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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Charged with Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—William Ternan, 62, and Carleton Howard Shadlow, 54, attendants at Callan Park Mental Hospital, were…

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Remanded on Assault Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

Stanley Alfred Plumb, who was charged at Cessnock Court this morning with having assaulted Ruth Weise, was remanded on the application of…

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Charge of Attempted Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 20-year-old girl, who appeared in the Paddington Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to poison…

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Alleged Attempt at Poisoning. Young Woman Charged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

A 20 year old girl, who is alleged by police to have tried to poison a woman at Double Buy yesterday morning, has been arrested aud charged with having…

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Cessnock Police Ball

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

The Cessnock Police Ball will be held at the Lyceum Hall on July 8. Proceeds, from the, ball will be shared between the Cessnock and…

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Brief Business At District Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 6

This morning’s sitting of the Maitland District Court at East Maitland courthouse was completed in less than a quarter of an hour…

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Wool Theft Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.—Charged with having had six bales of wool Suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained, Ronald Keir,…

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News in Brief Police Radio System

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

New South Wales police will soon have a State-wide radio telephone system which will link major stations and patrol cars in…

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N.r.m.a. Praise for Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The NRMA has forwarded to the Commissioner of Police its congratulations upon the work of traffic…

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Football Coach Guilty of Assault

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 8

SINGLETON,- Thursday.—Vincent Noel Dennis, 23, pleaded guilty at the Sessions at Singleton to assaulting and occasioning actual bodily…

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Police Fire On Procession

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 5

CALCUTTA, April 28. —Two people were killed a dozen were taken to hospital yesterday after the police fired on a banned…

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Rent Reduced by Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK , Thursday— In the Fair Bent Court, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, a tenant succeeded having the rent of premises at…

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Nine Months for Assault

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday.—Vincent Noel Dennis, 23, who pleaded guilty at Singleton Quarter Sessions to having assaulted a…

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Broke Bond, Sent To Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.— John Patrick McInerney, who was placed on a bond of £50 to be of good behaviour for three years…

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Court List Largest for Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

The largest number of cases listed for hearing in Singleton for many years came before Judge J. R. Neild at the Quartet…

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False Murder Conviction, in 1915, Won Justice Fob All Wrongly Accused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 10

Because of a New York State muriler case in 1915, life is safer iu America today for persons falsely accused of crime, says Don Eddy in…

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Race Swindler Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat.—Nathan Solomon 63, of Warner’s-avenue, Bondi was sentenced to three years at the Quarter…

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Four Years’ Gaol For Brundahl

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY. Saturday.—Lars Gustsv Brundahl, 61, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to four years’ imprisonment…

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Charged with Murder of Husband

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman was charged at the Burwood police station to-day with having murdered her husband, Frank…

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Police Visit Homes of Communists

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— Security police visited the homes of Communist Party members in Perth to-day and seized several books…

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