MORE I.R.A. Threats Police Search for Culprits London, July 27
Police are conducting a nationwide search for the I.R.A. suspects. The Prime Minister stated in the House of Commons that…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 95
Late A.E. Westcott Cessnock Man's Claim to Stand. High Court's Ruling
The High Court, on Tuesday last, refused the application on behalf of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Midnight Murder Mystery" (Copyright) CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued)
Night was the time for his investigation. Midnight or oven later. Approximately the hour at which the kitten had first entered the case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder at Narromine Albert Andrew Moss Again Before the Court. Dubbo
At the Police Court to-day, Albert Andrew Moss, 61, was charged with having murdered William Henry Bartley at Narromine between…
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Charges arising out of a police raid on premises in High-street, West Maitland, on July 1, were heard by Mr. C. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Slaving Mothers Deserve V.c." Magistrate's Opinion
Mr Hardwick, S.M., praised wives and condemned cash orders in Parramatta Court. Addressing a man who said he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Midnight Murder Mystery" (Copy[?]
Synopsis of preceding instalments: Percy Jones, Chicago radio ann[?]cer, arrives late at a party given by the lovely widowed Janice Hume…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Was Offensive Yugoslav Charged At Newcastle NEWCASTLE
On Friday night John Markovich (45), labourer, was arrested in Woolworth's store, Newcastle, for behaving offensively towards women shoppers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pleas of Guilty Newcastle Sessions Sheep Stealing Case Newcastle
In the Quarter Sessions this afternoon, George Ramsay Wright, 25, station hand, pleaded guilty to charges that, at Moree, on June 12, he stole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes Forged in Gaol Amazing Revelations LONDON, July 30
The police have unearthed an astounding forgery of pound notes by convicts in Parkhurst prison, on the Isle of Wight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Succeeds to Title While in Gaol an English Baronet
Sir Frederick James Siddartha Affleck, ninth baron of Dalham Hall, succeeded to his title while in Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane, last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Charred Body Brutal Murder. Melbourne
The police are believed to have unearthed a brutal and premeditated murder, following the discovery of a charred body at Blackburn, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heads and Tails Police Raid at Stockton NEWCASTLE
At 9 p.m. yesterday police raided a shed at the rear of a hairdressing saloon in Fullerton-street, Stockton. There were seventeen men there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.P. BETTING Police Chiefs In Conference BRISBANE
One of the major Hems set down for discussion at the Police Commissioners' conference, which commenced to-day, was the problem of starting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disappearance Of Man At Narromine Murder Charge Last Seen Camped on Reserve Articles Identified Dubbo
At the police Court to-day Albert Andrew Moss, 61, was charged with having murdered William Henry Bartley at Narromine between December 1 and 17 last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relentless Police Search For Outrage Suspects Violence Bill Enforced "Chickens Going Home to Roost" LONDON, July 30
There is much speculation in Dublin regarding the future of the Irish Republican Army deportees from England. Signalising the passage of the Prevention of Violence Bill, many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Months' Gaol Stranger Sentenced
Norman Townsend Trompf, 38, a stranger, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Cessnock Police Court for the theft of a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2550 INVOLVED Bank Clerk Charged SYDNEY
Before A. E. Hodgson. Chamber Magistrate, at North Sydney, to-day, Edward Neal Bentley. 29, was charged with having, at Ashfield, while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Theft Two Men Remanded Kurri Kurri
Two men who appeared before Mr. E. Smyth, J.P., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day worn remanded until August 9. Bail was allowed in the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent to Gaol Imposed on Hospital Tamworth Case Tamworth
Walter Coultas, 27, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the Tamworth Police Court on charges of imposition and false…
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