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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 95

Charged with Possessing Explosives Raid in Liverpool. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

Police raided the Irish quarters of Liverpool and arrested five persons, including a father and two sons, who are charged with possessing…

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"The Women" Police Report To Be Made Lines Not Deleted Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

The producer of the much discussed play, "The Women," which was staged on Saturday night at the Theatre Royal for the first…

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Bathurst Gaol

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

Mr. Martin announced last year that he intended to close Bathurst gaol as a gaol for criminal offenders and convert it into an institution for…

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More Traffic Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

Mr. Bruxner said that in the safety plan approved by the Government, the speed laws would, be rigidly, enforced, the same as the laws dealing…

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Assault Charge Alleged Affray On Steamer NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 7

Resulting from an alleged affray on an interstate steamer on Nov. 29, William Ginn, 60, seaman, was charged at the Newcastle Sessions to-day with…

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Illegal Use of Motor Cars Jockey Sentenced NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

For illegally using two motor cars, Ernest Moran, 27, jockey, was sentenced to three months gaol by Mr. Soane, S.M., in the Police Court…

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Clever Ruse Police Evaded By Escapee SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Enticing his captors into a house a man who had been arrested slammed the door in their faces, and escaped. Detectives who were investigating…

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Police Raid "Sudden Death" At Newcastle Twenty-one Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 7

On Friday night, police raided rooms over Bond's Industries, Ltd., in King-street, Newcastle, and arrested twenty-one men…

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Son Sent to Gaol Mother Heartbroken

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

The opinion that six months in gaol would do his son good was expressed by the father of a defendant at the Manly Police Court yesterday…

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Charged with Abandoning Child Woman's Pitiful Story

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 1

A woman, aged about 23, single, and poorly dressed, walked into the Davlinghurst Police Station and said she wanted to be locked up…

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Car Stolen After Giving Lift Former Victorian Jockey Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

Henry Edwards, of Hamilton, gave a man a lift in his car on Saturday. He stopped outside his home, and went in. When he came out his car…

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Not Guilty Plea Alleged Assault on Girl NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 7

In the Quarter Sessions to-day, Arthur Francis Harrington, 43, pleaded not guilty to having assaulted a girl aged 13 years and 1 months, and…

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Woman's Story War Pensioner Charged Jury's Verdict Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 7

In the Quarter Sessions to-day William Amos (55) war pensioner, pleaded not guilty to a charge that at Adamstown on June 1 he maliciously…

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Country Police Patrols Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

So that they will be conversant with every traffic law, and especially the rules framed to prevent road accidents, the police who are to be…

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Warrant for Own Arrest Police Chief Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 8

A Bulgarian chief of police who issued a warrant for his own arrest to save train fare has been dismissed the force…

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Police Perturbed Oxy-Acetylene Plant Stolen SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 1

When workmen arrived to-day at the Sterling Machinery Pty., Ltd., at St. Peter's, they discovered an oxyacetylene plant, a burner, drill,…

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Man Fined for Using "Dog Cards" Police Action

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

A labourer was fined £5 at Kogarah Court yesterday for having disposed of a "dog card." Constable Weber said defendant…

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Find by Police at Fig Tree Parcelled Explosives

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 3

A bag containing 606 stocks of gelignite, eight boxes of detonators, and 3000 feet of fuse, was found by police near Pig Tree Bridge, Lane…

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Dog Racing Charlie Court Chosen for Lorn Stake at Maitland To-night To-night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 9

The South Coast performer, Charlie Court, is selected for the Lorn Stake, the principal event at to-night's Maitland greyhound meeting, which will be the last for a fortnight. A…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured at Redfern SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 1

John Williams, who escaped from Parramatta Gaol on December 17, was recaptured in a house in a lane off Rawson-st., Redfern, early this…

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