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Courts & crime, 1949

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 62

Fighting During Irish Election Poll Police Rush To Saon Mills

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

BELFAST, Feb. 11.—Police were rushed to Saon Mills, in County Tyrone, yesterday, when fighting broke out between Nationalists (anti-partitionists) and Unionist workers, in which men and women took part…

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Smart Work by Civilians and Police. Housebreaker Caught After Hot Chase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

Muswellbrook police and civilians figured in a sensational chase after a housebreaker on Wednesday last, the former effecting an…

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Best In The First AND The Last Joy Court, Faraway for To-morrow Mine Host Will Test Sprinters

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

Best bets given for Randwick to-morrow are in the first and the last races. Gallopers chosen are the…

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Remanded On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

Kenneth Twomey 20 labourer, on remand, appeared at West Maitland court to-day on a charge of having at West Maitland on…

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Leper Detained By Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 6

HARDEN, Monday. — Police last night detained the 19-year-old leper girl who absconded from the lazaret of Prince Henry…

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Man Attacks Police Chief

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 1

A man walked up to Police Commissioner C. J. Carroll at Doomben racecourse, Brisbane, on Saturday and swung a vicious…

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West Maitland Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

For having used indecent language in High-st. on Saturday night, Brian Freeman, 18, butcher, was fined £2/10/ at West…

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O’Keefe Will Appeal To High Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Steps are being taken to-day to secure on behalf of Mr. James O’Keefe, of Bonbeach, Victoria, a High Court…

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Charged with Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday— Arthur Lyle Smith was charged at Cessnock, court with stealing seven sheets of galvanised Iron…

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Merriwa Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

At the Merriwa Police Court on Thursday, 3rd February, Miriam Beatrice Brown, Merriwa, appeared to answer three charges. On a charge…

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Cattle Stealing Alleged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.— Alphonsus William Cagney was charged at Cessnock court with having, about the month of May, 1948, at Yango…

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Licensing Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

A bench of three licensing magistrates, Messrs. J. B. Scobie, S. J. Bliss and V. Wells, will hold a Special Licensing Court at Maitland…

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Royalty at Juvenile Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON. Feb. 16—Tousled young East End offenders were overwhelmed and shamefaced in the Juvenile Court in Toynbee…

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Police Figure in Dramatic Rescue. Lost Man Found

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

Constable E. F. Fairlamb, who is in charge of the Burragorang police station, and a tracker led the intensive search for Sean John Ryan, University…

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Non-suit in District Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed.—Before Judge Nield in Cessnock District Court, Daystone Electrical Co. Ltd. proceeded against William Nellson, of…

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Dramatic Turn in Timber Case Farrell Brought To Room Adjoining Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — While the Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Ligertwood, was Considering issuing a warrant for his arrest, Edward Farrell was brought to a room adjoining the court room this afternoon in. custody of Detective…

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Tilden Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18.— William Tilden (56), former world tennis champion, was sentenced to one year’s…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

Alphonsus William Cagney, 32, labourer, appeared at Cessnock Court on Tuesday on three charges, Including two charges of stealing cattle…

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Fined for Stealing Iron

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 10

A fine of [?]O, with £3/13/6 costs. was imposed on Arthur Lyie Smith at Cessnock Court on Tuesday for having stolen seven sheets of galvanised iron,…

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Cassilis Police Court. Convicted of Street Betting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 6

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., on Tuesday, 8th February, Aubrey Vincent Apthorpe, of Wollar, was…

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