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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 54

Car Theft

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

Whilst attending the pictures on Saturday night last, Mr. H. [?]. side's car was taken from its parking place in Main Road, near…

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Remanded On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

Kenneth Noel Dunnellon, 31, was charged before Mr. F. L. McNamara, JP at West Maitland court to-day with having on…

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Amazing Court Story

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—It was alleged is the Pa[?] children’s Court to-day that a 12-year-old boy had obtained £56 from an…

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Maitland Circuit Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

Sir Frederick Richard Jordan, KC, MG, Chief justice, will open the Circuit Criminal Court at East Maitland on Tuesday next,…

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Alleged Contempt of Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The hearing of two charges against the “Sydney Morning Herald” of contempt of court, was adjourned by…

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Murder Camp in Austria Six Methods to Destroy

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

Many murder camps even more norribe than Buchenwald have been discovered in Austria, but none worse than Mautha[?] sen,…

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Gaol For Savage Assault On Policeman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday—John Frederick Hayes (31), a , labourer, sentenced to Si years imprisonment at the-Quarter…

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Sent to Gaol for Assault on Policeman

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 1

John Frederick Hayes (31), labourer, was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment at the Sydney Quarter Sessions…

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3½ Years' Gaol for Assault. Accussed's 80 Previous Convictions. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

John Frederick Hayes (31), Labourer, was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day for punching a…

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Fracas at Hinton Hearing of Assault Charges

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

Further evidence was heard by Mr. I. Beavers, PM at the West Maitland court into the charges against Lewis Conlon and…

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Maitland Circuit. Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Eleven Jurors were challenged by Douglas Donald Peak, 27, an ash-man, when he was charged Maitland circuit Court, to-day…

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No Headlights and No Tail Light. Charge at Cessnock Court. Defendants Description of Police Sergeant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Jack Teerman, coal carter, was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., with failing to have headlights and tail…

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Busy Vice Squad Charges at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Colin McCallum was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., with selling tickets in a lottery…

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Baerami Tragedy Recalled. Application in Equity Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 1

In the Probate Court yesterday, an echo was heard of the Baerami tragedy of 22nd November, 1943, when George Abel Harris killed his wife and four…

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Small Debts Court Proceedings Against Cessnock Municipal Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 1

In the Small Debts Court at Cessnock this morning, Ambrose Robinson proceeded against Cessnock Municipal…

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Driving Under the Influence. Charge at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Arthur William Hutchinson was fined £7 at Cessnock Police Court to-day when he pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Police Saved Bloodshed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.— Only for intervention of the police, there would have been bloodshed in the dispute at the offices of the…

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Murdered Civilians at Odessa War Criminals Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 2

General Trestiorganu, who was charged with murdering civilians at Odessa. is among 29 war criminals sentenced to death by the Rumanian…

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Theft of £40,000 Aircraft Youth Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 2

As a sequel to the destruction of a Union Airways Lockheed Lodestar monoplane, Frederick Demchy (19), assistant engineer,…

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General Decrease in Crime Police Commissioner's Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 2

There was a general decrease in crime during the last year, according to a report issued to-day by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay…

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