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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 55

Maitland Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 1

Constable A. J. Johnston, of West Maitland police, is relieving at East Maitland in the absence of Constable D. Boland, who is…

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Kurri Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 6

For having ridden bicycles without lights at Weston and Kurri on August 6 and 22. four persons who pleaded guilty were each fined 10/…

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Falstein Convicted by Special Court Charged With Breaches of The Customs Act

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Sidney Max Falstein, Labour member for Watson, in the House of Representatives, was convicted at the Special Federal Court to-day on six counts alleging breaches of the Customs Act in relation to the…

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Disagreed on Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Late last night a Central Criminal Court jury failed to agree in the trial of Percy Charles Neville, 32, and…

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Court Cases

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 1

A Court of Petty Sessions was held at the Muswellbrook Court House, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., on Wednesday last…

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Revision Court This Morning

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 4

A revision court for the Shire of Patrick Plains and the Municipality of Singleton was conducted this.morning in the local…

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Reporter's Error in Court Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 4

In the report of the court case, Wicks versus Cross, appearing in the "Muswellbrook Chronicle" on Friday, 3rd September, our reporter,…

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Sedition Summons Served on Communist Charge to Be Heard in Police Court

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The charge of using seditious words against Brisbane Communist, Gilbert Burns, who was yesterday afternoon served with a summons, will be heard in a police court before a magistrate…

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Subdividing Police Paddock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 1

There seems to be strong support in official quarters to the proposal to subdivide the area known as the Police Paddock and dispose of it…

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Police Inspector Farewelled

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 4

Inspector W. J. L. Weight, who has been transferred from West Maitland to take charge of Moree police district, was farewelled at…

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Alleged Gifts to Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

WELLINGTON (NZ), Monday (AAP-Reuter).—Allegations that he had made gifts of liquor from time to time to members of the…

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With Stealing Wife’s Car

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 3

Further evidence was taken at West Maitland court yesterday afternoon in the case in which William McLeod Seath 48, timber…

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Police Seek Maid After £10,000 Robbery at Vaucluse

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 3

Following the theft of jewellery and other goods valued at £10,000 police are seeking a maid who could no be found when the owner of the missing goods arrived home yesterday afternoon…

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Daring Jewel Robbery. Police Search for Attractive Housemaid. Sydney, Tues

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 2

Despite a most intensive search police have been unable to locate, nor have any clue to the identity of a young attractive housemaid who…

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Bullahdelah Police Court (Before Mr. E. J. Gibson, S.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 3

At the Bullahelah Police Court on the 21st inst., before Mr. E. J. Gibson, SM., a number of local lads appeared and paid the penalty for providing…

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Search Extends for Housemaid Police Hunt Follows Robbery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 2

Detectives investigating the theft of jewellery and an ermine coat from, a Vaucluse home on Monday have…

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Biggest Manhunt in years Police After Vicious Killer of Brother and Sister

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 2

The largest manhunt for years is being conducted in Sydney and surrounding districts for the vicious Idller of a wealthy grazier and his sister at Wallerawans, near Lithgow on Sunday…

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Police Injured in Car Crash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Inspector T. R. Yates, police metropolitan night officer, was seriously injured this morning when a police patrol car…

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Ward on Comic Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A. Ward to-day accepted the ride on Comic Court In the AJC Derby on Saturday…

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Man Sentenced to 6 Years' Gaol Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

Frederick Audley (43), carpenter, convicted of manslaughter of William Charles Crawford (24), apprentice" fitter at Mosman, on…

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