A.i.f. Man Sentenced
On charges of stealing a book valued at 16/, and of maliciously dam aging a plate-glass window, Phillip John Younger, 27, of the A.I.F., was…
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Courts & crime, 1941
1,098 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 55
Is It Obscene? Question To Magistrate
That typical Australian adjective has cropped up again. Defendant in an obscene language charge at the Police Court to-day asked Mr. J. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault on Young Girl Sydney
Christian Hanson Sk[?]e, 33, carpenter, who was convicted, with a recommendation to mercy, of an indecent assault on a seven-year-old girl in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Banned Sect Jehovah’s Witnesses Assault Cases
Philip David Morgan Rees was charged at Burwood Police Court with having unlawfully assaulted Charles Hopton, a Commonwealth peace officer, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Charged Alleged Negligent Driving Lorries Collide
Following the collision between a motor lorry and a utility truck last Anzac Day on the Telarah bridge, northern highway. Pte. Francis J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Plaints
Monday, 14th July, is the last day for issuing plaints for hearing at the District Court sitting to be held on the 31st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Search Missing Stockman NEWCASTLE
A phone message received by Newcastle police has thrown little light on the Disappearance of Leslie Galsworth, a stockman of Ellenborough,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fined for Negligent Driving. Case at Cessnock Court
At Cessnock Police Court yesterday Harold John Sweetman, of Sweetman's Creek, was charged with having failed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delays in Compensation Court Causing Hardship. SYDNEY
Mr. Lowden, southern miners’ president referring to the closing of the Workers’ Compensation Committee for three weeks, during the law…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram-driver Charged with Assault Dismissal Under First Offenders' Act
"I did not call him a 'damn' sealer at all. I don't use that word. I am a teetotaller non-smoker." Percy Graham Beauchamp, 50,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Jehovah's Witness Remanded on Assault Charge
At Burwood Court on Monday, Philip David Moran Rees was charged with having unlawfully, assaulted Charles Hopton, Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Sergeant Injured
SYDNEY, Wednesday. SeDan Caiman of the Criminal Investigation Branches in [?][?][?][?] readition in St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Ball a Worthy Object
Those who attend the first Maitland Police Ball, which will be held in the Maitland Town Hall on Tuesday, July 22, are assured of a most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Pretences Young Man Charged
Desmond Webster, 22, appeared be fore Mr. E. M. Debenham, J.P. at the West Maitland. Police Court on a charge of false pretences. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bail Refused Two Men On Murder Charge SYDNEY
In the Central Court to-day Bruce Edward Plunkett, 24, a carpenter’s improver, and Richard James Duckworth 40, a labourer, were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Orchestra Amounts Raised For Patriotic Purposes
On Tuesday, July 22, 1941, the New South Wales Police Orchestra will visit West Maitland and will supply the music for the Police Ball to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fused Light . Leads To Traffic Court
[?] in the shape of a fused car light lead, to two charges being heard against John Bruce Couper of Newcastlc-street, WalIsend, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surry Hills Murder Case Two Others Charged
Bruce Edward Plunkett, 24, carpenter's improver, and Richard James Duckworth 40 labourer, were charged at the Central Court, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Wingham Police Court, Tuesday, July 1, before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M.
Allan Hinton, on remand, was charged with that, at Wingham, on on or about May 16, 1941, he did steal one red bullock, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court Failed to Return Number Plates
At the Singleton Police Court yesterday, Francis Henry O'Brien was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, on a charge of having failed to return expired…
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