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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,098 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 55

Holiday Tennis Maitland Association Grass Court Finals

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 6

With one set apiece In hand In the final of the men’ A grade singles In the Maitland Lawn Tennis Association’s club…

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£1000 CLAIM Alleged Assault At Dog Trials District Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 6

Arising out of an incident that happened ,at dog trials on the Maitland Show Ground on the night of January 29, 1940, a claim…

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Alleged Theft War Savings Certificates SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 7

At the Central Police Court Allan Blinder Thistlethwayle, 25, accountant was alleged to have attempted to negotiate stolen war savings…

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Stole Overcoat Three Months' Gaol NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 1

Pleading guilty in the Police Court, to-day to theft of an overcoat, Lawrence Lionel Blackett (18), labourer, was sentenced to three months'…

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Commuicated Information to Enemy Two Women Sentenced to Five Years

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 2

After a secret trial in Old Bailey, London, two women who pleaded guilty to having communicated information likely to assist the enemy,…

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Compensation Court Awards

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

In the Workers’ Compensation Court at Newcastle the following awards were made: An award for £435/1/5, with costs…

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Cross Actions Dispute Over Share Farming District Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 5

In the Maitland District Court yesterday afternoon the hearing commenced in a claim for £890 by William Richard Sager, of…

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Missing Witness Receives Pardon Of The Judge Divorce Court Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 1

The missing witness, Mrs. Hann[?] Mar[?]e Wood, required to give [?]vidence in the Kyle divorce case, [?]ended in court to-day…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4

At the Merriwa Police Court on 7th inst., before Mr. J. R. Telfer and Mr. John Leard, Justices of the Peace, a stranger to Merriwa, Claude…

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Singleton District Two Men Charged With Stealing One Convicted Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 2

On the night of June 6 bicycles belonging to Special Constable E. Stanton , and John Henry Robinson, of Castlereagh-street Singleton, were stolen…

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Police Warning

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4

Aberdeen police have issued a warning to cyclists, drawing attention j to the necessity of having rear reflectors affixed to all cycles. A…

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Compensation Court Awards

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 1

In the Workers' Compensation Court it Newcastle on Wednesday on award for £435/1/5, with costs on the…

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Made Speech Pejudicial to War Effort Former British Army Man Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4

In Perth (W.A.) Police Court, Patrick Kearsley was sentenced to six months' imprisonment under the National Security Act for making a…

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Police Sports and Ball Enthusiastic Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 3

There were about forty residents of Dungog and district at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall on Wednesday night in response to an advertisement…

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District Court Verdict For Defendant

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 5

In the Maitland District Court t-oday, Sydney Hammond Dorn, West, Maitland, proceeded against James Henry Field and Theophllus Alfred…

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£400 VERDICT Claims In District Court Farming Dispute

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 5

When the Maitland District Court adjourned yesterday afternoon evidence had not concluded in the case in which William…

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Hospital Rating Case Referred To The Full Court SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 6

In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Owen had before him a matter in which the trustees of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah,…

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Solicitor Sent to Gaol. Misappropriated £6700

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 2

A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment was imposed on Reginald Easterby Taylor, 37, a solicitor, in the Quarter Sessions at Sydney for…

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Found on Premises Eight Men Charged

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 2

'In the Singleton Police Court on Thursday, before Mr J. McElroy, P.M., eight men pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found without…

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Alleged Theft of Bicycles Man Convicted on Two Charges

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 2

In the Singleton Police Court on Thursday, before Mr McElroy, P.M., Walter Henry Ryan (45), labourer, was convicted on…

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