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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Cannot Take Law Into Own Hands Colliery Employees Charged At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Saturday—Eighteen employees of Maitland Main colliery were charged before Mr. R. Atkinson, SM, at a special court held at Cessnock to-day with absenting themselves from work without reasonable excuse…

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Assault Charges Denied

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—giving evidence at a district court–martial, to–day, Provost–Sergeant Mervyn Campbell denied charges charges of have…

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Alleged Theft of Mail Bag

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 2

On the application of the police, Hector Thomas Lachlan Goodwin, 29, was remanded until April 19 by Mr. G. J. Johnstone,…

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Adjourned Till Next Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 3

On the application of Mr. F. E. Murray (for the defence), the charges against George Richard Seeley and John Henry Lawler…

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Sequel To Assault At Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.— George James Laverik a wheeler, employed at [?] proceeded against James Wilson, a deputy…

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Soldier Sentenced Charges of Breaking And Entering

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

Edwin Donald Forguson, 20 soldier, who had pleaded guilt Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday to three charges of…

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Fracas at Millfield-Greta. Wheeler Charges Deputy with Assault

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

At Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. G. Johnstone, P.M., George James Laverick, a wheeler…

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Woolcott Forbes. Five Years' Gaol for Fraud. New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

John Woolcott Forbes was sentenced to five years, and Alfred Ernest Dawson to four years…

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Refused to Take Oath Court’s Sentence Confirmed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

An appeal by Alexander Thomas Grogas against a conviction for having refused to take the [?]of service under the Defence Act…

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Late News Mr. Eden Promises America Mareth Defence Line Captured. 8th Army's Achievement. Move to Cut Off Rommel's Retreat Policy in the Pacific Air and Military Chiefs Meet. Is Big Push Against Japan in Offing? R.A.F. Still Very Active Thaw Holds Up Operations on Eastern Front Woolcott Forbes Sentenced to Five Years. New York

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 1

John Woolcott Forbes, former Australian, was to-day sentenced to five years, and Alfred Ernest Dawson, his fellow conspirator, to four…

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Forbes and Dawson Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

A message from New York pair says that John Woolcott Forbes (36), Sydney financier, has been sentenced by a Federal Court, to imprisonment for…

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Alleged Assault at Toronto

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wednesday— Ca[?] in the Police Court today with having at [?] if [?]…

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Sequel to Car Accident Jockey Charged

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.—John Milton Coutte 32 a Jockey was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having driven a motor…

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Four Soldiers On Theft Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 5

BATHURST Friday—At Bathurst Court four, soldiers Cecil Alan Hayward,37, Keith Neville Ashton, 28, Colin Holleywell 19…

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Soldiers From Western Camp Arrested Charge of Stealing

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Pour soldiers from a western camp were arrested late on Wednesday night on a charge of having stolen articles valued at £500, the property…

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“I’ll Stay in Gaol” Said Defendant

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Friday - “No, sir, I'll stay in gaol,” said William Roden 152), mining engineer, to Mr. Carr-Boyd, SM, in the…

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De Facto Wife-husband Sent to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday —In the police court to-day a man. after declaring he was married to a woman, said she was his [?]…

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Arrested Man Thanks Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 5

It is not often that the police come in for thanks at the hands of those whom they arrest, but such was the case at Forbes Police Court. A…

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Cessnock District Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 4

The Cessnock District Court will sit for the second time at the Court Houses on Monday at 2 p.m. Judge Nield will preside. The list includes…

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