Vagrant Dies in Gaol
Austin Murray, aged 63, a vagrant, died In Maitland gaol last night. An examination b y Doctors, Hollywood and McNamee…
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Courts & crime, 1943
992 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 50
Mail Bag Theft £4000 In Bank Notes Missing
A mail bag, containing about £4000 in bank notes, was delivered to Mingenew (WA) railway station from the ideal post-office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdare Men at Court. Adjournment Granted For Week
When the 334 members of Aberdare Miners' Lodge appeared at Cessnock Police Court on Saturday last on charges of absenteeism, an adjournment…
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Perth detectives are investigating the robbery of a mail bag which contained £4000 in bank notes. The bag was despatched from Minginew, 227…
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More than 3700 toothbrushes and a number of other, types of brushes were stolen from the railway goods yards at…
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Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions en Monday of a charge of having received stolen military stores valued at about £800, Cecil Alan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Absentee Charges 131 Mine Employees Before Court
On a charge of having absented themselves from work at Coalcliff colliery during recognised working hours without reasonable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Housie at Abermain Charge at Kurri Court
KURRI Wed.—A further adjournment until August 18 was granted by Mr. G. J. Johnstone. PM, at Kurri Kurri court to-day…
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NEW YORK August 4.—Evidence that, after the body of Sir Harry Oakes, multi-millionaire, was found on a charred bed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Goods From Dump Man Fined at East Maitland Court
The theft of a galvanised iron tar can, a 44-gallon drum and 35 gallons of emollum from a Main Roads Department dump in East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Information Dismissed Vendor Charged With Selling Adulterated Milk
Taking into consideration the extenuating circumstances surrounding the case, Mr. G. J. Johnstone, PM, dismissed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: The Municipality of Maitland Murder Case Reopened Sanity Question
SYDNEY Thursday.—The case of Boyd Sinclair, 35, who was certified insane after he had been charged with the murder of…
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Evidence that, after the body of Sir Harry Oakes, multi-millionaire, was found on a charred bed at Nassau, Bahamas, on July 8,…
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When the case of Walter Gee. Spinks versus Donald Simmons was called in the local Police Court this morning, alleging assault, Mr. C. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More " Stung " Through Mosquitoes Another Episode in Police Court
Determination to enforce Ordinance 41, which governs mosquitoes, resulted in more local residents appearing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol and Floggings in Belfast
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, seven men and four youths have been sentenced to prison for having had possession of sub-machine-guns,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Intervention Court Defendant Alleged to Be A.w.l
When Henry David Taylor appeared before Mn. M. S. Meagher, P.M., in the local Police Court this morning, police…
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NEWCASTLE Friday.—A consignment of tobacco valued at £750 has been reported stolen from the Railways…
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Henry David Taylor appeared before Mr. M. S. Meagher, PM, at Singleton court to-day on a charge of using indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woolcot Forbes Back in Sydney. Remarkable Outburst in Court
John Woolcott Forbes, Australian financier, who arrived in Sydney on Wednesday in company with a police escort, came before Central Police…
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