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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 79 of 95

No Change Mine Mechanics Conciliation Court Ruling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 7

An application for dissolution and re-establishment of the Colliery Mechanics' Conciliation Committee, with amended…

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Clash in the Coroner's Court Solicitor Threatened with Ejection

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 8

The unusual spectacle of a solicitor heatedly debating a Coroner's rights and the Coroner threatening to have the solicitor…

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Shots Fired Attempted Murder Charge Youths for Trial Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 3

Claude Bradley, 19, and Edward John Henley, 18, both labourers, of South Melbourne, were committed for trial on a charge of having shot at…

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Theft of Detonators Warning Issued by Police. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 2

A warning was issued by the police to parents to-day to keep children under strict control, following the theft of two dozen detonators from a…

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Lucky Thirteen Saved Father From Gaol Police Assaulted Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 5

Thirteen is not always unlucky as was proved to-day. The fact that ho had a wife and thirteen children saved David…

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Attempted Murder Charge Youths Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 1

Claude Bradley, 19, and Edward John Henley, 18, both labourers, of South Melbourne, were committed for trial on a charge of having shot…

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Murder Charge Mental Asylum Warder Remanded BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 6

Joseph Aubrey Vincent Abbott, 30, mental asylum warder, was charged with haying unlawfully killed Charles Henry Harris, 90, a patient…

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Stolen Ferrets Case At Cessnock Court CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court to-day, Charles Milton Bain pleaded guilty to two charge of stealing: Having stolen one ferret, valued at 15/…

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Very Drunk Young Man Amok Court Sequel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 5

A twenty-four-year-old plumber, Henry Pearson, appeared to-day before the magistrate at the Central Police Court on two charges of assault…

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Retirement of Judge White Reference in Sydney District Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 2

In the District Court, Sydney, reference was made to the retirement of Judge White. His Honor was unable to attend owing to ill-health…

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Kurri Police Court Correction

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

In a recent issue it was re­ported that James Cook was fined a total of £6 or 21 days. This should have read £6 or 12…

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Theft of Ferrets Case at Cessnock Court

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

Charles Milton Bain was charged at Cessnock Court yesterday with having stolen one ferret valued at 15/-, the property of Leonard…

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Theft of Baker's Truck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 1

A delivery truck was stolen from the garage at Mrs. M. Arnott's bakery on Saturday last, and was later found in a damaged condition at the…

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Case Ends Alleged Stealing Of Heifer an Acquittal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 7

The part-heard case in which Stanley Joseph Whalan, of Bishop's Bridge, was charged with cattle stealing between December…

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Case Adjourned Alleged Assault At Paxton CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 5

A disturbance at Paxton on the night of September 16 was- referred to at Cessnock Court when Claude Thomas Maher and Harold Ling…

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Car Accident Sequel at Maitland Court Nurses' Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 7

A plea of not guilty was entered by Henry James Minto, of Pokolbin street, Kearsley, at the West Maitland Police Court to-day…

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After Hours Men on Licensed Premises Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 6

For being the licensee of premises in which men were found drinking during prohibited hours on September 8, Clarence Allen…

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Police Court Cases at Singleton SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 7

In the police court at Singleton to-day, Clarrie Page and Frank Austin, Singleton youths, were charged with stealing 12 pillow slips, the property…

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Alleged Theft At Raymond Terrace NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 7

In the Police Court to-day, Basil George Blake (26), and William Norman Casson (28), labourers, were charged that on September 25, at…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Coventry Explosion LONDON, Oct. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 1

Three women and two men were jointly charged with the murder of four men and a woman who lost their lives in a terrific explosion at…

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