Man Killed After Alleged Assault Fell in Front of Car
After an altercation in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, late on Saturday night, followed by an alleged assault by two soldiers, William John…
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Courts & crime, 1940
1,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 65
“I Was Hungry” Why He Took Grapes Court Sequel
“I took the grapes because I was hungry” said Louis Arthur Bennett a stranger, when he was charged at the Cessnock Police Court to-day…
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It was stated at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday that Herbert Gilbert, of West Maitland, was assaulted in…
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Edgar Alford, 33, of the Second A.L.F. pleaded with Judge Poster, in the General Sessions, to be allowed to rejoin his unit, which is to go…
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Hearing of the part heard case in which Clarence William Matthews, of Pokolbin, charged Geoffrey Matthews, of…
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Athol Lennox, 24 a bush worker and Franklin Robertson, 35, a waiter, charged at Newcastle Sessions with having on December 21 at Newcastle…
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"I took the grapes because I hungry," said Louis Arthur Bennett, a stranger, when charged, at Cessnock Police Court…
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Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd at the Cessnock Police Court, Cornelius Thompson, of Wyong, was fined £1 on a charge of Indecent behaviour…
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Arising out of the death of a 15-years-old girl, Veronica Joyce Gallagher, at New Lambton on July 25, 1939, when she was allegedly knocked down by a motor car, Walter…
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A fine of £1. with 8/ costs, was imposed on Lester Mitchell, of Brookstreet, Rutherford, at the West Maitland Court to-day, on a charge of…
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Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, Charles Oxa, of Alexander-street. Cessnock, a Finn…
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At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday, Acting Judge Studdert advised the jury not to convict in the case in which a motor mechanic,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stolen Bags Hebburn Collieries Lose Two Charged Kurri Kurri
“Inverliga[?]w that there was a third party” said Const[?] T. L. Newalt in giving evidence in the case of George [?] Barrel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Officer Charged with Embezzlement Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty. Melbourne
John Wesley Mitchell, LieutenantGeneral in the A.I.F., at present under suspension, was found not guilty on two counts of embezzlement at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ownership of Roller Brothers Take Matter To Court P.M.’s COMMENT
Claiming that be had defined a farm roller retuned at £6, Roy Henry Ekert, of Bolwarra proceeded against his brother,…
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In the Quarter Sessions this afternoon, William McDevlit (34), an electrician, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted Harold William…
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The case is which Robert Holier (11), postal [?], is charged on two could of [?] has a letter, was continued in the…
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In the Police Court today, John Brown (89).miner, ma charged with falling to account tor £170 received by him for the Australian Cost and…
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