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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 62

Charged with Theft of Pony

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

When Reginald Workman, 18, labourer, was charged at West Maitland court to-day with having at Jackadgery on or about June 19,…

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Pleaded Guilty to Theft

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

A plea of guilty was entered at West Maitland court to-day by Alan Hitchcock, 27, coppersmith, who was charged with having on January…

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On Bond For Assault On Wife

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

When the adjourned case in which John William Buxton, of Alblon-st., West Maitland, was charged with having assaulted his…

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Police Abolished In Rumania

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 24.—The Rumanian Government has issued a degree abolishing the police and gendarmerie and setting up a…

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Alleged Stealing of Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. —At Cessnock court to-day, before Mr F. Wood. S.M., Alphonsus William Cagnev was charged with having…

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Remanded On Cattle Stealing Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

Alphonsus William Cagney, [?] inbourer, was remanded untill February 15 when he appeared at the Cessnock Court this morning on two charges of…

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Took Ambulance: Sent to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: Donald Burt, 22, labourer, was sentenced to nine months’ Imprisonment in Newcastle Court tor having used…

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Jewel Thief With Wings. the Mystery That [?] American Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 6

Miaml, Florida, is a nolted play ground of American millionaires, who hle themselves South in the winter, to avoid the_rigorous months in the…

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Author’s Angry Outburst In French Court Denunciation Of The Soviet

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

PARIS, January 25. — Victor Kravchenko, pale with anger, yesterday refused to answer questions put to him in an attempt to prove that he is not the author of the anti-Soviet book, “i Chose Freedom.”…

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Militia Replaces Police In Rumania

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

The Rumanian Government has issued a decree abolishing the police and gendarmerie, and setting up a militia…

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Purge of Police Force in Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, January 26.—The three Western Powers have ordered a purge of political elements from the police force of the western sectors of Berlin. An order issued by the British commandant,…

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Two Former Officials Charged With Graft Parliament To Debate Report Of Lynskey Tribunal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, January 26.—Parliament will debate the Lynskey bribery tribunal's report, which found that a former junior Minister while in office had carried out services for businessmen in exchange for gifts; and that a Bank of…

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Witness Called Traitor And A Liar Violent Clash En Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

PARIS, January 26.—A remark about his relationship with a girl yesterday aroused author Victor Krovchenko to appeal to the court for protection against questions “wounding my human feeling.”…

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Ex-Police Judge Sent To Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

NEWARK (New Jersey), Jan. 27.—A 38-year-old former Police Judge, Pelligrino James Pellichia, yesterday received a sentence of…

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Special Court In Hospital. Man Charged with Murder

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

Last night a special court was setup In a ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a youth was charged with murder…

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Dutch Bowler Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 27.—A Rotterdam court sentenced Holland’s crack fast bowler. Arte Molenear, 27 to 10 years' imprisonment. He was…

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Man Charged at Bedside Court Will Never Walk Again

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A man doctors soy will never walk again was charged at a bedside court in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital late yesterday with the murder of Bruce Maitland Pryor (24), at Lisarow, near Gosford, on November 25…

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U.s. Magistrate Emebezzled [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

A Newwark, New Jersey Court has sentenced a former American police magistrate to 10 to 15 yers gaol for embezzling 657,000 dollars (£A205,000)…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge. [':/ i

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

On a charge of stealing seven sheets of galvanised iron, the property of Robert Stone, Arthur Lyle Smith was remained until February 15 when he…

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Horse-Owner Likely To Take Court Action

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

Mr M. Reid, owner of Solveig, who was disqualified for life by the N.J.C. stewards, may appeal to the Supreme Court…

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