Fined for Stealing Coal
CESSNOCK, Tuesdays.—Albert Patrick Paterson pleaded guilty at Cessnock Court to-day before Mr. Berry, [?] charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 58
Assault Breaks Stake Record
NEW YORK, June 22. Assault became the world's leading stake winner when he won the Brooklyn Handicap (1 1/4m), earning…
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Mr. G. L, Berry, PM. Imposed a sentence of nine months on Stanley Taylor, 22, hotel employee, when he appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outram Gaol. Conditions Arouse Protests. Singapore
Conditions in the Outram Road Gaol, Singapore, where 1500 civilians and 400 British soldiers died during the occupation, and where over 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stole Four Tons of Coal Cessnock Court Case
Before Mr. G. L, Berry, at Cessnock Police Court this morning, Albert Patrick Patterson was charged with [?]ing four tons of coal, the property of…
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The newly-appointed night watchman, Mr. Joe Steele, noticed a strange car in town about 1.45 a.m. on Saturday, with no number plates thereon…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed.— Robert [?] Chapman 43, lorry driver, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having received five…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— For stealing a suitcase containing clothing from an hotel. William Francis Harvey (39),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrests Over Theft of Shire Council Property Smart Work by Shire Deputy President and Police
Supplied with vital information by the deputy president (Cr. A. F. Pankhurst), local police, with the assistance of those at…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Police Constable Ernest Lambert Spearman Rose (52), appeared in the Central Court to-day on a charge…
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SCONE : At Scone Court, Eric Robert Stuckey, 26, labourer ; Sidney Ernest O’Neill, 26, labourer ; and Melville Cecil Stuckey, 24,…
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Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., imposed a sentence of nine months on Stanley Taylor, 22, hotel employee, when he appeared at West Maitland court on…
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NEWCASTLE. Friday. — On June 23, James Raymond Starkey (35) labourer, was picked up in Pacific Park By, Constable Waples. He had…
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ALBANY, Wednesday.—Motive for the brutal murder of Constance Green (42), and her daughter, Anne (3 1/2), who were found dead…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Four hours after a cyclist had walked into Thirroul police station and reported that he had been held up at gunpoint, robbed of his money, papers and motor cycle, and left tied lo a tree near Bulli Pass police went…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Investigation Of Murder At English School
LONDON, June 27—The committee which investigated the murder of William Peter Fieldhouse, 21, assistant instructor at Standon Farm approved school, Staffordshire, recommended that the school be closed…
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WASHINGTON, June 27. — Although asserting that he was being sent to his death, Mayor James Curley, of Boston, was ordered to-day to serve a six to 18 months’ term for his part in the 60,000 dollar war-time mail fraud conspiracy…
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SYDNEY, Friday— Alleged happenings in a room at the Supreme Court yesterday where. David Stewart Dawson, 24, now…
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The Sheriff of New South Wales (Mr R. O. Elliott) said last night that he was investigating a report that David…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Happenings at Court. Minister Calls for Report. Sydney
Happenings in a room at the Supreme Court yesterday, where David Stewart Dawson (24), now serving a sentence at Long Bay, sat with his…
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