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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 55

£120 Theft At Kurri Thieves Forced Station Sale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 3

Thieves stole £120/13/- in notes and silver when they broke into the Kurri Railway Station between late Sunday night and early Monday…

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Gaol Sentence Sequel To Court Testimony

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, May 8 — John Maragon, 57, former bootblack, who became the friend of President Truman’s military . aide,…

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Graziani Sentenced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 1

ROME, May 3. — Ex-Marshal Rodolfo Grazlani, last of the great figures of Mussolini’s [?] cism, was last night sentenced…

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Trial For Alleged Theft of Truck

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

Beryl Joyce Duggan, de facts wife of John Maxwell Hemmings, of Branxton, said in the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday that…

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Police Transfers

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

Included in the police transfers in the north Eastern Police Division are:— Sergeant O. H. Stapleton,…

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Witnesses in Nude Shock for Court Judge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

Eight Doukhobors — three women and five men—stripped off their clothes in a crowded court room on…

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Plot for Gaol Break Failed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—An underworld plot to assist four dangerous criminals to escape from Long Bay Gaol has been thwarted by…

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Police to Use Helicopter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, [?] —Police ay use a helcop[?] in their search for the alleged[?] hiding in, the bush [?]Bogong…

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Muswellbrook Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Donald Rawson Thorley and George Frderick Smith faced separate…

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Remanded on Theft Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

On a charge of having between January 3 and April 23 stolen 40 pairs of men's trousers valued at £120, the property of David Jones…

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Man Committed for Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 8

Robert Reginald Beetson, 37, of Putty, was today committed for trial by Mr. Hodgson, S.M., at Singleton Court of Petty…

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Plot For Gaol Break Failed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: An underworld plot to assist four dangerous criminals, including Darcy Dugan, to escape from Long Bay…

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Not Guilty On Intended Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

Alter retiring at 12.40 p.m., a jury returned a verdict of not guilty just after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon in a case at Maitland…

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Three Years for Assault on Migrant Woman

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 5

Judge O’Sullivan at Maitland sessions to-day sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour a truck driver found…

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Police Search For Motor Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Unidentified young girl, believed to have fallen off a motor cycle, died in hospital this morning a few…

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Police and Soldiers Kill Terrorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

SINGAPORE, May 5 (AAP.-Reuter).—Five terrorists were killed and five captured in a dawn engagement with police and a platoon of…

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Former Cessnock People in Divorce Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 9

William George Gilmour, formerly of. Cessnock, was granted a decree Wist by Mr.-Acting Justice Toose in the Divorce "Court in Sydney, when…

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Shocking Accident Young Girl Dies Police Search for Motor-cyclist

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

An unidentified young girl, believed to have fallen off a motor cycle, died in a Sydney hospital this morning a…

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Limbless Soldier Before Court kurri Man on Three Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 7

A llmbless soldier appeared at Kurri Kurri Court yesterday and pleaded "Not Guilty" to charges of using indecent language on…

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For Trial On Cattle Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Sat. — Robert Reginald Beetson appeared at the Singleton court on a charge of stealing 17 head of cattle,…

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