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Courts & crime, 1946

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Amazing Police Court Story Daring Adventure of Young Man

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

An amazing story was told at Parramatta police court to-day, when Michael James Delaney (19), labourer, was charged…

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Forgery and False Representation: Young Man Sentenced

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

Neville Clifford Lawson, who appeared in uniform and explained that he had enlisted at the age of 16 only to be discharged, he…

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Charge Against Kayuga Drover Dispute Over Jersey Calf. Lengthy Police Court Hearing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Allegations that a calf had been taken for the purpose of secreting the animal were made in the Police Court, Muswellbrook, when the…

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Assault and Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm: Two Men Committed for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

Two young men and brothers, Peter John Digman and Eric Stanley Digman, on remand, were charged with that on 11th March…

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Share Dairyman and Owner Interesting Court Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Before Mr. A. E. Hodgson P.M., at Aberdeen Police Court on Friday last, Leslie Harold Hedges, share dairyman, sought to recover an amount of £30 from Rowley Stewart, being payment as part proceeds of a dairy run on shares between Hedges and Stewart. A cross action…

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Moral Benefit From 40-Hour Week Arbitration Court Hearing Continued

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE Friday.—If the 40-hour week claim was granted it would give a new hope to the workers and its moral benefit would be incalculable, said Mr. R. M. Eggleston, for the A.C.T.U. (representing 53 unions) during the…

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Police Got the "Double" Cyclist Without Light "Picked" Out on Two Successive Nights

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

Thomas Laycock appeared in the local police court yesterday before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, Police Magistrate, to answer…

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Alledged Hold-Up and Robbery Amazing Story Told in Court. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

An amazing story was told at the Parramatta Police Court to-day, when Michael James Delaney (19), laborer, was charged with the armed hold-up…

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To-day’s Leader: “Interest Free Credit” Swift Theft of £400 In London

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 1

LONDON May 25.—Hundreds of people in London streets watched the swift theft of £400 in banknotes from a lorry…

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Four Months’ Gaol For Theft

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday.— Michael Lionel Frederick Burn’s (36), labourer, in the police court today, pleaded guilty to four…

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West Maitland Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 6

For having behaved in an indecent manner in Elgin-st., West Maitland, on May 26, Leo Connolly, 22, labourer, was fined £2…

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Mysterious Deaths of Young Women Police Making Investigations

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 2

Mysterious deaths of two girls, one at Goulburn and the other at Guildford, near Sydney, are being investigated by the police…

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To-day’s Leader: A Shrinking Globe Second Trial for Murder Near Forces

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—The second trial of William Robert Bathgate (47) on a charge of having murdered Lufgi Orilga on October 9,…

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Knuckle-duster Exhibit in Court Man At inquest On Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A heavy metal knuckle-duster was produced as an exhibit at the Coroner’s court to-day when the inquest was held into the death of Robert Bell (62), who died in Sydney Hospital on April 23…

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White Gloves for Judge Court Presentation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 2

There being no criminal cases for trial at Maitland Circuit Court to-day, the old custom of presenting a pair of white gloves…

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Mysterious Deaths of Young Women Police Make Investigations

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 4

Mysterious deaths of two girls, one at Goulburn and the other at Guildford, near Sydney, are being investigated by…

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Russian Secret Police Controlling Poles

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 1

Lieut.-General Tadeusz Komorowski (General Bor), leader of the Warsaw uprising, who is visiting New York, said that Russian secret police…

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U.s. Seaman Shoots Detective Incident at Darlinghurst Police Station

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

Detective-Sergeant Tom Wilson was shot through the left thigh in the detectives' room at the Darlinghurst police station last night…

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Confused Over Tennis Court Fencing Aldermen To Meet Association Representatives

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 5

While some Aldermen claimed the-matter was “clear crystal,” to others it was as clear as mud when Maitland City Council last night tried to decide what fencing work was to be carried out on the Lawn Tennis Association courts…

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Singletonian Gets £500 for Accident Circuit Court Case at Maitland Settled

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1946 · page 2

A settlement was announced in the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday in the case in which John Charles Bower, of…

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