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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 62

Alleged He Was Punched in The Eye. Assault Charge at Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 5

Arthur Edward Phillips, of Congewal, proceeded against Hansen Woodbury, of Lupins, at Cessnock Court on Tuesday for assault,…

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Communists Had Rough Time at Bourke. Sought Police Protection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

Residents of Bourke gave communists a torrid time on Wednesday night when they tried to conduct an election meeting In that…

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Bound Over on Apprehended Violence Charge. Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

George Alfred Olds, of Comfort avenue, Cessnock, ' was bound over in the sum of £15 to keep the peace for six months, in default 14 days' imprisonment, when he appeared at Cessnock Court on a charge of apprehended violence…

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Compulsory Free Medicine Bill Introduced [?] to Appeal to High Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

A [?] mpel doctors to co-operate in the free medicine sc[?] been introduced into the Senate. [?] The Minister for Health, Senator N. E. MeKenna,…

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Heroic Sovereign For Denham Court Handicap. a First-class Field to Contest Race

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 6

A first-class field will contest the seven furlong Denham Court Handicap at Kandwick tomorrow, and with so many horses having their first start…

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Back to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: William George Carey, 70, labourer, who had 69 previous convictions and who was released from gaol on Wednesday,…

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Remand On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

John Coutts Moffatt, 42, labourer, charged at West Maitland Court before Mr. V. R. Jenkins, JP, with being found drunk in St…

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Changed With Stealing Utility

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

Two men were remanded by Maitland Clerk of Petty Sessions (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) to appear at Maitland police court on March 18 on…

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Two Months For Stealing Purse

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 3

A sentence of two months’ imprisonment was imposed by Mr. F. M. Wood, SM at West Maitland court to-day on John Co[?]…

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Man Remanded On Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Charged with having murdered a man on Saturday, Norman Willed McNamara (26), rabbit skinner, of Belfield, was remanded until March 24 on £1000 bail when he appeared before Mr. Denton, S.M., in Central Court, to-day. McNamara was charged with…

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Garden’s Appeal to Full Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— John Smith (Jock) Garden, sentenced at Sydney Quarter Sessions on May 21, last year, to three years’…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

Norman Douglas Powell of Harris street, Cessnock was [?]2 with 8/ costs at a sitting of the Cessnock in dusrial Magistrate's Court this…

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£20 Fine for Assault

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Michael Elliott, proprietor of the Colonnade Night Club, The Avenue, La Perouse, was fined [?]20 and…

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Gaol Terms for Espionage

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

MUNICH, Tuesday. — Three women were among eight Europeans found guilty and sentenced by an American Military…

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Resumed Hearing Of Assault Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

The hearing, of the part beard case In which Arthur Edward Phillips, of congewal, proceeded against Hason Woodbury, of lAguna, wag resumed at…

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Police Transfers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 2

The following transfers the police in the North-eastern Division have been notified:— Sergeant R. V. Hurtz, from…

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Fined for Insulting Police Sergeant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

For using insulting words to Sergeant Heed, Daniel Radnidge, of Raw-son-street Extended, Aberdare. was fined £1/10/, with, 10/ costs, at…

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Assault at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wed. — Arthur Edward Phillips, timber contractor, of Cessnock, proceeded against H. Woodbury, of Laguna,…

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Police Relief At Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

Kearsley Shire Council will ask the Chief Secretary’s Department to make arrangements for sending a relief police officer to…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

Before the P. M., Mr. Woods, on Friday 4th, Sergeant Meskell proceeded against William A. Meredith for discharging firearms on or near a public place, to wit, the…

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