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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 77

Delay in Court Martials

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday—“Most of the men appearing before : RAAF courts martial at Bradfield Park had been waiting three to four…

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Drove Unregistered Vehicle Without License Young Defendant Before Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 4

A young man, Harold Clive Franks, appeared in the local police court yesterday before Magistrate A. E. Hodgson on a…

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20 Years’ Gaol for Treason

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 1

OSLO, June 8.—Ex-physical training Instructor of the British Army, Willy Bjoerndy, was convicted of treason and sentenced…

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Democratic Control of Jap Police

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 4

TOKIO June 7.— A democratic local control of Japanese police instead of national direction has been recommended to General…

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Police Break Up Rome Demonstration Monarchists And Republicans Clash (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 1

ROME, June 8.—Police, swinging short black clubs, broke up a monarchist demonstration in the centre of Rome to-day. About 200 demonstrators paraded through crowded…

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Distributed Placed Horse Tipping Cards. Fine at Cessnock Police Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 3

Arthur [?] Davies was charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning with [?] placed home…

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Victory Dance Raid at Canberra Police Confiscate Large Quantity of Liquor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA Tuesday. — Many of Canberra’s best known residents, including members of diplomatic staffs, were present at a “Victory Night dance” at the Hotel Barton, when the premises were raided by the police…

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Sentenced on Ten Charges

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed.—Pleading guilty to 10 charges of false pretences and forgery at the Wagga Court, John Darrell…

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War Criminal Sentenced in Athens

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 4

ATHENS, June 11.—A special tribunal sentenced to life imprisonment ail Italian, Lieutenant Giovanni Revaliand. and a…

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Fined £100 and Sent to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Harry Ross (28), refrigeration engineer who was recently sentenced to ten years gaol for holding up a…

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Ten Years Gaol for Hold-up

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stanley Gordon Taylor (80) was sentenced to ten years gaol by Judge Holden in the Quarter Sessions…

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10 Years, Gaol For Armed Hold-Up

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

Stanley Gordon Taylor (3O) was sentenced to 10 years' gaol by Judge Holden at the Sydney Quarter Session to-day for…

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Admission of Amazing Court Error

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON June 12—A Supreme Court official admitted an extraordinary error had occurred in the listing of the case of Willie…

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Police Hunt For Killer At Boston (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 4

BOSTON, June 11.—The whole of the city’s police force last night was seeking a smiling killer in a straw hat who walked into the office of a multi-millionaire business executive yesterday afternoon, shot him dead, then walked…

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Fiendish Murder by Sadistic Maniac 11-Year-old Girl Outraged and Killed in Cemetery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

Eleven-year-old Norma Norris was outraged and murdered in St. Stephen's Church of England Cemetery, Newtown, last night. The body of the girl, who had been reported missingyesterday evening, was found at 7.30 this morning…

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First "Court" Made Big Day for P.p. Board

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 2

The recently-elected directors of Denman—Singleton Pastures Protection Board held the first "court" yesterday, in conformity with policy…

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11-Years-Old Girl Victim of Fiendish Murder Found Dead In Anglican Cemetery At Newtown

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Eleven-years old Joan Norms Norris was outraged and murdered in St. Stephen’s Church of England cemetery, Newtown, last night. The body of the girl, Who had been reported missing yesterday evening, was…

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Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs. — William James Bills (60), of Waterloo, was charged at the Royal South Sydney Hospital, before a…

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Police Boys’ Club Site To Be Selected

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 4

At a committee meeting of Maitland Police and Citizen’s Boys’ Club, held last night, discussion centred on selecting a…

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Ugly Brawling in Rome Rival Groups Use Stones And Clubs Mounted Police Disperse Angry Crowds (A.A.P. Ser.)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 1

ROME, June 13.—Ugly bra wling was going on last night in the vast Piazza del Popolo, with rival groups throwing stones and beating each other with clubs. Mounted police, with drawn sabres, dispersed a large crowd caning flags of the…

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