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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 54

Murder of American Troops

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 31— Results of the investigation into the cold-blooded shooting of 115 Americans, taken prisoner near…

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Police Medals for Gallantry

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Mon.—The Governor, Lord Wakehurst, has been advised that his Majesty the King been pleased to approve the…

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Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.—John Frederick Haye (31), wharf labourer, was charged to-day with the murder of Edward Frederick…

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Murder of Negro Alleged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.—Leo Clinton Cartledge 23, labourer, of 441 George st., Fitzroy, was charged in the City court with…

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Sentenced for Imposition

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Richard Blake 19, who, had been living by Imposition for several months, was sentenced m the Central…

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Charged with Murder of Negro Thrown Into River After Bottle Attack

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

At the Melbourne City Court, Leo Clinton Cartedge (23), labourer, of Gloucester Street, Fitzroy, was charged with having murdered…

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The Long and Short of Things Tasmanian Police Want Better Conditions

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

Drastic action is threatened by the Tasmanian police unless their demands for higher pay, shorter hours and longer leave…

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Alleged Beer Theft Five Rail Men Charged

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Thurs.—In the police court to-day, before- Mr. Carr-Boyd, SM, five railway employees, Wilfred Claude Frewin…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court Illegally Impounding

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

A ease of an unusual kind was heard at the Raymond Terrace Police Court on Thursday last, when J. D Richardson, of Roslyn, owner proceeded against…

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£500 Jewellery Theft

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY Thurs. — Jewellery Valued At £600 has been stolen from the Bellevue Hill home of the comedian Jim Gerald…

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£10 Fine for Theft Of Brass

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Thursday—Yesterday afternoon Mathew Andrew Elkins (28) lorry driver when leaying the Commonwealth…

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Burglary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

On the night of 28th December, theives broke into Messrs. G. and E. Dark's store. They took some bullets, a few pennies, and s[?]re cigarettes…

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Alleged Beer Theft Five Rail Men Charged

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday.—In the Police Court to-day the hearing was continued of the case against Wilfred Claude Frewin…

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Court Case Over Brawl at Romano's

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 6

When the case in which George Samuel Edgar, 26, clerk, is charged with inflicting grevious bodily harm on an American serviceman, Clarence…

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R.s.p.c.a. to Prosecute Alleged Cruelty at Police Rodeo

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 3

The President of the R.S.P.C.A. (Mr. K. S. Williams) said prosecutions would be launched charging cruelty to animals at the Police…

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Local Hotels Satisfactory—for the Present Remarks in Quarterly Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 6

When review of licenses of Singleton hotels came before Mr. J. McElroy, Police Magistrate, in the local court…

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Daring Assault on Formosa and Okinawa Heavy Toll Of Japanese Ships And Planes

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 1

A Pearl Harbour communique issued by Admiral Nimitz states that Pacific Fleet carrier planes, in a daring punishing two-day…

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Another Theft

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

A big China clock that graced the lounge at the Bunk Hotel disappeared on Friday night, and also a clock from the room of a boarder. Both…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court Illegally Impounding

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

A case of an unusual kind was heard at the Raymond Terrace Police Court on Thursday week, when J. D. Richardson, Roslyn, owner…

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Stop Press Solicitor Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday— Abraham George Bindley (40) a solicitor was charged at the Central Court To-day with having in his…

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