M. on May 25th, a Starting price offender was fined £20 or 40 days. The charge against A. Blanch for…

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Six Months' Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 17

Frank Marshall, 32, caterer, who was convicted by a jury, in the Quarter Sessions, of having caused grievous bodily harm by a negligent…

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Dubbo Mystery Charge of Murder DUBBO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

When the case in which Albert Andrew Moss (61), is charged with having murdered Thomas Robinson, was resumed to-day, a black and can sheep…

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Shooting of Boxer Man on Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

The echo of a shooting affray in a Woolloomooloo "hot spot" in which a well-known professional boxer received wounds from which…

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Police Officer Retires Sergt. J. A. Cox Entertained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

A representative gathering of citizens and business men of the East. Maitland district gathered at the Literary Institute, East…

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Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

In the Central Police Court, Sydney, before Mr. Harrison, S.M., Herbert Bence Wood, 24,. clerk, and Pamela Manning, 32, domestic, were charged…

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Police Court At Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

At the Raymond Terrace Police Court a starting price betting offender was fined £20, or 40 days. The P.M. warned defendant that there was…

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Gaol in Future

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Loan effort to suppress illegal betting police intend in future to lay a charge under that section of the Amended Gambing…

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Youth Sentenced to Death Assaulted Girl

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 5

Convicted at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Wednesday on a charge of having criminally assaulted a girl of 15 years, Lindsay Frank…

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