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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 77 of 95

Curious English Customs "Court of Array"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 8

"The Court of Array" was formerly held on Whitsun Monday at Greenhill, in the vicinity of Lichfield, when every householder failing to answer…

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Assassins Shot on Scene of Crime Calinescu's Murder Avenged Dramatic Purge of Iron Guard Rebels London, September 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 1

Members of the Pro-Nazi Iron Guard were named in an official Government broadcast from Bucharest as assassins of the Prime Minister of Rumania, M…

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Kurri Hospital's Claim for Fees. Judge Criticises Both Parties. Maitland District Court Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 4

Hearing of the case in which Kurri Kurri District Hospital clamer from Edward William Aubin, of Elliott-street, Kurri Kurri, £78/1/- for fees…

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Kurri Third Annual Police Ball Hall Decorated With Scout Troop Colours. Cessnock Visitor Made Belle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 3

A large number of dancers, including many visitors, gathered in the Ambulance Hall, Kurri Kurri, on Tuesday night for the Third Annual Police Ball, at which all previous efforts of the committee were outdone by the…

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Magistrate Ill Court Adjourned NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 2

Owing to sudden indisposition, the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. M. E. Soane, was unable to take the Police Court Bench to-day…

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Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Alexnder Novad, 51, an engineer, was charged with having allegedly murdered Martin Pikkur, at the…

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Man Wounded In Critical Condition Woman Charged Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 1

George Farran (55), of Gundy, was admitted to Scone Hospital in a critical condition on Saturday. He is be lieved to have been shot at his home…

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Murder Charges Deaths Of Women And Child BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 6

At the Ayr Police Court, John James FitzSimmons, 26, postal employee, was charged with having, on September 11, wilfully murdered Hazel Campbell…

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Calinescu's Murder Anti-German Policy Alleged New York, September 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 2

One explanation of the assassination of the Rumanian Premier (M. Calinescu), given by radio, was that he had refused the…

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Bodies Found in Graves Under House Police Charge Man

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 3

The bodies of Mrs Grace Cole, or Campbell, and her three-year-old daughter were found on Friday buried under a house at Ayr (North…

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7 Years' Gaol Traitor Sentenced LONDON, Sept. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

Donald Adams, 56, a journalist, who pleaded guilty to 18 counts of forwarding information to Germany, was sentenced to seven years by Justice…

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Right of Appeal Sentenced for Murder SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

Albert Andrew Moss, who was sentenced to death at Dubbo yesterday on a charge of having: murdered Timothy O'Shea, at Narromine, has the right…

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Two for Trial Military Hall Case Alleged Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Mr. C. G. CarrBoyd, P.M., committed Henry Tully Maxted (19) and Harold…

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Moss Sentenced to Death. Right of Appeal. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 2

Albert Andrew Moss, who was sentenced to death at Dubbo yesterday on a charge of having murdered Timothy O'Shea at…

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Death Sentence Dubbo Murder Trial Ends

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 6

Albert Andrew Moss, 61, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Owen to-day after he had been found quilty by a jury at Dubbo Criminal Court…

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Assault Charge Alleged Intent to Rob Two for Trial Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

Charged before Mr. J. W. Scoble, S.M., in the Police Court to-day with having assaulted Michael Fitzsimmons with intent to rob…

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Caught Speeding Bromwich Spends Night in Gaol Los Angeles, Sept. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 10

John Bromwich, the Australian lawn tennis champion, spent a night in gaol at North Platte, Nebraska, as a result of being caught speeding…

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Death Sentence End of Dubbo Murder Trial DUBBO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 2

Albert Andrew Moss, 61. was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Owen yesterday after he had been found guilty by a jury at Dubbo. Criminal…

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Moratorium Matter Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 5

In the Moratorium Court tat Cessnock yesterday Henry Herbert Thompson, as executor of the will of Pearson Edward…

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Police Magistrates. Must Not Criticise Government From Bench. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 2

The Department of Justice has notified police court magistrates that they must not criticise Government policy in any shape or…

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