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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 62

Intent To Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Arthur Lee (63), a labourer, was remanded until March 8 when he appeared at Paddington court charged…

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Love And Angel In Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

CINCINATI, March 17.—Love won a court duel with an Angel to-day, when 24-year-old Gen Angel was fined two dollars on…

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Assault .Cost Laguna Farmer £44/15/ Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

Convicted on a charge of assault at Cessnock Court on Tuesday, Hason Woodbury, farmer, of Laguna, was fined [?]3," with £9/15/ costs, and was…

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Assault Case at Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

PATERSON, Friday. — John Joseph Hallinan, 37, labourer, of Paterson, was committed for trial at Maitland Quarter…

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Remanded Again On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

William Forbes (20), labourer, of Bruce-street, Eastville, and Thomas Alfred Feeney (25), driver, of the same address, who appeared at West…

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Gaol for Men Found in Fowlyard

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

Raymond Arthur Mahoney (18), labourer, of Alexander Avenue, Willoughby; Ronald Walter Hamill (18), labourer, of Holterman-st., Crow’s…

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Police and Troops Battle with Italian Communists Many Injured During Clashes In Various Cities

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, March 18.—Police battled all day yesterday in many parts of Italy to control Communist demonstrations against Italy’s participation in the North Atlantic defence pact. One man was killed in a riot at Terni, and numerous civilians and police were…

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Glenthorne Murder Case Death Sentence for French

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney on Tuesday, Clarence Henry French, a 42-years-old timber cutter, was found guilty of having murdered…

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12 Years Gaol For Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. —Eugene John cleary, 44, was to-day in the Central Criminal Court sentenced to 12 years’ penal…

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Narcotics Ring Broken by Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK. March 21. — A nation-wide narcotics’ distributing ring was broken up yesterday when the police arrested…

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London Police Battle with Communists

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

London mounted police charged a crowd of Communist supporters in the East End's blitzed streets last night…

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Mounted Police Charge Crowd of Communist Supporters Fireworks thrown At Horses

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, March 21.—Mounted police charged a crowd of Communist supporters last night during demonstrations [?] march of Sir Oswald Moslem’s Fascist British Union movement Shortly after the match began in the blitzed streets of London's East End, 2000…

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Burlington’s Convicted By Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

Mr. F. R. Wood, SM, at West Maitland Court yesterday after noon convicted Burlingtons Mills (Aust.) Ltd. on charge of…

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12 Years' Gaol For Kitting Friend

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Eugene John Cleary, 44, plumber, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisoument for the manslaughter of Cyrus Mason Williams, 53, at Bega, on Christmas Day…

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11 Top-line Communists Charged with Conspiracy

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 22.—Eleven top line American Communists, charged with conspiracy, used the Russian revolution of October, 1917, as their model, Judge Harold Medina was told in the Federal Court yesterday when the trial of the Communist leaders began after weeks of “stonewall” tactics over the selection of the jury…

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Russian Secret Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, March 22. — At least one member of the Russian secret police—MVD—is said to be in the Soviet delegation en…

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Angry Outburst in Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—A man charged with stabbing another man made an angry outburst in the Central Court to-day when the Police…

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Alleged Contempt of Court by Newspaper London ‘Daily Mirror’ Proprietors To Show Cause

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, March 22.—Proprietors of a London morning newspaper, the “Daily Mirror,” which hot a circulation of four million copies daily, have been “peremptorily” ordered to appear before the Chief Justice, Lord Goddard,…

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Obligation On Journalists, Says Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wed. — In the Canberra Court yesterday Mr. jaies, SM. said there was an obligation on journalists not only…

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Leading Charged with Treason Conspiracy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

U S Federal Judge Harold Medina accused the general secretary of the United States Communist Party, Eugene Dennis, of trying to use his trial for Communist propaganda. r Dennis, with ten other leaders of the United States…

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