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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

809 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 41

Police Investigating Alleged Doping

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: CIB detectives are investigating the alleged doping of Even Flow, when she won the Princess Handicap at Randwick last Saturday week. Detective-Sergeant Lynch and Detective Brooks, who…

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On Bond for Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Douglas Albert Craft, a young married man, pleaded guilty at the Cessnock court (his morning to a charge…

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Alleged Assault on Girl

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Andrew Paterson Prams, 67, single, of Weston, was charged In the children’s ,court at Cessnock, with having…

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Visit of Flying Squad Illegal Betting Men Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

Following a visit of the Flying Squad last Saturday, six men appeared at Cessnock Court this morning and…

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Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

A 55-year-old man pleaded "Guilty" at Cessnock Court this morning to having on March 27 assaulted a…

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Bagpipes Won’t Scare He Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 3

LONDON: The police search for the Coronation Stone, stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day. Is continuing—…

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Assault Charge At Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 5

KURRI KURRI: At the police court to-day, John Richard Crawford, 28. of Hopetoun-st, Kurri, was charged with having…

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Three Months' Gaol for Youth Charged With Being In Dwellimg For Unlawful Purpose

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

At the Police Court on Wednesday, Thomas Francis Singleton (18), of 22, Moyes Street, Annandale, was charged with having…

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Assault Case Adjourned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

An adjournment until April 19 was granted in the case at the Kurri Court yesterday in which John Richard Crawford,…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

At Kurri Kurri Court yesterday before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.M., Douglas Stanley Long, of Bellbird-street, Pelaw Main,…

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Pig Poultry Theft Proved Expensive

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: At Sing[?] court yesterday Mr. J. Hodg[?] SM, fined four men £7/8/9 each [?] a stealing charge…

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Four Men Fined For Convent Theft

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

Four men were fined £5 and ordered to pay £2/8/9 each in Singleton Court yesterday for stealing and killing a pig and two roosters from the Sisters of Mercy Convent on Easter Monday…

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Sentenced to Death. Atom Bomb Spies. New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel, were sentenced to death on Tuesday for atomic espionage. Judge Kaufman said their crime in…

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Murder by Parole Edgar Hoover's Opinion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 8

J. Edgar Hoover has said: "Abuses of parole, probation and pardon contribute to the fact that a serious…

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Police Seeking Young Man

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Police are seeking a young than who impersonated the Minister for Air (Mr. White) on the telephone and…

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Cases In Singleton Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

In the Singleton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Joseph Home of Singleton was fined £20…

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Traffic Cases at Kurri Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

For having carried a pillion rider while not having held a licence for 12 months, Kenneth G. Richards, 19, of…

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Death Sentence for Atomic Espionage Crime Described As Worse Than Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: Julius Rosenberg, 32, and his wife, Ethel, 35, were yesterday sentenced to death for atomic espionage. Judge Irving Kaufman said their crime in delivering…

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Impersonated Minister for Air. Police Seeking Young Man. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Police are seeking a young man who impersonated the Minister for Air (Mr. White) on a telephone and sought the favour of the Chief…

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Sentenced To Die

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Puerto Rican Nationalist, Oscar Collazso, was sentenced yesterday to die for his part in the killing of a…

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