30 Years’ Gaol For Bigamist
SAN FRANCISCO April 6— Francis Van Wis[?] 58, the bald-headed tram conductor who leaped to national fame when it was…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 54
Charged with Murder of Boy
Charged with the murder of Warwick Adrian Terlein, 11, at Dundoo (Q.) station on April 4, Charles William Noble, 30, cowboy, appeared in…
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NEWCASTLE Mon. — Pleading guilty in the police court to-day to theft of oregon timber valued at £35/10/ property of the NSW…
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American Superfortresses from the Marianas yesterday struck at a new target on the Japanese home island of Kyushu the naval base of…
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John Hanson was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning with stealing two fowls, the property of W…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—Alan - Dongles Williamson, or Bruce Douglas 48, aircraft examiner, father of 11 children, was remanded at…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday—Albert William Butcher (56), egg grader, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having assaulted…
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Mrs. M. Bush charged her husband. William Bush of Rawson Street. Aberdare, with assault. The case was…
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The death took place at his late residence at Collaroy, early last Wednesday, of Mr. Nicholas Haddon, retired Police Inspector, at…
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Application was made to Mr. I Beavers. PM, in the fair renis court at West Maitland for the determination of the [?]…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday—A conference in Sydney of all Commonwealth authorities concerned, including the Customs…
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Peter Alfred Berrigan, Ernest William Berrigan, and Robert Charles Cox, all of Newcastle, appeared before Mr. O. J. Lake. J.P., at…
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SYDNEY Wed.—At the Central Court to-day. Francis -Alexander [?] an Australian soldier, [?] and until April 19 on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lull on The Italian Front Ends Battle Opens With Terrific Air Assault Australian Associated Press
LONDON, April 11—The Eighth Army has begun a battle for north Italy, ending four months full on the Italian front, says a Renter correspondent at Allied headquarters in the Mediterranean…
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A plot to murder General the Gaulle, head of the French Government, has been discovered by the French police, according to…
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LONDON April 12—Even when facing certain defeat the Germans do not appear to have lost their capacity for cold-blooded murder,…
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At Cessnock Police Court on Tuesdays afternoon, John Hanson appeared before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., on a charge…
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SYDNEY Friday—James Taylor (34), a former bookmaker, of Rockdale, was found guilty of receiving and was sentenced to 30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown Lands Blamed. Rabbit Infestation of Adjoining Holdings. Fines Imposed at Police Court
Two of the three defendants charged at the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday with having failed to destroy rabbits on their holdings did not elect…
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At Cessnock Council meeting on Tuesday night Aid. N. Nelson tabled a notice of motion that at the next Council meeting he would bring…
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