Double Fatality at Millfield Inquest at Cessnock Court House
The double fatality at Millfield Colliery on November 16, when the under manager and a deputy were found dead in waste workings of the…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 62
Manhunt in City. Men Escaped From Court Cells. Sydney
In one of the biggest man-hunts in the history of the State dozens of armed detectives turned out the underworld during the night in search…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibits at the British Motor Cycle Show, Earls Court, London
A new lightweight motor cycle, produced by the British recent Cycle and Motor Cympany and exhibited at the Small Arms (BSA) Code Show at Earls Court, London This motor-cycle, engine, does 130 to 140…
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ROCHESTER, Dec. 17.—A Hungarian born Episcopalian clergyman, George Hetepyi (40), was found guilty yesterday of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Still Hunt for Escaped Men Coastal Freighter Stopped and Searched
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Police, hunting for the leaped criminals, Darcy Exekiel Dugan and William Mears, have so far received 50 anonymous phone calls purporting to tell them their whercabouts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poland Charges France With Sabotage Liquidation Of Spy Net Claimed By Police
LONDON, Saturday, Dec. 17.—France was charged yesterday with attempting to strike at Poland’s industry by planned sabotage in the State coal mines and steel plants when four French nationals, accused of spying, appeared…
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QUIRINDI, Monday.— John James Hector Pender, storekeeper at Werris Creek, pleased not guilty at Quirindi sessions, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Tilden Released From Gaol
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—William Tilden, 56, former world tennis champion, was released from goal yesterday after serving 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Migrant Fined For Assault On Constable
At Maitland court to-day a Hungarian migrant who assaulted a police constable was told by the Bench that assaults on police…
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A call over police wireless for police to direct taxis to Central Station yesterday resulted in more than 80 taxis arriving…
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BATAVIA, (AAP-Reuter. Dec. 19—Police and Army forces in the Batavia district wilt be strongly reinforced to maintain order…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chief Injured In Calcutta Fracas
CALCUTTA, Dec. 19. — The Assistant Commissioner of Police, six other policemen and a tram-driver were injured in bomb and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Screaming Man Charged With Murder of Mother
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Screaming and struggling violently a 57-years-old commercial traveller had to be dragged Into the dock at court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Son Charged with Murder of Mother. Petersham Tragedy. Sydney
Screaming and struggling violently, a 57-year-old commercial traveller had to be dragged into the dock at court to-day to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raaf Corporal Sentenced to Two Years’ Detention
BRISBANE, Tuesday.— The RAAF corporal who had been court-martialled on charges of having wilfully damaged a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Commander Sentenced To 18 Years’ Imprisonment
LONDON, Dec. 19 (A.A.P.).—Field-Marshal Erich von Manstein, Hitler’s commander in Poland and Russia, has been convicted, by a British military court at Hamburg and sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Screams and Struggles When Bought Into Court on Murder Charge SYDNEY
Screaming' and struggling violently, a 57-years-old commercial traveller had to be dragged into the dock at Court today to answer…
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LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Princess Royal, only sister of the King, is one of the plaintiffs Irian an action which will come before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allege Assault Victim Breaks Down In Box Young Man Committed For Trial On Charge of Attempted Rape
At Maitland court yesterday, Mervyn Kay, a truck driver, of Anvil-st., Greta, was committed for trial at Maitland Sessions on a dole to be fixed on a charge of having on November 13 assaulted Milicia Glushevski with intent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim for Refund of Fees Fails in District Court
MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— Phillip Terrenes Hardy, represented by Mr. McLellan, claimed £21 from Rowley Stewart,…
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