Vengeance Possible Cause for Murder
MELBOURNE Monday.— it is now revealed that miss Earl aged 42, an invalid pensioner, whose nude body was found in…
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Courts & crime, 1942
1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 52
Guilty of Strangling Three Women Leonski Sentenced to Death
U.S. court-martial on Friday night found Edward Jos Leonski, 24, an American private, guilty of strangling three women during the…
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It is now revealed that Miss Eaile (42), an invalid pensioner, whose nude body was found in St. Vincent's Hospital grounds en Wednesday of…
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At the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday Burton Clifford Powell pleaded guilty to a change of having, at Cessnock on JUne 20, broken and…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday—Agnes McIntosh (40), in the Police Court to-day, was sent to gaol for three months as a vagrant…
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A conceit party, organised by Mr. W. Thornton, of Cessnock, visited Maitland Gaol and entertained the inmates [?] was the…
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Miss Mary Agnes Earls, 42, who was murdered in the grounds of St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy (Melbourne), last Tuesday night, was seen leaving a…
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Athol Hayward, 21, a member of the military forces, pleaded not guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day to having on June 6 maliciously wounded Noel Mervyn Smith and Leslie Francis Jordan…
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When brought before Judge Nield at Maitland Quarter Sessions for sentence, Noel Edgar Brown, 18, said he had been forced…
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NEWCASTLE Thurs.— Pleading guilty in the police court to-day to being an idle and disorderly person without sufficient…
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CESSNOCK Thurs.— Cessnock has been gazetted a District Court area but it is unlikely that District Court will be held in…
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SINGLETON Friday — Kevin Marshal 20, a soldier, was fined £5 for stealing a diamond ring, a 10/ note, a torch and a tin of…
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Britain and [?] Troops in the Western desert have taken advantage of the period of Stabilisation during [?] of [?] not only to refil hat also to undertake constant assault and deface execrates where [?] stond them in good stead during future offensive Picture shows The “enemy attacking from the sea: an incident during a British army exercise in Libya…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Fined for Stealing P.m. Imposes Penalties Aggregating £9/10/-
Fines and compensation aggregating £9/10/ were imposed on Kevin Marshall, aged 20, a soldier, when he appeared before…
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Cessnock has been gazetted a District Court area, but it is unlikely that a District Court will be held in the town…
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The High Court of Australia announced yesterday that it upheld the validity of the Federal Government's uniform taxation…
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The High Court of Australia to-day upheld the validity of the Federal Government's uniform tax plan, but only by a majority of three to two…
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SYDNEY Saturday—[?] committee ahs [?]Privale William Gui[?]42, to a year’s [?]elention [?]…
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Charies Edward Herberk, [?] 33 pleased quilty at West Maitland Court to-day to having at East Maitland on July 23…
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Charged at West Maitland Court to-day with having at West Maitland on June 30 stolen a handbag valued at 25/- the…
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