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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Girl’s Death Baffles Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon. — Police are baffled by the murder of an attractive 19-years-old girl, who was strangled near her East…

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Bus Driver’s Story To Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Acting on information given to them by a bus driver, police are searching for a young man seen with…

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Police Suspect Murder

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police suspect a Scottish migrant woman, found dead in an East Sydney residential today, was strangled after a…

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Contemptible Theft

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — while Mr. Richard Sullivan, of Boonarard Bondl, was attending his wife’s funeral a thief broke into…

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Six Stealing Charges

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday. — Peter Jennings, 27, a labourer of City Road, Sydney, was before the Cessnock court this morning on…

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Theft of Car Alleged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

"The theft, of a car from Maltland on May 3 resulted in the appearance of Kenneth Bainbridge, 21 ,electrician, of Hall-street, Cessnock, at…

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Not Guilty on Stealing Charge. Merriwa Man Acquitted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

A young man, Dennis James Mason, of Merriwa, was charged at Singleton seessions on Monday, before Judge O'Sullivan, with having stolen 20 bags…

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Police to Sell Unclaimed Articles

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

By order of the Commissioner of Police an auction sale of unclaimed property win be conducted at Maitland police station on May 27…

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Man Police Wanted Has Disappeared

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— The man who, police think, may be able to help them clear up the mystery ot the murder of 19…

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Traffic Police to Make Surprise Raids

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Police Traffic Superintendent W. R. Lawrence, in a campaign to reduce the number of road…

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German Police Gaoled by American Judge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

BERLIN, May 16 (AAP). — An American Judge sentenced six members of the Communist controlled East German police to…

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Request For More Police For Safety Bureau

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

Describing the behaviour of a small percentage of motor vehicle drivers as “a blot on civilisation’s page,” Mr. H. E…

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Meeriwa's Doctor Went to Wrong Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

A late arrival at Singleton court on Monday morning was Dr. J. M. Woods, of Merriwa, who had been subpoenaed to attend…

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District Court Work Expands Country Aided by Government Policy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

A number of District Court Judges have already cealt with cases under the expanded jurisdiction conferred on the…

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Allies Gaol Six German Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

JudgeJohn Sabo, of the United States High Commission, in Berlin, sentenced six East German policemen to…

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Survived a Death Pact Woman Acquitted on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

The Melbourne Coroner dismissed a charge of murder against a woman alleged to have survived a death pact…

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U.S. Police Guard Former Czech Official

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

LAKE SUCCESS, Wed—AUP. Police are guarding the Long Island home of Doctor Vladimir Houdek, permanent…

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Blueprints Theft Was Easy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, May 18. — Two hours alter it had been stolen in Brooklyn, a motor car containing 10 non-secret blueprints for a…

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Bank Clerk Charged with Girl’s Death

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Twenty-four year old bank clerk, Maurice Sutton Ram[?]den Brewer, of Brighton, was charged in City…

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Rearming of East German Police Force

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, May 18.—Western diplomats said to-day that the Big Three Foreign Ministers had decided to defer action on…

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