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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 55

Charged with Assault

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Robert Edward May (28) was charged at the Redfern Gonrit to-day with having criminally assanited Nora…

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Drought Relief. Grants to Cereal Growers. Farmer Sentenced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

At Balranald Court of Petty Sessions on 18th December, 1947, Angus Graham McLennan, of Swan Hill, who pleaded guilty before Mr. E. J…

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Business Men In Cross Court Action

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

Two business, men of High street were parties in cases at West Maitland court yesterday afternoon. Charles Reed,…

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Charged with Disloyalty

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

HONG KONG, Jan 31—G S. Kennedy Skipton, formerly one of the senior cadets at Hong king, is being tried on Thursday…

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Charged with Hold-up

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

STONES, Wed. — Police to-day arrested a man, aged 21. and charged him with armed holdup and assault with intent to rob…

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Police Adopt Military Tactics

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 2

Police adopted military tactics to smash a large two-up school at Wallerawang. They had found great…

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Military Court Allegations

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Jan 21—The American Army newspaper, “Stara and Stripes” reported that Nikolas Aftenomow appeared…

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Acquitted of Wife Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

WAUKEGAN. Illinois (Associated Press) A circuit court Jury found George B. Follet 64 innocent of staling the love of his 62 years old…

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Security Police Perturbed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Commonwealth security police are perturbed by the intended return to Australia of two Yugoslavs who left for their…

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Eire Police Chief Killed In Fight

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

DUBLIN, Jan, 22 In a running gunfight between police troops and three gunmen Sean Gently chief of the Eire Cid’s…

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Goal For Selling Duty Free Dress Material Russian Court’s Criticism of Britisher

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, January 22—A 34 year old Russian Women valentine Melmikova has been sentenced to two years imprisonment on a charge of selling at speculative prices dress material imported from Britain reports Reuter’s Moscow…

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Kurri Hospital Workers Endorse Strike Decision Boards Will Meet Union Only Before Conciliation Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

KURRI KURRI, Thursday—Employs at Kurri Kurri Hospital yesterday decided to stop work on January 27 if the hospital board did not agree to meet the Hospital Employees’ Union in conference on its claim…

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Mr Cosgrove Charged

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

HOBART, Friday.—The former Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Cosgrove) was remanded for trial at the Hobart Criminal…

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Bound Over for Assault

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 6

KURRI KURRI Friday.—Kenneth Clyde Hancock, of Clark-street, Weston, pleaded guilty at Kurri Court, to a charge of assaulting…

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Assault and Malicious Damage at Abermain

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 7

At Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. C. Avery S.M., Kenneth Clyde Hancock, of Clarke Street, Weston, pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Police Seize Medicine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Friday—The police have seized all stooke of medicine at Gunnedah Hospital and they will be sent to the…

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New Stipendiary Magistrate Welcomed Hopes for Happy Relationships

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Hodgson. Stipendiary Magistrate,- whose brother was formerly attached to this circuit, was yesterday…

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Shooting of Irish Police Chief

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

DUBLIN, Jan 23. — An inquest has revealed that the bulled which killed chief superintendent soon Oantly during Wednesday’s…

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Special Court Convicts 7,693

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

Figures released this week showed that fines totalling £106.792 were imposed by the Special Court in the last three…

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Local and General News No Court Cases

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

For the first time for many years, not a single case came before the Stipendiary Magistrate at yesterday's scheduled…

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