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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 55

Alleged Attack on Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

BATHURST, Tues.—A Polish Immigrant, Edward Kudyba, was remanded in the Police Court today until August £6 on a charge…

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Police Work on New Theory

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Police investigating the murder of crippled (Norman Hurley 19), whose battered body was found in…

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The High Court Judgment

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government has suffered a decisive legal defeat on its banking legislation. This most significant…

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Petrol Sale Hours: Court Decision

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 2

Mr. Justice Dc Bain at the week-end refused an application in the Industrial Commission by the N.S.W. Service Stations'…

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Soviet Vice-consul Denies U.S. Police Statement Russian Teacher’s Allegations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, August 17.—A police statement at, the weekend that Mrs. Oksana Koseakina, Russian school teacher, injured in last week’s dramatic leap from the Soviet consulate in New York, had pointed to him from her hospital bed and accused him of…

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Late Global News Soviet Consul Denies Police Allegations Ex-Baseball Star Dies in U.S. Armed Reds in Near East New York

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

A Police statement that Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina pointed to him from her hospital bed and accused him of…

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Gaol for Theft of Bees

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

QUIRINDI, Wed—At the Quirindi court, Keith Nathaniel Snape was charged with stealing on July 13 near Premer, sixteen hives of…

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Attempted Theft OF Diamonds

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 1

LONDON. August IS.— Nine men charged with stealing keys to a London airport warehouse were yesterday committed for…

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Revision Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

An open court will be held at the Court House, Dungog, on Wednesday, the 15th September, 1948, at 10 a.m., for the purpose of revising the roll of…

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Bedroom Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY Wed— A [?] court was constitution to [?] Elizabeth Bea[?] bedroom [?] her to give evidence [?]…

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Fight To Save Life of Police Sergeant

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

Doctors fighting to save the life of Police Sergeant Henry Arthur McDonald, who was shot in the stomach yesterday…

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Police Baffled Over Alleged Kidnapping Incident at Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

No trace has been found of a youth reported to have been kidnapped by three men in a car from a dance hall in…

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Released From Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.—The two trade unionists and the barrister were released from Brisbane Gaol to-day, after their fine and costs…

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Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs. — Eric Stanley Jacobi, 47, tractor driver, of Gordon-street. Footscray. was charged with the mu[?] of the…

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Gunman Helped Thwart Gaol Break Reasons For Release Given In Legislative Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Papers tabled in the Legislative Assembly yesterday In connection with the release of Clifford Tasman Thompson disclosed that he had assisted prison authorities to defeat ” a desperate attempt at a mass gaol…

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Comic Court Shows Pace At Randwick South Australian Colt Attracts Over Five Furlongs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday—The South Australian colt, Comic Court, sprinted attractively over five furlongs on the outside the course proper at Randwielf this morning in 1.6½ He had Ballroom for a companion. They went easily…

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Theft Of Jewellery Alleged

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Four members of the gang, which is alleged to have held a beer party in a house in Surry Hills last night…

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Police Guard For Adelaide Theatre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 7

The management of the Regent Theatre, Adelaide, will be given police protection to-morrow for the opening session of the film "Iron…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S M., ordered Robert Elvin Wilkins to pay a fine of £10, with 8/- costs…

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Police Boys' Concert on August 31

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 7

A concert in aid of the Cessnock Police and Citizens' Boys' Club will be held in the Regent Theatre on Tuesday week…

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