63 Years In Gaol —Free Now!
After 63 years In prison. Signor Santo Giglio returned on Wednesday to his native town of Afragola (Italy) at…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 55
Boy Acquitted of Murder
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The Magistrate discharged a 12-year-old Manchester boy whom police had with murder on August…
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LONDON, Aug. 27.—Between 40 and 50 Czech refugees in a camp south of Frankfurt attacked a German police detachment…
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A concert in aid of the cessnock Police and Citizens Boys Club will be heid in the Regent Theatre on Tuesday night…
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The Full Arbitration Court to-day ordered deregistration of the Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ex-servicemen Apply For Police Jobs in N.T.
More than 100 men, including many ex-servicemen, have applied for 25 jobs in the Northern Territory Police,.Inspector W. C, Littlejohn has announced…
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Police inquiries concentrated on the sealed top from a broken bottle led yesterday to an arrest on an assult and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Australian Arms Reach Malaya British Palestine Police to Tram Auxiliary Force
Police and Army units killed or captured 16 Chinese terrorists in Malaya in the last 13 hours. Two hundred more members of the British Palestine police are going to Malaya soon to train and lead an auxiliary…
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On a charge of having assaulted and robbed an 83-year-old man, Edwin James Maker, of £ 14/5/ and a razor at Ash Island on August 25…
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Frederick Charles Robertson, 29, steel dresser, and Neville John Brennan, 23, labourer, were charged at West Maitland court to-day with…
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A sheep donated by Mr. M. Marshall brought £10/10/ when it was sold by “Dutch auction” B. W. Sparke to-day for Maitland…
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For having been drunk on [?] Maitland railway station on August 27; Kenneth Blishen, 2 [?] was fined 10/ at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Police Protection For Royal Tour Scotland Yard Expert Coming
Deputy Commander Leonard Burt, head of Scotland Yard's Special Branch and probably Britain's most famous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sufficient Arms for Malayan Police Economic and Propaganda Weapons As Well As Force
Malayan police now had sufficient arms to meet immediate requirements, the Internal Security Secretary (Mr. D. C. Watherton) said in Singapore. As a result of planters representations, 2000 shotguns…
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The hearing commenced at West Maitland court yesterday afternoon of .a charge against William McLeod Seath 46 timber…
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At the West Maitland court yesterday afternoon Mr. W. C Avery S. M convicted Frederick Charles Robinson, 29, steel…
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A courtroom disturbance which is most probably unique in the history of the State, and possibly Commonwealth legal circles, took place at the…
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SYDNEY Tuesday— William Dennison 35, a original rabbit trapper, was sentenced by Mr Justice Maxwell to three years…
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After warning Henry Harrison, 66, labourer, to keep himself clean and not to drink wine; the Magistrate (Mr. W. C. Avery, S.M.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Boys’ Choir
The Mortdale Police Citizens Boy’s Choir which is presenting a programme at Cessnock to-night will be heard over 2HR…
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