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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 95

Assault Charge Plea of Not Guilty NEWCASTLE

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

David Corti Green (3-1), independent means, pleaded not guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge that, at Budgewoi, on December 13,…

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Charge Denied Alleged Assault On Girl NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

The case in which Arthur Francis Barrington (43) is charged with having indecently assaulted a girl aged 13 s and 4 months was continued in…

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Charlie Court Scores in in Lorn Stake at Maitland Dogs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

The South Coast dog, Charlie Court, scored a convincing win in the Lorn Stake, the principal event at last night's Maitland grey? hound meeting. Dallas and Charlie Court…

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Robbery While Armed Sentenced to Five Years' Gaol Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Angus Barwick (29) former taxi-driver, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on seven…

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Woman Charged with Murder Remanded Till February 20, SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

In the Central Court to-day, Monica Mary Swanton, 36, a domestic, was charged with having murdered Beryl Ivimy at Kensington on…

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Fumes a Public Nuisance Magistrate's Decision

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

At the Central Summons Court, Sydney, yesterday, Mr Arnold, S.M., held that fumes from the factory of Galvanizers Pty. Ltd., in…

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Sent to Gaol Caused Grass Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

At the Geelong Court, Wlliam McCluskey, 59, was sentenced to three months' gaol on a charge of having caused a grass fire which swept…

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Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day, Monica Marry Swanton, 36, domestic, was charged with having murdered Beryl Ivimy, at Kensington, on January 6…

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Picked Up Other People's Clothes Young Man Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

By picking other people's clothes up on the beach, then paying his way into the surf-sheds, and ransacking them there, Robert Thomas, 22,…

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25 Years in Gaol Case of Samuel Freeman. Sydney, Friday

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

Although his friends are sparing no efforts to Bring about his release from gaol, alter 25 years, of Samuel Freeman, who was sentenced to death in…

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Robbery and Assault Five Years for Former Taxi-driver. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Angus Barwick, 25, a former taxi-driver, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on seven charges of assault…

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Thefts of Oxy-. Aceylene Punts Police Perturbed

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

Police are perturbed by the thefts of oxy-acetylene gas plants in Sydney. Five have been stolen in little more than a week…

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Two Sentenced Robberies at Coff 's Harbour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 5

Leslie Jenkins, 19, labourer, and Norman Williams, 20, labourer, who had pleaded "Guilty" to having broken and entered a building at Coff's…

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Double Murder At Tenterfield Gruesome Find on Farm Girl and Brother Were Victims Tenterfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

A twenty-five-year-old girl was found murdered to-day on a lonely dairy farm, about four miles from Tenterfield, while her brother lay nearby so terribly injured that his death…

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Three Charged Alleged Assault On Girl NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

In the Quarter Sessions to-day. Thomas Clarke, 13, Cecil Jansen, 20, and Baden Frederick. Christopherson, 16, pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Man Arrested Sequel to Alleged Murder Stealing Charge Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

The intensive search carried out by the police of the area be-tween Tenterfield and Brisbane for a man in a utility truck whom…

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Charged with Conspiracy to Cheat Police Allegations. Sydney, Monday

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day, Nicola Truda, 58, a merchant, was charged that at Sydney, between January, 1936, and December, 1938, with…

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Italian Charged With Conspiracy REMANDED Large Sum Said To Be Involved Alleged Threats Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Nicola Truda, 58, was charged that, at Sydney, between January, 1936, and December, 1938, with one, Griffiths, a female, he had conspired to cheat Lillian Murray and other persons of large…

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Peace Overtures in Spain Foreign Minister Charged with Commission. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

The "Daily Mail's" special Perpignan correspondent states that the Republican Government is making peace overtures…

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A Long List District Court At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 1

"All applications for adjournments to the next court will be granted." said His Honor, Judge Nield, in the District Court to-day, after such an…

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