18 Months' Gaol for Theft of 6 Dairy Motors
John Patrick Hoban (32), builder, of Baulkham Hills, was found guilty by the jury at Newcastle Sessions on Wednesday of six…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 62
Sentenced To Six Months
John Kenneth Lawson, who had a long list of convictions; was yesterday sentenced to six months' gaol by Mr J. B…
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Before Judge Nield at Newcastle sessions on Monday, John Patrick Hoban (32), builder, pleaded "not guilty" to the…
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LONDON, Nov. 25.—Daniel Raven, 23, was sentenced to death by hanging after the Old Balley court had found him…
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Dissatisfaction with the result of representations" to Newcastle police regarding motor cyclists in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Global News Murderer Sentenced to Death in London London
After a return in 50 minutes at the trial of Daniel Raven (23), on a murder charge, he was found guilty. The Judge sentenced Raven to death by hanging. Mrs. Raven gasped and sobbed quietly when she was told of the…
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Former Cessnock Police Inspector, Alfred Linden Bainbrigge, passed away at the St. George Hospital, Sydney, last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Butcher Fined Before Court on Prices Charges
Archie D. Brooker, butcher, John Street, who was before the court yesterday on three prices breach charges, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Quarter Sessions Jury Finds Hoban Guilty. Sentenced to 18 Months' Gaol
At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, John Patrick Hoban, of Baulkham Hills, was found guilty by the jury of six charges of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Motor Theft Defendant Found Not Guilty at Moss Vale Court
Holding that there was insufficient evidence to link the appearance of a led Ford coupe with trailer attached, on the Werai Road on the afternoon…
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Well known cattleman, Amos Andrew Munday, of Port Macquarie, was sentenced to twelve months' gaol by. Judge Storkey in the Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doctor Tells Court At Murder Trial of Seeing Blood In Plane
LONDON, Nov. 26—A police witness at the “torso murder” trial told the Bow Street Court yesterday that he had found…
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SYDNEY, Sat—Many doctors evade taxation on patients’ fees, said the Minister for Supply and Development (Senator J. I…
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LAGOS, Nov. 26.— Rioting [?] in Nigeria spread yesterday to Port Harcourt a few miles from Aba, where riots took place…
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PARIS, Nov. 26 The Polish vice-consul In Lille, Joseph Sezerbinski was arrested by French police last night oh charges of…
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LONDON. Nov. 28.—The racing season at the Prague Chuchle racecourse ended suddenly yesterday when plain-clothes police…
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LAGOS (Nigeria), Nov. 28.— Police wounded three Africans on Saturday when they opened fire on rioters and looters at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Small Debts Court
Several matters were quickly disposed of in the small debts court at Maitland this morning. In the case of J. F. O’Brien v…
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The case commenced this afternoon at East Maitland District Court of a claim for £550 damages rising out of a motor collision…
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The racing season at Prague horse racecourse ended suddenly yesterday, when plain clothes police raided all Prague's 11…
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