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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 52

Alleged Assault On Woman

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday — A search is being made in Anburn district for a man who carly this morning is alleged to have…

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Intent to Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY: Thursday.—At the Central--Police Courts, William James Atkinson, 64, a gatekeeper, who was employed at No. 8 wharf,…

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Help In Case Of Emergency Police and Firemen Ready

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Thursday.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said that he wished to impress upon the public that in the event of any emergency members of the police should be looked upon as counsellors and friends. The public…

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Car Theft Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Friday.—John Darby Munday was remanded for seven days on 2200 ball by Mr. Goldie, S. M. at Central Police Court,…

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A Market Gardener Charged

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

At the Parramatta Court to-day Frank Ragonesi, 40, a market gardener, was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on Rita…

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District Court For Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The Attorney-General Mr. C. E. Martin, has announced that, following upon a request made to him at a…

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Police Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

'The list . at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was ,a light one. ' There were three cases of [?]and these…

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Assault at Hospital Challeged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

KEWCASTLE Monday.—In opening bail in the case of David Christianson (48) labourer, Poe Prosecutor Sergeant Wale…

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Mass Murder of Serbs A Ghastly Record

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 1

The mass murder of Serbs in Croatia is described in a ghastly record compiled by the Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox…

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Theft of Bottled Beer Two A.i.f. Men Gaoled

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

Two A.I.F. men who stole three and a half cases of bottled beer from the Swans Brewery were sentenced to six months' gaol, in Perth Police…

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Police Court Remand

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday—William Frost Fishbarm, 45, pinner, pleaded not guilty at Cesnock Court to having used indecent language…

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Man Charged with Murder. Death of Ship Worker. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

At the Balmain Police Court to-day, Allan Carberry (24), plumber, was charged with the murder of Bruce Holden (16)…

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Wife Refuses to Give Evidence. Husband Charged with Murder. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

When the inquest was resumed to-day into the death of Mrs. Vera Doris Watt (36), of Kent-street, Collaroy, the wife of Donald Pagett (47), who has…

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Charged with Espionage

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

SAN JOSE (Costa Rica) Jan. 5,—Fifty Germans have been arrested and charged with espionage and subversive…

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Plumber on Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—At the Balmain Police Court to-day Allan Carberry. 24. a plumber, was changed with the murder of…

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Cessnoek Police Court Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M. Traffic Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

Gordon Millington, 19, of Congewaistreet, Aberdare, was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, at the Cessnock Court to-day for riding a bicycle In Vincent-street…

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District Court for Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

The Attorney-General (the Hon-ourable C. E. Martin) has announced that, following upon a request made to him at a recent deputation from…

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Mass Murder 180,000 Serbs Slaughtered London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

The mass murder of Serbs in Croatia is described in a ghastly record compiled by the Arhbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which has…

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Maitland Gaol Escapee Commits Suicide Gun Duel with Police. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

Robert Sidney Jones, 36, who made a sensational escape from Maitland Gaol in November, 1940, died in the back room of a…

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Maitland Gaol Escapee Suicides Cornered In House At Leichhardt

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Cornered by a big posse of electives in a house at Leichhardt early this morning, Rob[?] Sydney Jones, 36, desperate criminal and Maitland Gaol escapee, committed suicide father than submit to capture…

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