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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 58

Soldier Charged and Connected

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

[?] Doherty, soldier, was charged at Cessnock Police Court last week with [?] and with [?]…

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Gaol For Robbing Room Mate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Monday—Noel Kenneth Stewart (18), soldier, was in the Police Court to-day sentenced to a month’s…

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Insulted Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

Ralph Shippen was charged at Cessnock Police Court last week with having used insulting words to Constable William Allen, of Newcastle, on…

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Alleged Murder Of Son

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY: Frederick William Cooper, 65, was committed for trial at the Coroner’s Court on a charge of having murdered his…

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No Full Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

"I am not going to constitute a Full Court for determination of the matter, because one of the particular elements concerned is…

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District Court Registrar

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

The clerk of petty sesions at West Maitland (Mr. R. J. Howard) has received advice from the Department of Justice of his…

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Women Police Make Good in Germany

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

BERLIN—(Associated Press)— Offers to pink lingeries and other luxuries by operators of black markets are failing to turn the…

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Court of Final Appeal in Canada

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

OTTAWA, Jan. 14.—Commenting on the Privy Council’s judgment confirming the Canadian Parliament'’ right to establish a…

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Count Grocholski Sentenced

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

Count Grocholski has been sentenced to death by a Polish Court for espionage on behalf of a foreign Power…

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Serious Offence Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A 24-years-old mother of six children alleged at the Newtown Court to-day that she had been raped by a man she…

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Five More Poles Sentenced To Death

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 4

WARSAW, Jan. 14.—Fire more Poles have been sentenced to death, bringing the total of death sentences announced by three…

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Two-up Players Risk Lives Dozen Men Dodge Waves and Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

A dozen suspected two-up players risked their lives late yesterday afternoon when they plunged through breakers and…

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Nude Bathing on South Coast Police to Be Asked to Act

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

About 30 men anil women were found surfing and sun-bathing in the nude at North Era beach on Sunday, December 29, Bulli…

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Committed for Trial on Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. Thurs.—Mrs. Jean Ethel Wright (31), of Strathfield, was committed for trial by the Burwood Coroner to-day on a…

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Charged with Murder of Wife

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Charged with having murdered his wife on New Year’s Day, Arthur Redvers Hayne, 47, telegraphist, of Summer Hill,…

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Murder Charge Against Australian Former N.S.W. Minister Before London Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

First witness called in the case in which former N.S.W. Minister for" Justice, Thomas John Ley, Is charged, beside…

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Tilden Sentenced. Nine Months Hard Labour. Los Angeles, Thurs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

Found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old boy, former world tennis champion, William Tilden, was sentenced to nine months…

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Former Australian Minister in Murder Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 7

One of the three men charged with the murder of John Mudie has been discharged, and will be called…

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Weston Drowning Fatality. Police Praise Helpers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death by suflocation due to drawing was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) when he held an inquiry at…

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Murder Charge Against Ley. Evidence Tells of Alleged Blackmailing. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

The first witness called in the case in which a former New South Wales Minister for Justice, Thomas John Ley, is charged, beside Lawrence John…

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