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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 58

Jews Murder Two British Sergeants

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

Although Lrgun Zval Leumi announced that the two British Army Sergeants, who were kidnapped and held as hostages by the organisation, have…

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Arrested on Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Friday.—A man was arrested early today and charged with the murder of Alan Paul Rose, 33, poultry farmer, who…

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Reason for Murder of Coates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. — It was revealed to-day that James Costes, international criminal, who had robbed foreigners of thousands of…

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Cessnock Police Boys' Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 7

The Secretary of the Police arid Citizens' Boys' Club (Constable Roach) said it was expected that a start…

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Scone Court of Petty Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.M., occupied the Bench at Scene Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last. NOXIOUS WEEDS CASES…

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Ambulance And Police Ball At Mount Olive

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 5

The Ambulance and Police Ball at Mount Olive proved an outstanding success and the result was well up to the expectations of the organiser,…

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Armed Police Search for Killer at Cudal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

ORANGE, Friday.—Armed police and civilians are searching though [?] of heavily timbered country around Cudal for the murderer of a 26-year-old woman, who was found shot dead last night in the back yard of her home at Lamington, Bowen Park. The murdered is believed to…

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Police, Civilians Search for Murderer Woman Shot Dead Near Orange

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 4

Armed police and civilians are searching through miles of heavily-timbered country around Cudal, near Orange, for the…

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Bitter Reactions to Murder of British Sergeants Booby Trap Exploded As First Body Cut Down

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

LONDON, August 1.—Amid a welter of bitter reactions to the murder of the two British army sergeants, Clifford Martin and Mervyn Paice, whose bodies were found yesterday in a grove three miles south-east of the Palestine coastal town of Nathanya,…

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Terrorists' Victims Died Slowly Booby Traps Set Under Hanged British Sergeants Dastardly Murder of Two Innocent Men

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

The bodies of the two British sergeants who were "executed" by Jewish terrorists' were found hanging from a tree in a wood three miles south-east of Nathanya says Reuters' Jerusalem correspondent…

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Charged with Murder of Sister

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat. — Frederick John Rotherey, 25, grazier, was charged at the Orange Police, Station with the murder at Cudal on…

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Police Seize Goods At Cronulla

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sat —Police early to-day surrounded a house in Cronulla and seized a car, 15 radios, electric Irons, toasters,…

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Clash During Jewish Funeral at Tel Aviv Angry Crowd Attacks Police Armoured Car

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, August 2.—Panic broke out among many of 5000 persons in a Jewish funeral procession in Tel Aviv when, it is alleged, a British police armoured car drove into the crowd and firing broke out…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) A.A.P.-Reuter—A large crowd including many women packed into the police court and many were unable to gain…

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Man Charged With Murdering Sister

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 1

Charged with murdering his sister on their father's property near Cudal, on Thursday, Frederick John Rothery, 25, grazier, was on…

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Police Raid on Clubs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—[?] of any club [?] yesterday would be [?] count…

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Republicans Murder Chinese and Europeans

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 6

An official communique of the Netherlands Indies Government Information Service at Batavia reports the murder of 77 Chinese and Europeans by…

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Recent Thefts From Dwellings. Man Arrested and Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 1

Raymond Keith Patmore (22) appeared at the Police Court this morning. He was arrested at 6 p.m. yesterday by Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb and…

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Violation Of “Cease Fire” By Dutch Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 1

SINGAPORE, August 6 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Addressing the Indonesian Parliamentary working committee on foreign affairs last night, the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Sjariffuddin, charged the Dutch with the first violation if the “case fire”…

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“Police Should Raid Union and Australian Clubs” M.L.A. Seeks Liquor Act Changes

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—“It might be a good idea if the Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay) instructed his officers to investigate drinking conditions at the Union and Australian Clubs, where they might find members of the Judiciary…

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