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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 54

Murrurundi Police Court Heavy Fines: Stealing and Leaving Fire Lighted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Murrurundi Police Court yesterday. Police v. Terence Gregory…

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Two Months’ Gaol For Vagrant

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday,—That he was a drinker of methylated spirite quarrel some and dodging work was said of Ronaid…

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Murder of U.s. Publisher

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

Arthur Kasherman, 43, publisher of the "Public Press," Minneapolis (U.S.A.), a tabloid newspaper claiming to expose vice, was shot to death…

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M.h.r. Charged with Employing Relatives

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 7

A Victorian member of the House of Representatives is reported as having his wife as his secretary-typist It was also claimed that another member had…

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Police Museum for Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

The Police Museum will be on show in Cessnock from January 31 to February 7. There is a very fine collection of old and new firearms. Pistols and…

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American Naval Officer Killed Bread Carter on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

An American naval chief petty officer, John David McCollum, was fatally shot in a house in Denman Street, Alderley (Q.), on…

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Woman Faces Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

PERTH Monday. — Veronic[?] Margareta Plant, 26, mother [?] three children, was remanded Perth Court for eight. days on…

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Gaol for Damaging Carriages Cleaner Was Sick of Job

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 4

Charles Wilson, railway carriage cleaner, of Stanmore Road, Petersham, was sentenced to three months' gaol at Burwood…

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Four Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Tues—Ball was reissued when three women and a man were remanded to February 18 at Central Police court to-day…

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Bush Fire Precautions. Man Charged at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

Richard Andrew. Sweetman was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning with leaving a fire before it was thoroughly extinguished…

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Exemption Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

In the Exemption Court at Cessnock this morning, Mr. I. Beavers. P.M., disposed of three applications for exemption…

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Hebburn Clippers Charged With Absenteeism. Secretary Jack Logan Appeals for Leniency

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

At a sitting of the special Federal Court at Cessnock on Saturday morning, 12 clippers from Hebburn No. 2 colliery…

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Three Women and a Man. Remanded on Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

Bail was refused when three women and a man were remanded to 13th February at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of murdering an…

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Cessnock Man Charged With Bigamy. Marries One Girl at Methodist Church and the Other at Church of England, Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 3

At Cessnock Police Court this morning, Elvin Maxwell Lomas was charged with marrying Ray Constance…

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Gaol Sentence for Fraud

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wednesday.— John Kearney, [?]1, timber getter, in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions this afternoon was…

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Concert Party To Visit Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

A concert party from Cessnock, headed by Mr. Cameron and Mrs. Elliott, will visit the East Maitland, Gaol on Sunday afternoon…

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Struggle in Street Husband Charged by Wife

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

The story of a struggle in High-street between a husband and wife was told at West Maitland court to-day, when Raymond…

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Arrested on Way to Wedding Charged with Perjury

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

As he was about, to enter a church to be married on Saturday night, Leslie James, 23, labourer, was arrested. On Monday he appeared at…

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2000 Miles Across Pacific Nimitz to Direct Final Assault

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

In a despatch from Advanced Pacific Ocean Area Headquarters, the New York "Times" correspondent says that the issuance…

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Assault on the Continent British Tanks Mount 95-M.m Howitzer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

The British War Office now reveals that our tanks mounted a 95-millimetre howitzer for our assault on the Continent…

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