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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 52

Hard Court Tennis Association

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday.—Hard court tennis, officials have decided to carry on considering that as an organised body, they can more…

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District Court for Cessnock in July

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Cessnock Council has been advised that it is expected that the first sitting of the Cessnock District Court will take place on or about July 23…

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Found Guilty of Illegally Using an Instrument A.i.f. Man's Wife Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 5

Mrs. Elsie Evelyn Bowhay, whose hasband has been reported wounded in action in Malaya, was yesterday sentenced at Orange Quarter Sessions…

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Law Clerk Charged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday. — In the Police Court to-day John prosper Watt (32), law clerk, was charged that between June 4…

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Stabbing Affray Police Seek Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY Monday.—A second affray in which three soldiers were concerned occurred in the city early yesterday morning…

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Dunkirk Survivor on Theft Charges Family Wiped Out

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Tuesday.— A man, whose family had been wiped out in air raids and other war activities, and who, himself,…

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Court Martial in Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.— Gunner Norman William McLeod, who has been charged on four counts arising from incidents at…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 1

LAUNCESTON Wed.—George Walter Martin, 22, was committed for trial on a charge of murder at the close of the Deloraine…

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Court Martial Verdict

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Gunner Norman William McLead, [?]th Anti-Tank Regiment, was yesterday found not guilty on three of the…

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Dogs Exhibits In Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Thursday.—“The [?]hibits in this case,” said Police [?]rosecutor, Sergeant Wallace, in [?] Police Court to-day, “are two…

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Young Man Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—Bernard Mc-Dade, 21, a labourer, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day charged with the murder of William…

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Warning to Larrikins Magistrate's Straight Talk Dungog Police Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

At the Dungog Police Court on Wednesday, a Universal trainee, Leslie Forth, appeared before Police Magistrate Bliss as a result of his action in…

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Sydney Harbour Tragedy. Young Man Charged With Murder. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Bernard McDade (21), laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court today charged with the murder of William Malcolm McLean, whose body…

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Aftermath of Discovery in Harbour Young Man Charged with Murder Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Bernard McDade (21), labourer, appeared in the Central Police Court to-day charged with the murder of William Malcolm Maclean, whose…

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Alleged Assault Cases Struck Out

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

When the cases, Ernest Richard Hoban, for and on behalf of Dorothy Jean Hoban v. Ron Gill, assault, female; Ronald Robert Gill v. Ernest…

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Dungog Police Court (Before Mr. Bliss, P.m.) Sensitive Bullocky

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Salisbury has made history, one local bullock driver proceeded against another bullock driver on a charge of Insulting words. The user of the…

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Appeal Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

At the Appeal Court yesterday, Thomas clarence Daley appealed against the Shire Council's valuation of his property, and in his notice of…

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Small Debts Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Evidence was tendered at length in a case. Harold Edward French v. Basil John Richens. Plaintiff, who was represented by…

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New Zealand Military Ballots Clerk Charged with Accepting Bribes

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 6

Henry Berthold, clerk, in the National Service Department, pleaded guilty at Wellington (N.Z.) to having wilfully deceived the Director of…

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Recent Assaults on Civilians. Appointment of Police Reservists Being Considered

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, in discussing recent assaults on civilians, particularly the stabbing case when three soldiers accosted a man…

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