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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

809 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 41

Three Charges Of Stealing Bicycles

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

Stealing three bicycles, valued altogether at £24, Edward Joseph Morison, 35 motor mechanic of 410 High-street,…

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U.N. Army Awaits Communist Assault Chinese Building Air And Artillery Support (A. A. P. Reuter )

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: The United Nations army in Korea is stiffening its line for the expected ell-out enemy assault. Just when Communist forces would unleash their 500,000-men force in e new offensive was anyone’s guess,…

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Bus Driver Charged with Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A 33-years-old bus driver, alleges to have fatally injured a 17-months-old boy by beating him, was charged with…

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Police Hold Motorcycle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

Singleton Police have taken into custody a Royal Enfield motorcycle which has been found abandoned on the New…

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Police Theory on Death

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police have established that Kevin Francis Landrigan, whose body was found lying on a bed in a guest house…

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Police Recover Bodies of Pilots

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

Pollen on Monday recovered the remains of two R.A.A.F. pilots from, the Karuah River, 15 miles from Tea Gardens…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed Alleged Theft of Tyre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

The Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Wood) dismissed a stealing charge against Robert George Pritchard, 30, of…

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Police Court. Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions held at the Merriwa Police Court before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., Cyril Richard Franks was remanded to appear…

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Court Warning To Railway Trespassers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

The danger to members of the public in trespassing on railway property was stressed by Mr. F. F. Wood, S.M., at…

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Gundagai Police Investigate Unusual Charge Who Flung Dung?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

It's a queer world. The spontaneous actions of some people are definitely difficult to comprehend, and the Gundagai Police were given a most…

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Charged With Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A 48-years-old [?] William Hawthorn German of Frederick-street, St. Peters, was charged this morning with…

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Wallsend Chemist Charged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

Thomas James May, 70, chemist, of Wallsend, was charged at a bedside court In Katoomba Hospital with having illegally…

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Theft Gross And Impertinent

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK. Tuesday: Clown Thread gate 23 of Greta street, Aberdare, pleaded. gully at Cannock court to-day to having…

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Porter Fined For Theft Of Eggs

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

A railway porter, John Henry Trainer, 29 of 45 Carrington street, Maitland, was fined £10, with £1/13/5 witnesses’ exposes…

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Young Man Gets Suspended Sentence Theft of Complete Wheel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 5

Collwyn Threadgate, 23, of Greta-street, Aberdare, was sentenced to three months' hard labour at Cessnock…

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Bodgies, Widgies Worry Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives have begun investigation into reports of sex orgies in private residences by a section of…

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Girl Alleges Hotel Assault

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

On Sunday, Taree Police took a girl's dying depositions in Manning District Hospital. The girl is Jane Algie, 20, of Taree…

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Local Clue on Car Theft Ring

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

The C.1.B. is investigating a report that an inter-State ring has been selling stolen cars with fictious number…

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Bank Accountant On Theft Charge (AAP-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): A sum of £0800 was mentioned in a bank their case at Palmerston North…

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Girl Victim of Assault Dies at Taree

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

TAREE, Wed.—A girh who was allegedly attacked in an hotel during an argument last Thursday night, died early…

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