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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 77

Police Guard for Seamen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday. — Special precautions were taken to-day to prevent any interference with a party of Indian seamen who…

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Charge of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

Charged at West Maitland court to-day with having on December 2, stolen a lady’s bicycle, the property of Lorraine…

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Theft Of £700 From Flat

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives are investigating the theft last night of £700 from a flat in King’s Cross during the…

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Sent To Gaol On Vagrancy Charge

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

Ronald E. Pillar, a discharged soldier from this wan with no fixed abode, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment when he appeared in…

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Farewell to Magistrate Mr. Beavers Leaving Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. I. Beavers, police magistrate at Maitland, who has been promoted to the metropolitan bench of stipendiary magistrates,…

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Clive Caldwell to Be Sentenced Dealings in Liquor Admitted

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

There was a dramatic turn [?] the court-martial of Group Captain Clive Caldwell, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Police To Get Arbitration

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

The State Government has decided to extend to the N.S.W. Police Force arbitration provisions similar to those in the State Public Service…

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Suspected Head of Murder Gang in Egypt Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

CAIRO, January 1.— Abib el Masri, former chief of staff of the Egyptian army, has been arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in recent murders. An investigation into the murders is still going on. The…

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Australian on Treachery Charge Court-martial at Lae

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

Pale after weeks in hospital, Captain John Joseph Murphy, of Brisbane, wearing ribbons of the African and Pacific campaigns…

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Gave Information on Code and Landing Japanese Evidence At Court Martial of A.I.F. Officer Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 4

LAE, January 21.— According to a Japanese witness at a general court martial here, Captain John Joseph Murphy, of the A.I.F., not only told the Japanese that there would be a landing in New Britain in October, 1943, but also gave…

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Rabbit Destruction Property Owner Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

James Darcy Bogan, at Horse Creek, Mt. Rivers, pleaded not guilty at West Maitland court to a charge of having felled to…

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Ex-servicemen for Police Force

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

The possibility of allowing ex-ser­vicemen to join the police force even though they were over the prescribed age for enlistment, was referred to in…

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Convicted on Common Assault Charge. Young Man Bound Over To Be Of Good Behaviour. Story of a Backyard Struggle Told in Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

James Holdsworth (32), miner, appeared at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Thursday afternoon last on a charge of having maliciously…

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Court House Returns. a Busy Year

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

Muswellbrook Court House returns show that for last year 105 cases were dealt with by the Court of Petty Sessions, and 21 summons cases were…

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Sydney Kiosk Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—In Chambers to.-day, Douglas - Ronald Morris (26), a journalist, was allowed in £1000 on-a charge of hay…

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21 Japs. Sent to Gaol Sentences Ranging From Eight Years to Life

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 1

In the past few days, 25 Japanese have appeared before the Military Court at Labuan charged with killing prisoners of war…

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Morris Granted Bail Chamber Hearing of Further Facts in Murder Case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

In Chambers in Sydney to-day, Douglas Ronald Morris (26), journalist, was allowed bail of £1000 on a charge of having…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

Catherine Ada Gorton proceeded against Maxwell Harold Rochester at Karri Kurri police court on charges of stealing her…

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Gaol for Enemy Broadcasts

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 6

Leonard Banning, 37, a British school teacher, was found guilty at the Old Bailey (London) on five counts of an indictment charging…

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Magistrate Fare-welled at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

Prior to the opening of Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, opportunity was taken to farewell the Magistrate, Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., who…

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