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Courts & crime, 1946

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Committed For Trial On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 3

Maxwell Bernard Brady. 21, labourer, was committed for trial at Mainland Quarter Sessions on July 18 when he appeared before…

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Record Court Sitting

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK Monday. — It was animal’s day at last court sitting, when sheep, a horse, a calf, a dog, and rabbits were…

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Murder of Three Australians Two Japs and Three Indonesians Arrested

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

Two Japanese and three Indonesians arrested by the Indonesians' Republican People's Army, following the murder of three Australian war…

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Millfield Assault Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

The cases in which John Condron, and Anthony James Condron were charged with assault were mentioned at Cessnock Police Court this morning…

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28 Killed In Gaol Riot

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 3

QUETTA, May 21. — Twenty-eight convicts were killed and several injured when the authorities at the…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Last Thursday's Cases. (Before Mr. H. E. Hodgson, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 1

Alexander James Connelly pleaded guilty to a charge of having taken and used a pedal bicycle without the consent of the owner. He was fined…

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Famous Police Dog Dies

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday.—Zoe, the famous Alsatian police dog, was found dead in her kennel at Alexandria. She was the last of…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 31st. MAY, 1946. Sheep Killed by Motor Lorry. Claim in Small Debts Court. Verdict for Plaintiff

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 3

In the Small Debts Court on Thursday last, the Australian Chilling and Freezing Co. Ltd. claimed £15 damages and…

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Gaol for Begging

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Wednesday. — For begging alms William Arthur McLachlan (62) labourer, who had several previous similar…

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Police Hunt for Murderer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 4

LONDON, May 21—Mrs Ella Staubton, 30, was murdered: in lier manicure saton In Liverpool last night while two detectives…

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May Change Court Day at Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

A rearrangement of court days in the Maitland police district is under consideration, and it is likely that the day at West…

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Unusual Order for Compensation Time Lost by Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 1

Walter John Cooper (24) was ordered to pay £24 compensation to the Crown for time lost by the police investigating his allegation that his…

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Charged With Bigamy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Thurs.—David Alexander crisp (58) labourer was changed in the Police Court to-day that at Mittagong on July…

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Jews Sentenced For Rioting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

AUGSBURG May 23 —Nineteen Jews were sentenced for terms of imprisonment, varying from, three months to two years, for…

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Murder of Australians In Batavia

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

BATAVIA, May 23—The Australian Government is sending a Judge to Batavia to investigate the murder of…

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Police Boys’ Club

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 4

Sir,—Lloyd George used to say “Sport was the antidote for the Russian type of Communism,” and I, for one, support that…

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Circuit Court Jury

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

The jury summoned for the criminal side of the Maitland Circuit Court, to open at East Maitland on Tuesday morning…

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Six Killed by Police Fire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

[?] —Police fire [?] during disturbance. Groups of follo[?]…

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Court Comment on Woman’s Evidence

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday.—Holding that Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Gilbert, 48, of Enfield, a beneficiary under her husband’s will, was a…

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Aberdeen Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Hodgson, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Aberdeen Police Court on Friday last. Police v. Lawrence Clive Mullins…

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