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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 55

Court Asked to Decide Ownership

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON, Saturday—At the small debts court et Singleton yesterday afternoon lengthy evidences was tendered by both parties when…

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Theft From Shed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

At the week-end thieves stole a generator and magneto from an open shed at the property of Mr. E. A. Jurd, of Pitnacree-road, East…

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Witness Claims He Was Abused Outside Court Matter Referred to Singleton Police

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 4

While one drama was being enacted in Singleton court on Friday another was taking place outside…

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West Maitland Court Cases

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

On the application of the police, the hearing of two chares against Joseph Orr, 24, [?] sprayer, were adjourned [?]…

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Nurse Not Reinstated Decision of Industrial Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. Justice Webb, in the Industrial Commission to-day, declined to order the reinstatement of a trainee nurse by St…

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Police Seeking Doll Thief Little Girl Wants Early Arrest

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

A six-year-old girl reported to Marrickville police on Saturday that someone had stolen her favourite doll…

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German Leader Accuses the Russians Seizure of Power Under Police Supervision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 13.—Dr. Kurt Schumacker, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, yesterday accused the Russians of seeking either to reconquer or smash Berlin’s Western sector police…

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25 Years’ Gaol for Berlin Residents Sentenced By Russians

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Sept. 14. — Five Western Berlin residents, whom the Russians arrested after last. Thursday's dash near the Brandenburg Gate, between anti-Communist demonstrators and Soviet troops, have each been sentenced to 25 years…

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Dispute Over Flowers Led To Assault

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Avery, SM, dismissed at West Maitland Court yesterday afternoon t case a in which Hubert James Vile charged…

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Demonstrators Sentenced. 25 Years in Labor Camp. Berlin

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

A Russian Court in Berlin yesterday sentenced five western Berliners, whom the Russians had arrested after the clash near Brandeburg Gate last…

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Japanese Police Need Arms

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. — Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, former Commander of the United States Eighth…

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Police Offer No Evidence. Two Defendants Discharged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

Police had no evidence to offer against James Alfred Griffen, 31, miner, when he appeared at Cessnock Police Court this morning…

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Lorry Driver Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

While riding home on a bicycle last night, Mrs. Betty Lindsay of Roxburgh-street, Lorn, was struck by a motor lorry and thrown to the…

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Sentenced to Ten Years

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

DUBBO, Wednesday.—Convicted of the manslaughter of Hugh Caughey, 26-year-old overseer of Auburn station, near Trangie, on…

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Youth Sentenced for Ten Years

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Convicted of manslaughter of Hugh Caughey, 26 year old overseer, of Auburn Station, near Trangie, on May 9. John Douglas…

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Police Officers Die Suddenly

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed.—Two senior police inspectors died during the week-end within 24 hours of each other…

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Police Search for Mother of Twins

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — The search for this mother of the newly-born twin girls found dead in Rozelle Ray on Sunday was extended…

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Local and General News Police Inquiries Proceeding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Singleton police said to-day that investigations are proceeding into the theft of three rolls of lino from Grainger and…

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Germans Protest on Russian Court Finding Sabotage and Demonstrations

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

The sentences of 25 years in a labour camp, imposed by a Russian Court in Berlin on five German youths, has raised an outcry in Germany. Acts of sabotage and protest demonstrations against the…

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Enquiry Into Lutana Tragedy Mr. Justice Simpson to Act on Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. Justice Simpson, of Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court has been appointed to preside over court of inquiry…

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