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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Six Police Officers Decorated

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Six officers of the New South Wales Police Force had been awarded the King’s Police and Fire Services…

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Boy Escapees In Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed. — Two 15-year-old escapees from Yasmar Hostel, Haberfield (Sydney), appeared In the Adelaide Juvenile…

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Threat To Police Cost Man £15

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 2

CESSNOCK: At Abernathy on Saturday. Allan McLean drew a knife when - Cesnock police officers, Sergeant Griffiths and…

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Police Investigating Deaths Of Two Women Mother of Three Found Shot

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—detectives are investigating the deaths of two women in different parts of Sydney early to-day. One woman, Louise Elizabeth Haynes, 38, mother of three children, was found at her home in Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, with a bullet ground in the head…

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Husband Charged With Murder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Arthur Redvers Hayne (47), telegraphist was charged at the Burwood Court to-day with having…

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Police Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

Victor Cox, 39, was fined £3 by M. R. J. Howard, JP, at West Maitland court this morning on a charge of having behaved in an…

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Persian Officers Sentenced To Death

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, January 2.—Quoting a Persian newspaper, the Moscow news agency stated that a court martial at Tabriz sentenced to…

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More Court Cases

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 3

Returns compiled by the West Maitland police show that last year 869 cases came before the West Maitland court. This is an…

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Police Inquiry Into Bashing at Randwick

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An official police inquiry will be held into the non-intervention of police during the hashing at Randwick…

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Police Guard Against Robberies After Storm £500,000 In Damage; More Then 300 Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Additional police patrolled the city last night to prevent robberies from buildings damaged in yesterday’s destructive bailstorm. Owners of all business premises damaged sufficiently to…

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Lochinvar Police Station Reopened

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

Closed during the war owing to shortage of staff, Lochinvar Police Station has now been reopened. Constable 1st-Class D…

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Assault on Ship

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.— For assaulting a ship’s engineer, Richard Anthony Piggott (21), seaman, was fined £7 with £3/…

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Charged With Strangling Wife

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Monday.—Wilfred Markham, 70, carpenter, gave himself up to Hastings police and was taken under arrest on a…

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£500 Bail in Assault. Case

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Soiling, SM, to-day granted bail of £500 to Sidney David John McLeod (21), airman, who has been…

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Fined £10 for Assault on Constable

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

For having assaulted Constable R. Jones whilst in the execution of his duty, Maxwell Bernard Brady, 22, labourer, was fined…

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Love Found a Hard Way Journey Ends In Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, January 6.— Love was able to find a way, but an extremely difficult way, for Walter Edwards, 25-year-old army…

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Busy Year for Police Charges in 1946 Well Above Previous 12 Months

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

The year 1946, reported to have been a good period for business men, was a busy year for the local police force…

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Scone Police Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 1

Before a local Bench yesterday, in the Scone Police Court, Roy Reid (18), labourer, pleaded guilty and was fined £3 on a charge of…

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Cases At Cessnock Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

Tuesday;—Maurice was fined £3 at [?]behaving in Vincent,…

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