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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 95

Two Charged Unlawful Procession "Not Evildoers"

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

Archibald John Waples and William Whitelaw Johnston, of Sandgate, pleaded not guilty at West Maitland Police Court to-day to…

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Passed Valueless Cheques and Got Six Months Case at Cessnoek Court. Charges of False Pretences

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, John Robert O'Brien, 62 a stranger, was proceeded…

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Police Court Sequel to Cycle Accident DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 8

Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., at the Dungog Police Court, Clarence William Hull, of Dungog, was fined 4/6, with 5/6 costs, in default one day's…

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Took a Risk Magistrate's Warning Works Guarded Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 7

"You know these works and others are just now being carefully watched," said Mr. Soane, S.M., in the Newcastle Police…

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44 CHARGES Law Clerk in Court LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 2

When Timothy Douglas Sullivan, 43, law clerk, of Lismore, appeared at Lismore Police Court, 44 charges of forgery, uttering, and…

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Dead in Hut Murder Suspected SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 7

A message from Bathurst states that a Chinese gardener, named get Ping, aged 76, living a mile from the town, was found deed to-day in his but. The…

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Scone Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., occupied the Bench al the Scone Police Court on Wednesday…

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Chinese Dead in Hut Man Charged with Murder

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 4

Kit Hee, 76, a Chinese gardener, was found dead in his hut about a mile from Bathurst yesterday. A man has been arrested and…

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Chinese Found Dead in Hut. Young Man Charged with Murder

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

Git Hoe, 76 a Cinese market gardener, was found dead early yesterday morning in his shack at Lower Kelso, near Bachurst, where be lived…

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Police Court. Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

Walter John Jowett (22) appeared before Mr. G. J. Johnston, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday on a charge of having on 5th July last, being the…

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Entry to Lysaght's Without Permit Magistrate on Danger in Trespass

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 2

A taxi-driver who admitted having trespassed, without lawful purpose, on closed lands at Port Waratah, owned by Lysaght's Newcastle Works…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

Leonard Bowman (20) was charged by the Police with having illegally used a motor vehicle on the 8th September, without the consent of the…

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The Town. Revision Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 2

A Revision Court for the purpose of revising the supplementary list of electors for the municipality and shire was held yesterday. The Municipal…

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Dungog Court "A Law-abiding Community"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 5

Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., who is relieving Mr. R. Soiling while the latter is on leave, occupied the Bench at a Hitting of Dungog Court on…

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District Court £2000 Damages Claim List of Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

The Maitland District Court, to be opened at East Maitland on Monday, Is expected to last tor several days. The list is lengthy…

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Chase on Pacific Highway Police Arrest 15-Year-old Boy

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 7

Police chased a car, at speeds up to 80 miles an hour, along the Pacific Highway from Hornsby towards Peat's Ferry, yesterday,…

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News from the Council Table Wednesday's Meeting. Additional Police Protection Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present:—Aldermen E. W. Shaw (Mayor), C. V…

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Boy Leads Police Merry Chase. 80 Miles an Hour in Stolen Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

With police in hot pursuit, a 15-year-old boy drove, a stolen car at 80 miles, an hour along the Pacific Highway yesterday…

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Men Whom Millions Dread Secret Police Forces of the Continent Methods Go Far Beyond Anything Democracy Could Ever Permit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 9

GESTAPO, Ogpu, Ovra. Mysterious names these —not honest, ordinary names, but ominous abbreviations. To over 250 million Europeans they spell dread, for they stand for the secret police…

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£300 Theft in City Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 10

Police suspect a truck was used to steal £300 worth of goods from Rutherford Agencies, in O'Connell-st., Sydney. When stock was taken, 128…

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