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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 52

Stealing Charges Unlicensed Pistol

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 3

Erie Arthur Keasey, of Kearsley, pleaded guilty at West Maitland Court to-day to having at West Maitland, between April…

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Theft From Comforts Depot

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

Some time during Friday night, a thief or thieves entered the Comforts Depot of the Women's Voluntary Services in the Bank of N.S.W…

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Police Search for Diamonds Loss of a Fortune

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

The civil police have been called in to assist in Investigating the loss of a fortune in gems which were being brought to…

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Stealing Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

Eric Arthur Keasey, of Kearsley, pleaded guilty at Maitland, Police Court yesterday, to having, between April 24 and 27, stolen a tent fly, four…

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Gaol for Six Months

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

[?] Tuesd,—Pleading [?] Police Court to-day [?] checked of [?] exposure, [?] George Brown…

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Placed On Bound For Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

NEW CASTLE Tues,—For steeling a suit of clothes and a plate of artificial teeth, John Leonard Bennley (54) war pensioner, was…

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Soldier Charged with Robbery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Tuesday. — George Claude Crew (22), soldier, was charged in the police [?] to-day with having…

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Sentenced to Death 18 Croat Patriots

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

LONDON August 24. German military [?] at Zebus in Yogoslaris separated to death rocs for [?] on…

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Goering Accused of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

LONDON Aug. 24—Moscow radio quotes a report from the frontier that Marshal Goering has murdered his…

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No Clue to Double Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.) Tuesday— Although Government experts are working day and night on anger print clues no attest has…

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Inspector of Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

Inspector C. S. Newland took up duty to-day as officer in charge of the Maitland police district. He has gone into…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr G. J. Johnstone, P.m.). Indecent Behaviour Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

William Mowatt was charged, with, behaving in an innocent manner. Mr. Cleaves said that on the night of June 25th last defendant acted in…

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Fresh Disturbances in India. Quelled by Police. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

Disturbances broke out in Calcutta after four quiet days. The police took strong measures and no violence was reported. The police in Bombay…

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Murder and Suicide Story of Amazing Threat

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 2

The story of an amazing threat to kill a woman, made during the progress of a euchre party, was related at the inquest into…

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Bomb Thrown at Oslo Police Station Number of Communists Arrested

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 2

The Norwegian Telegraph Agency reports that an explosion at Oslo police station on Friday last killed one Quisling policeman and seriously…

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Gaol For American Private

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday—Three years impo[?] has been imposed by the U.S. coure [?] on an australian [?]…

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Publican Charged Serving Person Under Influence

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 2

A charge of an annual nature that of serving a person who at the time was in a state of intoxication was preformed…

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"Order in the Court."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 8

The "Magpie" series of selected novels in now on sale. The published is Mr. Frank Johnson, of Sydney, who is placing at the disposal of…

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Police Association of New South Wales

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 8

The Chief Secretary (Mr. J. M. Paddeley) has received the following communication from the Secretary of the Police Association:—…

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ABERMAIN No. 2 Duff Coal Arbitration Court Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 2

A continuous agreement existed at Abermain No. 2 colliery between the management and the employees for the use of duff or fine coal in the…

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