Hotelkeeper Fined Magistrate’s Warning
Edward Ferguson, licensee of the Caledonian Hotel, West Maitland, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to having…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Extra Two Years for " LIFER " Pleads Guilty to Indecent Assault Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Bede Patrick Murray was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, to be served in conjunction with a life…
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On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Doris Ada Watson, 42, was shot dead outside her mother's home at Sardina, 22 miles south of Mackay…
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In the Police Court on Friday last 6th March, before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., George Godwin, a licensed fisherman, was charged with consigning…
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CESSNOCK Tuesday.—George Richardson, 61, a labourer, pleaded guilty at Cessnock Police Court to-day to having stolen seven…
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George Gillard, of Millfield, was charged at Cessnock Police Court to-day with assault and offensive behaviour…
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George Richardson, a stranger to the district, was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning with drunkenness and stealing…
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Several matters are listed for hearing at the sitting of the District Court to be held at Muswellbrook tomorrow…
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James Hessian, of Kitchener, was charged at Cessnock Police Court to day with using bad language. Serjeant Griffith said defendant…
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Further evidence was taken at West Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon in the case against Frederick Alexander…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday. — In the Divorce Court to-day before Mr. Justice Edwards, Edna Elaine Curtis, formerly Sciffer,…
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HONOLULU March 11- A Japanese officer who, for years under the guise of a pawnbroker, carried on espionage for Japan…
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Two cases are set down for hearing at the Maitland District Court, which opens at East Maitland on Monday afternoon…
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At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Malcolm George Evans wag fined £1 and 8/costs on a charge of having used…
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At the Merriwa Police Court on Friday, before Mr. J. R. Telfer and Mr. T. B. Macfarlane, Justices of the Peace, John Brown, a stranger to…
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A concert party, organised by Mr. W. Thornton, of Cessnock, visited the Maitland Gaol and presented a most entertaining…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Warders on Tuesday afternoon frustrated on attempt by two long-term prisoners to overpower warders…
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An attempt by two long-term prisoners to overpower warders at Brisbane Gaol, and escape, was frustrated by the warders on Tuesday…
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His Honor Judge J. R. Nield presided at Wednesday's sitting of the District Court at Muswellbrook. Two of three cases listed for hearing were…
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Douglas Keith Swan was charged with maliciously damaging the Clarance Town Soldiers' War Memorial on 21st February, to the extent of £10…
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