Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 62

Police Chief’s Appeal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Police Commissioner J., F. Scott said police had been instructed to pay strict attention to speeding by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Charge of Murder Against Migrant. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

Detectives to-day charged a Ukrainian with the murder of another Ukrainian, who died at the migrant camp at Broadmeadows yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Honour by Kurri Scouts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

A Court of Honour was held by the 1st Kurri Kurri Boy Scout Troop recently to decide which way to spend troop money…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Union Officials to Pay Court Costs

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Full Arbitration Court to-day ordered R. C. Morgan, W. Hopkins and other members of the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Enquiry Into Assault on Union Official

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the alleged assault of a union official, James Regan, of Bondi, was raised in the Legislative…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Promotion

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK, Thurs.— Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb, in charge of the Muswellbrook police station, has been notified of his…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

£250 Theft From General Store At Clarence Town

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 4

Burglars, who forced the front door of a general store owned by Mr. M. Dark, in Gray-street, Clarence Town, on Tuesday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Merriwa Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

At the Merriwa Police Court on Monday, 29th August, Leslie John Maloney failed to appear to answer a charge of drunkenness and forfeited…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Magistrate Fines Two Motor-Cyclists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood S.M., at East Maitland court to-day fined two motor-cyclists for carrying pllion riders, they not having held…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Guilty of Stealing Whisky. Two Men Convicted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

Two men, Lloyd Miller and Herbert John Fletcher, appeared before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., at the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Police Officer Congratulated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

Before proceedings opened at the Muswellbrook Court House on Wednesday last, Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., congratulated Inspector E. S…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Chief's Appeal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 5

Police Commissioner J.F. Scott said police had been instructed to pay strict attention to speeding by heavy…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Danger of Pillion Riding Magistrate's Warning At Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 7

The danger of inexperienced motor cycle riders carrying pillion riders was stressed at Kurri Kurri Court yesterday when Archie…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Promotion For Police Officer

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 4

Well-known in the Singleton district, and formerly stationed at Bulga, Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb, In charge of the Muswellbrook…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Negro’s Ruse to Avoid Police

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

JACKSONVILLE (Florida), Sept.- 9.—A 19-years-oId negro, Frank Ray, was put In a “cooler” yesterday, because he-was too…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Farmers Bought Piping From Bulga Airstrip Caretaker Committed for Trial on Charge of Stealing Government Property

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

Between April 1, 1946, and April 1, 1948, 3600 feet of fibro water piping, the property of the Commonwealth Government, and valued at £280, was allegedly stolen from the Bulga airstrip…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fined for Negligent Driving Motor Cyclist Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 7

A fine of £4 with 16/ costs in default ten days' imprisonment was imposed on Maurice Le Marseny, of Alderdare[?] Aberdare, at Cessnock…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Merriwa District News Court of Petty Sessions. Trouble at Hotel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 6

At the Merriwa Court of Petty Sessions, held at the Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., Agnes Sylvia Wallace…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Driving Under The Influence Three Men Fined In Singleton Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

Three motor vehicle drivers who pleaded guilty at Singleton Police Court yesterday to driving under the influence…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Aged Woman Victim of Brutal Assault

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat—Detectives are seeking a vicious sex fiend—believed to be a coloured man— who brutally slashed a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →