Charged On 40 Counts
SYDNEY, Wed. — In the Central Court to-day, James Milne (19) clerk, was charged on 40 counts with forgery, uttering and…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 55
Wanton Murder of Innocent People
JERUSALEM, January 7.—An official statement by the Palestine Government brands the Semiramis Hotel explosion in Jerusalem on Monday as a “dastardly, wanton murder of innocent peope.”…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The police are conducting an underworld comb out in search of three men who staged the armed hold up at the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-street, last night. One man is through to have…
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KUKRI KURRI, Thurs.—At Kurri Police Court to-day James Collins, 56, pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy and was sentenced to six…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A broadcast appeal to Crofton Edward Barnes, 26, Long Bay Gaol escapee, to give himself up, was made by the State president of the R.S.L., Mr. Ken Bolton, to-day…
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At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. Blackmore, relieving Stipendiary Magistrate, Raymond Keith Patmore was discharged after…
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SINGAPORE, Jan. 8. —The South-east Asia war crimes organisation, after sentencing 220 Japanese to death in a long…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — A stranger to the town, Thomas Reid, who told the Magistrate he bad held one of the youngest…
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When it was reported to the Scone Police that a man was lying unconscious on the footpath in Liverpool Street early in October last, a man was subsequently arrested and charged with assault…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Horsetrainer Appealed for Chance Relieving Stipendiary Magistrate Sympthetic
Thomas Reid, who was charged before relieving Stipendiary Magistrate Blackmore yesterday with being in…
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For the year ended 31st December, 1947, public revenue at the Court House amounted to £8854/2/2, public moneys £1433/7/3, compared with…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—There were 68 convictions for drunkenness in the Singleton district during the past 12 months. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Failure To Destroy Rabbits Cost £22/12/- Four Local Landholders Called Before Stipendiary Magistrate
A local landholder who was yesterday charged before Stipendiary Magistrate Blackmore with failing to destroy rabbits on his 612 acre property was after conviction, fined £2. Others who were similarly convicted and one had a…
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SYDNEY, Sat—The reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Joan. Norma…
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When John Smith Garden appeared before the Special Federal Court on Wednesday, Mr. Shand, K.C. (for the Crown) said it was alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Seize Trailer Trucks with Explosives Believed To Have Been Bound For Palestine
NEW YORK, January 10.—The State police today seized three trailer trucks loaded with 69 tons of explosives, six and a half times more powerful than T.N.T. The police stated that the trucks, which were intercepted at…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Harry Elrington, 86-year-old bachelor pensioner, was charged with murder at the Balmain court to-day…
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Mr. W. C. Avery, who commenced duty today as stipendiary magistrate in the Maitland district, was welcomed at West Maitland court…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—William James Marshall (23) was charged at Redfern court to-day with having murdered his mother at their Redfern home on Saturday night. Marshall was refused bail and remanded to January 19…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barnes Returns To Gaol 10 Days' Freedom Ended
Crofton Barnes, who escaped from Loner Bay Gaol on New Year's Day, walked into the Criminal Investigation…
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