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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 55

Police Check Sought for Straying Mongrels

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 2

At the instigation of Aid. Brittiffe, local police are to be contacted again and asked to make a check on…

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Man Nearly Poorer by £30 Failed to Turn Up in Time for Court Hearing

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 4

Arthur Simons, who rormerly resided at Singleton. where he carried out wood carting, last week had ball of…

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Constable Gaoled For Assault

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 1

Gustav Einsaar (42), police constable, of Regent—street Station, was on Friday sentenced to nine months' gaol on a charge of…

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Guilty of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, March 28 —After a retirement of 46 minute a jury at Winchester Assizes yesterday found James Camb (30) ship’s…

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To-day's World News Communist Plans in Italy—jewish-arab Clash—ship's Steward Found Guilty of Murder. (A.a.p. Messages)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON.—Yugoslavia is prepared to seek through "mutual efforts" an agreed solution on the Trieste question, and is willing to give Trieste to…

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£870 Theft From Shop

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A small safe containing £70 and dress and curtain materials worth £800 wers stolen from Haslams Pty. Ltd. in…

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Charged with Obscene Libel

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday, The Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir Edmund Herring, discharged the jury in the “Love Me, Ball…

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Stipendiary Magistrate. to Beside in Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Hodgson, Stipendiary Magistrate, will make his headquartesr at Muswellbrook, transferring from Tamworth. Mr. Hodgson's district…

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Transfers of Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 5

Sergeant C. R. Logan, of West Maitland police, has been transferred to Katoomba. it is not expected that he will be leaving for…

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Police Hunt For Communists

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, March 27.—Calcutta police are hunting throughout Calcutta province for members of the Communist Party and…

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Police Search for Communist Leader

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.— Police are still searching for the Communist strike leader, Edward Joseph Bowe, who was sentenced in Brisbane on…

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Three Convicts Break Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE.—Three long-term prisoners, who had been held on serious charges, escaped from Adelaide Gaol…

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300 Charged with Drunkenness

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— Despite Sydney’s beer “shortage”, more than 300 persons faced Sydney Courts to-day on charges of…

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Maltese Charged with Stabbing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Salvatoer [?]ammit, 55, a poultry farmers appeared at Parramatta Court to-day charged with having wounded a…

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Girl Acquitted of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Joyce Follett 26, clerk was acquitted in Central Criminal Court [?] day on the ground of temporary…

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Firm Charged Under Anti-Trust Legislation

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

CLEVELAND, March 31.—The United states Government today sought to prove that the Timken Boiler Brering Company of Czoton…

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Pickets and Police in Fierce Fight

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 31.—Ten-pickets and two policemen were injured in a bloody arid furious battle which raged between the two factions for 15 minutes in Wall Street yesterday after the pickers had sprawled on the footpath in…

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Special "Holiday" Court Half a Dozen Had Too Much to Drink

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

To cope with "holiday" offenders a special court had to be summoned yesterday morning, when, amongst…

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Theft Of £480 At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thurs.—William Pemberton, of Coagewal-street, West Cessnock, reported to Cessnock police to-day the theft of…

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Police Hunt for Attacker of Young Girl

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—An intense police hunt is being conducted for a man who brutally attacked and criminally as[?]suited on…

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