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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 55

Police Had No Evidence to Offer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

In two cases called before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland court to-day, police prosecutor, Sgt. N. L. Howard, stated there…

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Charged With Theft Of £123

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Henry Ritchie Brown was charged at the Cessnock court today with having stolen £123 contained in…

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Putty Farmer Charged with Cattle Stealing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 4

A Putty share-farmer was charged at Singleton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday morning with stealing 17 head of local…

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Public Service Charge Against Gaol Governor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A charge of disgraceful and Improper conduct against the governor of Pentridge gaol, J. F. Edwards,…

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Cessnock Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Leslie Goodwin, of Wollombi Road, Cessnock, was fined £4 at Cessnock Court to-day by Mr. F…

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Police Against Trial by Jury

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 2

LONDON, April 4 (AAP).— The Sco[?] Police Federation told the [?] Commission on capital punishment that “trial by…

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S.M.'s Warning To Defendant Cessnock Court Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

"I want you to understand that the police have a duty to carry out and the Court will not see them compelled to suffer this…

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Incident At Empire Theatre 7 Miner Fined at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

James Vickers Madden,miner,of congewal St.Kearsley, was fined [?] in default of two days' imprisonment at cessnock court this morning when…

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Gaol Governor Fined; Reinstated

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The Victorian Public Service Board, after a three-hours inquiry, [?] the governor of Pentridge [?]…

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Boy Creates Sensation in Narrabri Captured by Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

Breaking into a house at Narrabri early on Monday morning a boy under 14 took a 45 calibre revolver and large sheath…

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Vandals Active Stuff Public Convenience Cisterns with Rubbish Council Contacts Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

Members of the Council staff discovered the other day that vandals had been at work in the new Public Convenience, the Mayor (Ald…

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Westering Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

SINGAPORE, April 6 (A.A.P. Reuter) —Captain “Turco” Westering was to-day sentenced to 40 days’ rigorous imprisonment…

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Quiet Day at Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Wednesday's Court proceedings lasted under one hour. It was one of the quietest days for several months An application for consent to marry…

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Hotel Theft In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Thieves broke into the hotel rooms of a wealthy grazier and his family in Sydney for the show, and stole…

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Committed For Trial Aileged Theft of £123

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen 123/10/ from Sidney King, of Cassnock, on March 7, Henry Richle Srown, of Aberdars, was…

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Emotional Court Scenes As Man Acquitted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

IOWA CITY, April 6.—Men and women cried to country yesterday when a fury acquired Robert Bednssok, 24, on a charge of…

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School of Arts Rentals Court's Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S. M., in the Fair Rents Court on Wednesday, fixed the following rentals in respect of tenancies forming part of the…

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22 Appeals Settled. Court Adudicates on Six Other Appeals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

When the Municipal Valuation Court for the hearing of appeals, was held yesterday, Mr. H Weston Tegg, valuer, informed the…

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To-day's World News Free-for-all Fight in Paris Boulevarde. Police and Communists. Paris

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

Flying saucers hit the fashionable Champs Elysees yesterday—along with cups, chairs, cafe tables and stones. A major street battle raged for over…

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Migrant On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE,-Sat[?] A Yugoslav Slav migrant was [?]sted at G[?] Migrant [?] and charged with the [?] of his…

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