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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Magistrate Just Missed "White Gloves."

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

Sitting of the police court yesterday was one of the briefest for many moons, and Police Magistrate A. E. Hodgson just missed getting…

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Communist Organiser Goes to Gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

A Communist organiser who refused to pay a fine of £5 imposed on him at Central Court for offensive behaviour is in Long Bay gaol…

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Police Resignations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 5

The premier Mr. McKell.) said resignations from the Police Force was not abnormal, as there had [?] during [?] because of…

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Journalist on Murder Charge Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day, Douglas Ronald Morris (26), journalist, was remanded until February on a charge of having…

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Resignations in Police Force

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

There was nothing abnormal about the resignations from the New South Wales Police Force since the wartime restrictions…

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West Maitland Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

Albert George Armstrong, 56. labourer, was charged at West Maitland court to-day with having at Farley on January 10 had…

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Police Search for Missing House

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 6

Melbourne police have been asked to find a missing house. Mr. Harold Oliver Norton, of Prince's Highway,…

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Murder of Child in Chicago Man and Wife Detained

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 5

The Chicago (U.S.A.) police have detained a 65-year-old Janitor, Hector Verburgh Eather, and his wife following the…

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200 Willing to Serve As Special Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

Although general recruiting for the police force is slow, more than 200 applications have been lodged by disabled ex-servicemen who wish to…

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Police Force Resignations. Attributed to Inadequate Pay. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

Apart from the cost of living increases, there had been no improvement in the pay of policemen since 11927, the secretary of the Police…

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Greek Captain Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

JERUSALEM Jan. 12. — The Court of Appeal has sentenced to two years imprisonment the captain of the Greek vessel…

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Confessed to Murder

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

CAIRO January 12.—The Public Prosecutor’s office has announced that a young man has confessed to the murder of the…

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Police Search for Criminal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday.— More than 1000 soldiers stationed in the North Ryde vehicle park and Meadowbank camp were paraded…

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Shot By Police In Scuffle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON Jan 11—A British soldier garrisoned in Rome was shot dead by the Carabirieni during a scuffle on a trolley car,…

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Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday—Pleading guilty in the Newcastle Court to-day to having insufficient means of support, Leonard…

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Himmler's Widow Leaves Gaol

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

Himmler's widow and daughter have left Nuremberg gaol, says Reuter's Nuremberg correspondent. They were handed over to the 3rd…

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Gang Leaders Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

An Allied military court in Germany has sentenced to death two gang leaders who led a raid on a cellar where fat was stored, and stole…

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Bold Safe Theft a Good Haul

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 4

Entering the "Friend in Hand" Hotel, Glebe, thieves carried the hotel safe from the second floor to ground floor, where it was opened…

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Child's Killer Sentenced to Death Betrayed by an Ear of Rye

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

A bloodstained ear of rye, overlooked by a murderer and found by the police in the pocket of his battle-dress trousers, has…

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Court Ruling on Award

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

The secretary of the Australian Collieries’ Staff Association (Mr. H. S. Carruthers): states that the executive still…

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