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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 51

Gaol Terms for Liquor Conspirators

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday—After deliberating for two and a half hours the Jury, it the Central Criminal Court, found Richard…

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Last Home Game Maitland to Play Assault

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 5

On Saturday Maitland first grad will meet Assault on Loss Park. The match will be the last opportunity that local followers…

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Heavy Raf Assault on Stuttgart

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON March 2—Following a heavy RAF assault on Stuttgart last night, Americans continued the offensive in daylight…

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Proposed Police Change

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

Following upon the public meeting held last week to consider ways and means to have the Police Department's decision to make…

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Compensation for Police

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday—A bill, introduced in the Legislative Assembly by the Premier (Mr. McKall) provides for the extension…

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Black Marketing in Liquor Four Men Sent to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

In Sydney on Wednesday four men were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for black marketing of liquor…

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Assault at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Saturday—At Cessnock police court to-day, before Mr. R. Atkinson, SM, Brian Downes a sailor was charged…

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Soldier Sentenced Six Charges of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

Jack Thomas Weston, 20, a soldier, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to six charges of stealing at Branxton…

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Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Mon.—At the Cessnock court this morning, before Mr. E. J. Forrest, JP, Kenneth Malcolm Smith, 19, was charged…

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Vagrant Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

George Dark, 38. fireman, leaded not guilty at West Maitland court to-day to a charge of vagrancy…

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Remand on Stealing Charge

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

Eric Arthur Keasey appeared in the local police court this afternoon on a charge of haying goods in custody, also of stealing…

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Four Men Charged Alleged Offensive Behaviour

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

Pleas of not guilty were entered at West Maitland cour[?] to-day by Lloyd William Miller (20), Owen Edward Miller (23),…

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NZ Soldier On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

AUCKLAND Monday—A 18-year-old New Zealand soldier, Thomas Rex Beagle, has been charged with the murder of an…

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Pyjama Girl Mystery Solved Startling Developments in Momentous Case Husband on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

Mystery of the Albury. "Pyjama Girl," one of the most startling and momentous occurrences in the crime history of Australia, and a case which, took itself into various corners of the world, was solved when the "mystery…

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Stealing Cycle Accessories. Charge at Cessnock Police Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

Cyril McClintock was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning with stealing two bicycle tyres and two…

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Court Thronged by Excited Crowds Italian Charged With Murder Of “Pyjama Girl”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE Tuesday—An excited crowd thronged the city court to-day to hear Antonio Agostini, 41, remanded until March 15 on a charge of having murdered Linda, Agostini, believed by the police to be the “Albury Pyjama…

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Stealing Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

Kenneth M. Smith, 18, was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning on three counts of stealing. The articles consisted of military clothing valued…

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Pyjama Girl Mystery. Italian Charged with Murder. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

After a lapse of ten years, police to-day arrested Antonio Agostini (43), Italian, and charged him with the murder of his wife, whom…

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Three Charges of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Kenneth Smith, 18, appeared at Cessnock Court to-day on three charges of stealing from a house…

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Sailors Fined for Assault

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

Before the commencement of the Industrial Court at Cessnock on Saturday, Mr. Atkinson, S.M., dealt with two sailors who were concerned in a…

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