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Courts & crime, 1950

1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 55

IS Years’ Sentence By Czech Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Mar. -is (AAP),— A Dutch businessman, Johannes Louvers, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the…

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Police Say Man Confessed To Firing At Father-In-Law

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Police alleged in the Central Criminal Court to-day that a young man had confessed to firing three…

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Shot at Father-in-law. Man Sentenced to Four Years' Gaol. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

A labourer, who blamed his fatherin-law for breaking up his marriage, was to-day sentenced to four years' imprisonment for shooting at his…

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Disobeyed Police Orders

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A man who refused to move his car from a space reserved for Ministerial cars, was lined £3 in the…

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Mineowners Would Not Attend Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

SIDNEY, Tuesday—The Coal industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) proceeded with the hearing of a claim in the absence of the…

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Sander Trial. "Something Snapped." Doctor's Story to Court. Manchester (New Hampshire)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

"Something snapped," declared Dr. Hermann Sander, in telling the Court yesterday that he never had any intention of killing cancer patient, Mrs…

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Council Awaits Police Decision On Parking Ban

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Aldermen of Maitland City Council are awaiting the outcome of a protest against the Transport Department’s…

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Month’s Gaol For Westerling

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

SINGAPORE, March 9 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Major “Turk” Westerling, Dutch leader of a recent rebellion In Indonesia, was sentenced to one…

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First Court Gowns for Eleven Years

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

For the first time In eleven years debutante court presentation gowns have been made in London by two court dressmakers, Hartnell and Worth. These have been made specially for the Symphony of Fashion at the Fair of St. Louis, U.S.A. in this…

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Two Tarakan Officers for Court-martial

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday. — Two officers of H.MA..S. Tarakan are to be tried by court-martial, the Minister for the Navy, Mr. J. Francis,…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—A 19-year-old share dairy farmer of Whittingham, John Whitfield Dune ton, appeared at Singleton court on a…

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Miner On Stealing Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Henry Riche Brown, 32, miner, of Melbourne Street, Aberdare, appeared before Mr. R. J. Howard, J,P., at Cessnock Court on Wednesday…

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Hotelkeepers and Others Fined. Charges at Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

Sgt. Robinson gave evidence in connection with the charges against Percy McDonald (Railway Hotel) and Vincent Henry Martin (Shamrock…

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Gaol Sentence for Westerling

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 3

Captain "Turco" Westerlingwas sentenced to gaol for one month in the District Court to-day on a charge of having…

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Singleton Youth Faces Cattle Stealing Charges STORE 49 Cattle Valued at £598 Police Allege Remanded on £200 Bail

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a 19-year-old Singleton youth was charged with stealing 19 head of local cattle valued at £312. Police Prosecutor, Detective-Sergeant D. Sutherland, of Maitland, said that the youth would be further charged with stealing another 30…

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To Enter Into Bond and Pay Costs. Assault Charge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 8

Sybil Veronica McNulty, represented by Mr. Colin B. Dunlop (Singleton), proceeded against Ronald Hughes at the Police Court on Wednesday on…

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Warsaw Court Gaols British Woman

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

WARSAW, March 10.— For shielding her life-long friend, a Polish woman, who bad aided her son in a German wartime prison,…

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Lord Moss And Pantomime Likely Winners Acceptors For Denham Court Handicap

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 8

It is not often that a Flying Handicap is divided into two divisions at Randwick, but it hat happened for to-morrow's meeting and the…

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Time Bomb Murder Trial Nears End

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 1

QUEBEC, March 11.—The defence yesterday completed its rebuttal evidence in the time bomb murder trial of this…

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Court Action Over Bricks

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 3

At the conclusion of lengthy evidence taken In the small debts court at East Maitland yesterday afternoon, plaintiff In the action,…

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