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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Concert at Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

One of the best concerts yet given in Maitland Gaol was that presented by a party organised by Mr. W. Thornton, of Cessnock,…

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Objectors in Gaol House of Lords Appeal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON March 3.—since the outbreak of war to. January SI' last more 'than 1600 consclenHous objectors have been imprisoned…

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Constable Charged With Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE Friday — At the Chinchilla Court, Michael Flynn, 29, a police constable, was charged with wilful murder…

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Two Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—At the Central Police Court to–day Edward Brady, 12, a soldier, and William Henderson Miller, 47, a labourer…

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Merriwa Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

At the Merriwa Police Court on Tuesday, 2nd March, before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., who was accompanied on the Bench by Mr. J. R. Telfer,…

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Theft of Sedan Car Police Rammed in Chase

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

A late model sedan car, reported stolen from the city on Tuesday, was seen as it was being driven through St. Peters on Wednesday, and a…

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Theft of Soldiers' Parcels

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 5

"This is one of the meanest types of thefts which any man can lower himself to commit. It is worse than robbing the…

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Constable on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

Michael Flynn (29), a police constable, was charged in the Chinchilla (Q.) Police Court yesterday, with wilful murder…

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Smart Police Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

The local police do not sleep on their job. Evidence of this occurred recently which further enhanced Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb's reputation for…

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Charges Against McNULTY Dismissed Magistrate's Comment Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

Declaring that the prosecution had failed to satisfy him beyond reasonable doubt that defendant had committed the acts alleged,…

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Cases for District Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

The following cases are listed for the Maitland, District Court, to open at East Maitland on March 15…

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U.S. Policeman On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK March 6—After an investigation into alleged [?] treatment to prisoners in the city’s ganis, a Los Angeles grand…

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Alleged Theft From Railway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 3

Charged in Sydney with [?] West Maitland stolen [?] Ladies Shoes [?]…

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Gaoled for Aiding Alleged Deserters Magistrate's Comment

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

"There are too many deserters from the Forces, and civilians are assisting them far too much," said Mr Farrington, S.M., at…

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Theft of Army Property

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—Sentence of 15 members imprisonment was [?]on Warant Officer [?] Herbert Jones, 25, when he…

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Secretary's Theft of Hospital Funds

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

Before Chief Justice Webb, in the Queensland Criminal Court, James McMahon (22), clerk, who pleaded guilty to having stolen at St. George…

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Murder of Boy

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

Detectives investigating the murder of the ll-year-old Parramatta boy say that he was the victim of the most flendish crime committeed in Sydney…

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Question of Court Attire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—The Attorney-general Captain Martin, is to discuss with the Chief Justices Frederick Jordon, the…

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Gaol Warder Stabbed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—Attacked by four convicts at Parramatta Gaol, William Hogg, a warder, was stabbed three times in the back…

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