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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

809 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 41

Relieving Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. A[?]S. Tunchon, [?] who has [?] relieving police magistrate to Maitland in the absence of Mr. F. R., Wood, will commence…

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Lavers Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY.—The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) is expected this week to make a decision whether a Crimes Act…

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Two Months’ Gaol For Vagrancy

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

A 58-years-old labourer was sentenced to two months’ hard labour by Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.P., in Maitland court this…

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Sentenced to Death for Maltreatment. South Korean Army Scandal. Pusan

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

The South Korean Defence Ministy has revealed that 1234 trainees died last year in a defence corps commanded by five officers,…

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Police Guard For American Golfer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

CHICAGO: Golfer Lloyd Mangrem, who won the St Paul open on Sunday, despite a threat against his life, was guarded by…

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Police Believe Woman Died From Poison

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Homicide detectives Investigating the death early yesterday morning of the wife of a wealthy Quirindi grazier believe…

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Quirindi Woman's Death. Police Inquiries. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

Homicide detectives investigating the death yesterday of the wife of a Wealthy Quirindi grazier believe death resulted…

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Confessed to Treble Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 1

OUEBEC: Police say that Alcide Martin, 31, has confessed that he stabbed or kicked to death on Monday night his…

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Request To Reopen Murder Case

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Public Solicitor (Mr. Hawkins) called on the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) to-day and…

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National Conference Successful P.M, Said Inflation Is Form Of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: In the closing session , the prime Minister (Mr . R. G. Menzies) said he kit the anti-inflation conference bed been remarkably successful . He described inflation as stealing , and said the indus…

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Charged With Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A 50-years-old engineer was arrested this morning and charged with the manslaughter of Vera Florence…

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Confessed to Treble Murder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: Calvin Anderson, 28, walked into police headquarters at, Albuquerque, New Mexico, yesterday and…

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£3000 Theft. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 7

Glace kid skins, valued at over £3000, were stolen from a shoefactory in Erskineville last night. The skins were owned by the…

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Former Kurri Union Official for Trial Alleged Theft of Funds

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

A former secretary of the Kurri Kurri branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association,…

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“ Deeply in Love” with Man Facing Murder Charge Quirindi Inquest Proceeds

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 3

QUIRINDI: An ATTRACTIVE blonde woman told the Coroner’s Court to-day she was “deeply in love” with a grozier, who has been charged, with murdering his wife. The widow, Mrs. Norms Catherine Lokkerbell, aisa…

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Nazi Propaganda Plot Unearthed By Police

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 1

BERLIN: West Berlin police confiscated firearms and unearthed a Nazi propaganda cache in down raids yesterday on the homes of 200 Neo-Nazis. Three men found in illegal possession of pistols were…

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Charged with Murder of Barmaid

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 23- year-old bricklayer, P. Smith, of North Sydney, was to-day charged with the murder of…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: A 28-year-old br[?]ok layer, Philip Smith at Un[?]on street, Manly, was charged to Central Court to-day with the…

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Local and General News Police Efficiency

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

Several motor cycles which have been notified to the Singleton Police as missing, believed stolen during the last week or…

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Military Police Killed In Gun Fight

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

PUSAN: Two British military policemen were killed and three wounded—two seriously—in a gun battle in a village near Pusan…

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