No Fire in Court Room
Again this mornings the West Maitland courtroom was without a fire The weather was utterly cold probably the coldest of the…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 58
Dog Owner Charged
PARKES, Tuesday.—William Patrick Johns, 37, coursing-dog owner, was charged in the Police Court with the theft of property…
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Convicted on a charge of stealing five fowls, the property of Daniel Radnidge, of Aberdare, Thomas Craft was…
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LONDON, July 22.—The American Associated Press correspondent at Rangoon gives the first lengthy description of the killing of the…
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A number of jeeps will shortly bo delivered to country police stations. The experiment is based on the…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—Ambrose Murray and Christopher Collins were charged in the Cessnock Court today, before Mr. Berry, S.M., with…
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A number of jeeps will shortly be delivered to country police stations. The experiment is based on the capacity of the jeep to cover rough…
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SYDNEY; Wed.—The Arbitration Court has intervened, at the request of the Commonwealth Engineering Co. Ltd., in a…
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Wallarobba Shire Council will co-operate with Dungog Municipal Council in making representations to the Police Department for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Custody of Horse Decided by Court Action Follows Recent Stealing Charge
Harold Gordon Simpson, who purchased an aged bay mare through the Singleton shire saleyards in May last, was yesterday…
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PORT MACQUARIE, Tuesday.—A corner of a £5 note and an autographed ten-shilling note figured in police evidence against three Sydney men at Port Macqurie Police Court today. A young married woman from…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Quarter Sessions Judge Markell, sentenced Phillip John Buckley, 26, of St George Parade,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Likelihood of Large Scale Open Cut Mining Metropolitan Mining Magistrate Gives Authority To Enter Mitchell's Flat Land Applications Before Warden's Court
There is likelihood that open cut mining, proved in recent years to be by far the best method of winning coal, will be conducted on a large scale in this district. Future activities will depend upon various tests to be conducted during the next months…
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Most of five or six tins of detonators stolen from the coal mine on the 17th inst. have been recovered by the police. A number…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Wallace Francis Leacy, of Harriett-street, Singleton, pleaded guilty at Singleton Court to a charge of using…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — A aequel to a recent court case at Singleton, in which Harold Clive Franks was acquitted on a charge…
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After further evidence had been taken in the changes against Ambrose Murray and Christopher…
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Singleton Court House, which has for long been something of an eyesore, particularly as it is the headquarters of the law in this area, will…
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The whole of Singleton Court House staff—the Clerk of Petty Sessions (Mr. A. S. McDonald), the clerk (Mr. K. Clarke) and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →13 Charged After City Brawl “We Want Peace,” Crowd Shouts To Police
SYDNEY, Saturday. — Watched by more then 3000 people, who chapted “We Want Peace” police [?] up a demonstration of university students outside the Dutch Consulate in Margaret-st, City, late yesterday afternoon…
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