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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

961 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 49

Charged With Murder Of Wife

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

A man was. remanded in Scone court this- morning Friday on a charge of murdering his wife. He was…

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Magistrate Warns New Australian

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, B. M., told a New Australian in the Maitland court to-day that the practice of molesting young [?]…

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State Government has shown once more the…

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Gaol for Illegal Use of Car

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

Raymond Stanley Meges 20, labourer, of Jennings-street, Stawell, Victoria, was sentenced at the Central-Court,…

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Licensing Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 6

An application In Maitland Licensing Court to-day by Patrick Francis Mahony for permission to carry out alterations…

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Reinforcements For Cape Town Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

CAPE TOWN: Arrival of more than 100 extra police in Cape Town in the lost three days to reinforce police touched off a debate in the House of Assembly last night,…

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More Police Arrive in Cape Town Heavy Guard Over Prime Minister’s Home

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

CAPE TOWN Special Plain-Cloths Police armed with revolvers stood guard round the official residence of Prime Minister Daniel Melon last night as police reinforcements continued to arrive here from…

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Teel Industry Control to Government Temporarily Appeal Court Says Injunction By Majority Verdict

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON: President Truman’s administration won back temporary control of the nation’s steel industry in a whirlwind court battle yesterday, after. promising to end the paralysing steel strike which already has produced sporadic violence…

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Gundy Man Charged With Wife Murder

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

Ernest James Golledge (40), of Gundy, was at the Scone Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered his wife, Olive May Golledge (33)…

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Husband Charged with Murder. Woman's Death at Gundy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

Police on Wednesday charged Ernest James Golledge, 40, of Scone, with the murder of his wife…

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Labourer Charged with Murder Wife Dies Of Injuries

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

SCONE—A 40-year-old labourer was remanded at Scone Court on Wednesday on a charge of having…

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State Government has shown once…

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Police Sale Of Unclaimed Goods

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 4

The auction of unclaimed property to. be sold by the Maitland police will take place tomorrow (Saturday)…

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Today’s Leader Ten Years Ago Maniac On Third Charge Of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

LONDON: John Thomas Straffen 21-years-old blonde maniac. held for the strangling of two little girls was charged…

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Police Sgt. Clark Fareweled. Popular Officer Goes to Taree

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

First-Class Sergeant Frank Clark, who has been in charge of the police district at Merriwa for some years, left on Wednesday…

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Husband and Wife Sentenced. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 2

Joseph Aubrey Francis (51), who pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday of twelve charges of fraudulent…

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Court Order To Union Official

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Mr. Justice Dunpay ordered the Victorian secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr, J. J…

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Guilty Of Arson Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK: A textile executive was convicted of first degree murder yesterday for the deaths of three…

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Police Theory Of Wollombi Tragedy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 1

Police investigating the shooting of a family of five at Wollombi at the weekend are working on the theory that the mother of the family suddenly became mentally unbalanced,…

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Police Inquiries Into Railway Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: The cause of yesterday’s railway disaster at Berala is expected to hinge principally on technical assistance of the Railway Department C.I.B. Defective–Inspector J. J. Flint sold to–day…

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