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Courts & crime, 1950

1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 55

Australian News. Laborer Charged with Murder of Baby—proposed Bill to Deal with Communists—bid to Rescue 2000 Sheep

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Reginald John Lynch (24), laborer, was charged in the Liverpool Court to-day with murdering Kathleen Jean Bugden, a…

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Man Charged With Baby’s Shocking Death

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Reginald John Lynch, 24, labourer, was charged in Liverpool Court to-day with having murdered…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday, Mrs. Flora Jenkins was granted permission to carry out alterations at the Royal Hotel, Merriwa…

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Six Charges of Cattle Stealing Man Pleads Guilty £598 Cattle Stolen

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

John Whitfield Dunstan, 19, of "Westwood", Singleton, was yesterday committed for trial by Mr. Hodgson, S.M., at Singleton Court of Petty Sessions on charges of stealing 48 head of cattle to the total value of £598…

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Maximum Sentence For Assault and Robbery Maitland Men Get 14 Years

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

Three Maitland men were each sentenced to 14 years imprisonment at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday for having in company assaulted…

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"I"ll Go to Gaol Over You" Aileged THreat Before Shooting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

"I'll go to gaol over you," a woman is alleged to have said to her husband before she shot him in the leg with a shotgun at Bellbird on March 18. Evidence to this effect was given by the husband, Ernest…

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Police "Mix Up" New York

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

A Denver court to-days freed an 18-years-old soldier charged with having pinched the leg of a male policeman…

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Mining Warden's Court. Hearings-stood Over

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

Mr. James Duncan, Metropolitan Mining Warden, yesterday heard several applications for authority to enter to prospect for coal. Applicants…

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Traffic Cases at Kurri Kurri Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

KURRI, Friday.—Harry Davies, 19, of Brunker-street, Kurri, pleaded guilty at Kurri court to a charge of negligent…

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Stopped a Police Truck Young Man's "Joke" Cost £3

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

In the Police Court on Wednesday, Edward Joseph Edwards, a young man, was charged with offensive behaviour in William Street on 15th…

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Court Convicts Financiers. Protracted Case In South Africa Nears End

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, April 21.—Two men, who ran a financial empire worth 100,000,000 sterling, were found guilty of many charges of fraud, theft or contravening the Companies Act, when South Africa’s most complicated and…

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Boys’ Club Is Revolutionary Character Building By Police Officials (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. — A peaceful resolution has taken place in Burwood in the past few years, end it all concerns the public attitude to the police force. One may see a vigilant, uniformed policeman in the…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. R. wood, S.M.)I

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

jack Gronow 22, of Chatham-road, Broadmeadow, was fined £1/10/ with 10/ costs for having littered the road by throwing a bottls at Abermain on…

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Conviction On Theft And Assault Charges

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

BRANXTON, Sat. — Norman Scott, a 22-year-old apiarist, of [?]ylong Lower, via Mudgee, was fined £10 in Branxton police court…

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Police Unearth Algerian Plot

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

ALGIERS, April 22.—Police arrested 154 people in Algeria yesterday after the discovery of an alleged nationalist plot to…

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Assault on Himalayas French Mountaineers Planning Big Climb (From a Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

PARIS: Eight French mountaineers plan to use “blitz” methods in an attempt to scale hitherto unreached heights in the Himalayas in April. Members of the expedition, led by Maurice Herzog,…

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To-day’s Leader: The Cry Of The Children Erection of Police Boys’ Club in Maitland Immediate Action Decided On Modified Plan

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

Maitland Police-Citizens Boys’ Club should commence immediately to erect club premises in Maitland despite the [?] that the full amount of £22,000 is not available. This statement was made by Superintendent G. L…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., [?] land court this afternoon, [?] charged Roy Augustus O[?] who had beer charged [?]…

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Court Scene As Judge Protects Negro

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

NEW ORLEANS, April 24 (AAP).—A New Orleans Judge stepped down from the bench and stretched out his robe to…

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Wingham Police Officers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 5

WINGHAM, Tuesday. — Sergeant Figures, officer is charge of Wingham police, has been off duty owing to illness since April…

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