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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 52

Theft of Beer Laden Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Friday—There men and two women found [?] around a 27 [?] of hear in a house in [?]…

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No Extra Police for Greta

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) informed Kearsley Council that extra police could not be provided for Greta. He said that in any emergency…

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Police Court

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 3

Mervyn Hamilton, a farmer was charged at West Maitland Police Court to-day with having been drunk in High-street last…

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Newcastle Police Boys Club

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Sat.— At the annual meeting of the Police and Citizens’ Boys Club last night, the president (Superintendent…

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Warning by Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 2

Two soldiers, Thomas Aisbett, 32, and John Charles Dogerty, 29, were charged at West Maitland Police Court to-day, with…

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Alleged Theft of Dogs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday.—About Christmas of last year two cattle dogs sent to Newcastle to be put in a boat for India did not get…

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Police Raid on Club Room

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 2

As the result of a raid by police on club rooms in Elgin-street, on Friday night, 23 men appeared at West Maitland Police…

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Murder Charge in Air Hose Case Bail in £200 Allowed

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 4

Hilton West (35), car washer, was remanded at Central Police Court Sydney, on a charge of having murdered Ernest Dominic Soldie (21), at…

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Brothers Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Tues.—At the Central Court to-day Reginald John Cunningham, 20, a soldier, and Eric Noel Cunningham, 30, a…

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Raid on Club Premises 28 Men Before Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

When police raided club rooms in Elgin-street, West Maitland, on Friday night, 26 men were arrested and they appeared…

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Six Charged , with Helping Convict

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Wednesday—The hearing was continued to-day at the Central court of the case in which four men and two…

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Recovery of Jewellery Worth £500 Man and Woman Charged

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 4

Goulburn police recovered jewellery and other personal property worth more than £500 which disappeared from Foxlow Station,…

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Driving with Masked Lights Now Compulsory Police Taking Broad View

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 4

Driving motor vehicles after dark without specially approved masked lights became illegal throughout vulnerable areas as…

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Magistrate Dismisses Case

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 3

A charge of having driven stock along a stock route without being to possession of a travelling statement was preferred against…

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Magistrate Lowers Rent E. Maitland Cases

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 2

Pointing out that it was apparently the government’s policy in these days of stress to ensure that no person made a profit of…

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Charged with Helping Gaol Escapee Three Men Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

Thre men were committed for trial at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, on a charge of having helped Robert Sidney…

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£5 Damage to Cafe Proprietor's Scales A.i.f. Man Before Police Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

In the local Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr J. McElroy, P.M., John Miller, soldier, serving with the Armoured Division of…

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Fair Rents Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Friday.—After long sitting a case in the Fair Routs Court was adjourned until to-day It was one in which Mr…

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Sentenced for Gaol Offence

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.— At the Quarter Sessions to-day Bede Patrick Murray, 18, was sentenced to two years’…

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Husband Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE Monday.—On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Doris Ada Watson, 42, was shot dead out side her mother’s home at…

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