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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,098 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 55

Viewpoints Readers' Opinions in Fifty Word Letterettes. What do you Think ? Ministers' Power to Override Court Decisions

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 3

would be glad if both candidates seeking our votes on Saturday next would state clearly their attitude, if elected, to any proposal…

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Army Boots Proceedings In The , High Court SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 8

Proceeding are about to be taken in the High Court against a “number of person” against whom allegations were made regarding army boot…

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Clerk Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 6

At Newcastle Sessions, Judge Nield imposed a sentence of 18 months imprisonment on each of two charges against Roy Gladstone Pain [?] cler…

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Theft and Loss of A.i.f. Parcels

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

It was true that some parcels sent from Australia to the A.I.P. in the Middle East had been pillaged and lost, the Army Minister (Mr Spender)…

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Appeal Fails Constable Convicted Assault Charge Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 1

An appeal by Police Constable [?] Treva[?] Watts against his conviction for assault was dismissed by Judge Nield to-day…

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Assaulted a Baby Boy Man Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 4

James Francis Ryan, 20, labourer, pleaded guilty at the Bathurst Police Court on Monday to a charge of having unlawfully assaulted a baby boy…

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Alleged Army Boot Fraud Action in High Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 4

The Federal Attorney-General (Mr Hughes) said on Monday that prosecutions would be launched in the High Court against "a number of…

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Police Cup Won By Newcastle Boy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

The Basil Spicer Cup, offered for the best pass in the 1940 Intermediate Certificate examination, by the child of a policeman stationed in the…

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Traffic Cases East Maitland Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

For having permitted an unlicensed person to drive a motor car, Arthur, Leo Murrell, of Charles street, E[?] kineville, was fined £1 and [?] costs,…

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Abattoir Site Appeal Against Shire Councils Decision District Court Case

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

The bearing of the appeal by Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd., against a decision of Kearsley Shire Council in regard to premises at Rutherford, commenced before Judge Nield at the Maitland District Court to-day…

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Poultry Exhibits at Police Court Alleged Stealing of Ducks Farmed Convicted and Fined

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

Two ducks, one dead and the other alive, were exhibits at the Singleton Police Court yesterday afternoon, when three men were charged with having stolen them on, the night of Saturday, April 12. According to the police story. Thomas…

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Rate Arrears Interest To Be Charged SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 2

Interest at the rate of five per cent. will be charged on municipal rates unpaid after Thursday, Mau 22. This was reported to the Municipal…

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Bicycle Theft Man Fined At Newcastle New Castle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

On April 1. Jim Arthur, Dudley Wall (26), sheet metal worker, stole a bicycle at Islington Technical College, and dissembled it. He put some…

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Brutal Assault Attack On Five-Year- Old Boy SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

An unknown man brutally assaulted a five-year-old boy in a Boy Scouts’ hall, adjoining St. Thomas’s Church, North Sydney yesterday…

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Still No-motive The Nebo Murder BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 3

Police left Nebo last night for a farm a few miles outside the town ship, following a promising lead to the murder of Herbert Blake and…

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Firm's Appeal Proposed Abattoirs District Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

Expert evidence as to the suitability of the site and buildings at Rutherford proposed to be used as abattoirs was given, at the…

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Abattoir Appeal Case in the District Court Mr. Cramsie’s Evidence

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 4

John Boyd Cramsie, former Chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board continued giving evidence in the Maitland District yesterday afternoon in the afternoon in the appeal by Foggitt Jones Pty. against the decision of Kearsley Shire…

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15 Years Ago (From "Argus" Files of May 4, May 6 and May 8, 1926.) New Police Buildings

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 2

The tender of Mr Thos. Ellis, manager of the estate of the late Lena Ellis, has been accepted for the erection of a new charge room and a new…

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N.Z. BLACKOUT Failed To Draw The Blinds Court, Sequel Wellington (N.z.)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 1

For the fourth time in the city’s history a householder has been fined £2 for having failed to draw the blinds and screen the [?]light. above…

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Three Charges Alleged Assault At Cesnock CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

At Cessnock Police Court to-day Herman Richard Hall pleaded guilty to having behaved in an offensive manner in Hickey-street on January…

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