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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 62

Sentenced To Five Years

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Peter Warwick Ncilley, 24. an electrician, of North Sydney, was to-day sentenced to five years’ gaol for an attempted…

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Police Fire on Crowd

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

BOMBAY, August 22. — The police killed two sons and Injured several others when they on a Communistted crowd…

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Long Bay Gaol Escapees Still Free Search Reveals Several Wanted Criminals

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Several men who have been wanted by the police for some time have been discovered during the search for two men who escaped from Long Bay Gaol on Saturday, but the two missing men have not been…

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First Court Recording Judge "Fascinated"

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 3

District Court Judge Berne was so impressed by a wire recording of a case that he wants recordings made of all…

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Police Draw Batons And Halt Paris March

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

PARIS, August 22.—The police drew their batons last when crowds tried to march through city streets after a ceremony at the Mont Parnasse railway station to mark the fifth anniversary of the liberation, of Paris…

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Warning To Motorists Against Gaol Breakers Skilled Car Thieves and Armed and Desperate Men

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 2

Police searching for the two men who escaped from long Bay Goal on Saturday, warned all motorists last night to watch their cars. They said the men were skilled car thieves and…

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Father and Sons Fined For Assault

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Saturday. After a hearing lasting almost three days, Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., found in favor…

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Offensive to the Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Robert Leslie, 27. of North-avenue, Cessnock, was fined £3 for offensive behaviour at the Cessnock Court…

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Police Believe Escapees Gone Interstate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

Police believe that two escapes from Long Bay may have goe interstate. Interstate police have been issued…

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Recording Of Court Case

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A wire recording is to be made of a small debts case in the Court of Petty Sessions next week…

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Thrown from Taxi Woman's Story to Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

A woman told police last night that she had been thrown from a taxi: by a man while the taxi was moving along Beach Road, Rusheutter Bay…

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Gaoled Mine Leaders Apply for Release Proceedings Before Full Bench Of Arbitration Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Kelly) said to-day it would have been easier to deal with applications by gaoled leaders if the money had been paid into the court before the coal strikers…

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Woman Sentenced to Three Years, Gaol Ex-soldiers the Victims

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

A woman sentenced in the Quarter Sessions yesterday to three years' gaol had defrauded many young married couples,…

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Woman’s Health Influences Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3

A man who wants to bring his wife to Maitland because she suffers from asthma said at Maitland Court to-day that the attacks…

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Court Impounds Union Ballot Papers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

The Federal Arbitration Court today impounded the ballot papers of the Boilermakers' Society following a…

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Court Aggress To Release of Union Leaders

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — By a majority decision, the Full Bencn of the Arbitration Court this afternoon directed the Immediate…

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High Court to Decide Validity of Wage Fixing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

The High Court will decide whether the Commonwealth can legally continue to prohibit a wage agreement being entered…

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To-day's Leader: Progressive Farmer Report ‘Hands Off Police Demanded by Yugoslavia Resistance To Continued Russian Interference

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 1

LONDON, August 24.—Yugoslavia has demanded that Russia maintain a "hands off" policy in Yugoslavia's internal affairs This was laid down in a new Note to the Soviet Union arising of Russia's protest against Yugoslavia's arrest and detention…

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Three Warders Charged with Negligence

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Following the escape from Long Bay gaol last Saturday of two prisoners, three warders have been charged with negligence or carelessness. The warders have not been suspended. The two charges were laid by…

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Police Take Action

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The police traffic branch has issued summonses against a woman car driver and a young motor cyclist…

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