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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 95

Followers of Judge Rutherford in Court Displayed Posters by Way of Advertisement

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 1

A number of followers of Judge Rutherford appeared at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, charged with having displayed…

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Alleged Assault Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

Thomas Murphy, whose address is unknown, was admitted to the Lithgow Hospital, Buffering from a fractured rib and abrasions, received, the…

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Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

Two men wore remanded at Central Police Court until the inquest, on September 13, on charges of having murdered Guido Caletti on August 6…

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Fatal Wound Seaman on Murder Charge NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 7

Arising out of an alleged altercation on the steamer Iron Warrior, at Newcastle this morning, Donald McKinnon, 43, seaman, was charged in the…

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Struck Bridge Motorist Failed To Report Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

Pleading guilty at the East Maitland Court to-day to having failed to report an accident within 24 hours, James Morrison, jnr., of Cessnock, was fined…

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Three Shifts Barbed Wire Works Court Agrees Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 7

The Wire Netting Makers' Conciliation Committee to-day granted an application to permit the barbed wire Industry to work three shifts…

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Given a Chance Ex-Soldier in Court NEWCASTLE

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

"I'd like to go to the war," said Thomas Williams (49), labourer, in answer to Mr. Soanc, S.M., in tho Police Court to-day…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 6

Several cases were heard at the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M. Effecting Public Mischief…

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Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.). Illegal Use of Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 7

James Allen Smith (23) and Thomas Wright Pamplin (34) were charged at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday…

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Melbourne Cup Trophy in Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 1

The £200 gold Melbourne Cup won by Sir Samuel Hordern's and Mr A. D. Murray's Artilleryman in 1919 was an exhibit in the City Court at…

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Broken Hill Fire Wilfully Started, Police Believe

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

Broken Hill police stated yesterday that they were definitely of opinion that the fire which destroyed four planes and a hangar there last week…

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Father Charged Alleged Assaults On Sons WOLLONGONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 9

At the Bulli Court, Joseph McCloskey, 53, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on his son, Joseph Mervyn McCloskey…

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Police Patrols "Doing Wonderful Work"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 8

"The motorist police patrols in the country districts are doing wonderful work," said Mr. H. E. Richards, assistant secretary of the N.R.M.A…

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Life Sentence Murder of Taxi Driver BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 9

Sentence of imprisonment for life was imposed on Derwent Evam Arkinstall, 19, electrician's apprentice, of Petersham Sydney, who had…

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Traffic Signals Police Released For Other Duties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 3

Mr. Peake, Under-Secretary to the British Home Office, stated in a Parliamentary reply recently, that since January 1. 1938, a total of 57…

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Charge of Assault Man Remanded on Bail. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 2

At Paddington Police Court, John Kirkwood, 30, agent, was charged with having at Bondi on Saturday assaulted Gervane McDonald,…

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Bail of £100 Man In Serious Condition Assault Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 5

At the Paddington Police Court to-day, John Kirkwood, 30, an agent, was charged with having, at Bondi, on September 9, assaulted Gervane…

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Remanded Again Charges of Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 6

When the charges against Harold Oliver Shaw (22) and Henry Tully Maxted (19) of breaking, entering and stealing were called at the West…

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Gaol for Escapee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 8

Clive Joseph Bourke, alias Walter Weston, 32, was sentenced to 12 month hard labour at Central Police Court Sydney, for having escaped…

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Jersey Heifer Charge of Stealing Resumed Hearing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 7

The hearing was resumed at the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon of the charge against Stanley Joseph Whalan, of having…

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