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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Larsen’s Court Behaviour

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

The Art Larsen walk-off-the court stunt at Kooyong (Vic.) according to behind-the[?] whispers, resulted In Larsen and…

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Union's Case Against Hospital Dismissed Magistrate's Adjourned Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

In a reserved decision, the Industrial Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Wood) at Cessnock Court on Tuesday dismissed the information in the case in which the Hospital Employees' Union alleged that the Cessnock Hospital had committed a breach of…

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Cook Charged With Death of Missing Wife BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 5

Edward Joseph Scully (52), cook, was to-day charged with the murder of his wife, Caroline Scully, who had been missing…

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Comic Court and Alister For Sydney Cup MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 4

Saturday’s Impressive Moon[?] Valley winners, Comic Court and Allster, have had the Sydney Cup act down as their main…

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Military Court Fending Damascus

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

A military court acquitted seven accused of plotting against the state, but sentenced three others to terms ranging from 18 months…

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Man Gets Paid for Stealing Cars Has Stolen Over 10,000 Legally

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 6

Ray Barnes, head of the Motor Car Recovery Bureau, has stolen over 10,000 cars legally, or as he puts it, he Just repossesses them for the legal owners. Honest American citizens who Just fall behind in the payment on their cars are…

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Police Will Report Traffic Breaches -[?]Ngleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

In his report to Singleton Municipal Council last night the town clerk (Mr. H. V. Deans) [?] he and the Mayor (Mr. Dorsman)…

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Youthful Gang Has Police Worried (A.A.P.-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

A gang of teen-age boys, equipped with powerful American cars and other evidence of ample funds, is prowling the dusty streets and bazaars seeking Feroze, “the boy with the maps.”…

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Court To Decide If Wages Are Tips (Australian Associated Press) LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

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Assault Charges CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Walter Fredrick Stevenson, [?] William, Henry Stevenson, [?], and Leo John Stevenson, 27, were charged before Mr. Wood, S.M.,…

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To-day’s Leader: Double-Headed Penny Murder Appeal To Privy Council LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

A petition for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against death sentence on three Australians was presented yesterday by…

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Remand on Assault Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

Three men were remanded until Tuesday when they appeared at the Cessnock Court before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.,…

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Gaol On Snowdropping Charges

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

The stipendiary magistrate (Mr. . P. R. Wood) In Mainland court this morning Imposed prison sentences on two men on a…

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Six Years' Gaol on Wounding Charge. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

A man who shot his neighbor, whom he suspected of having indecently assaulted his daughter, was sentenced to six years' gaol at the Quarter…

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To Stand Trial on Murder Charge Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. A. N. Bott, yesterday committed Renaldo Newman Cribbin, 21, for [?]ial on a charge of having murdered…

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Awarded £30 For Trespass Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Wood) returned a verdict for £30 for the complainant in the case at Cessnock Court…

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To-Day's World News Action Against Miners' Eaders Likely. Broken 1949 Undertaking to Court. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

While miners' leaders in Sydney to-day were discussing plans for stopping work, Cabinet Ministers met to consider the new gas and electricity…

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Police On Bribe Charges DUSSELDORF

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

Twenty members of the city’s police anti-black market squad have been charged with embezzlement, forgery and accepting…

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Police Seach for Car Driver Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

Police are still searching for the man who was driving a stolen car when it knocked down and injured a family of five at…

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Charged with Theft From Truck

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

William Francis Reginald Leadham, 38-years-old labourer of the railway camp, Telarah, was charged at Maitland Court with…

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