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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Theft of Beer Glass Brings Fine Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

A fine of £1/10/ in default three days' imprisonment was imposed on Thomas Craft, of Greta…

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Tenders for Police Boys' Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

Tenders for the Cessnock Police Boys' Club are to be called next month. Plans and specifications have…

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P.P.B. Fails in Court Appeal Not Compelled To Kill All Rabbits

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY.—The Full State Court ruled yesterday that pastoralists were not compelled to destroy all rabbits…

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Alleged Trailing by Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: President of the ACTU (Mr. M[?]k) said to-day that officers of the council had been trailed…

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Statement Soon on Late Police Head’s Attitude Indication Given By Liquor Commissioner

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said to-day he was getting very close to the stage where he would talk about shitting the onus of proof on to police to show the attitude…

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Waterside Workers’ Federation Fined £500 Decision To-day By Arbitration Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The Full Arbitration Court to-day fined the Waterside Workers’ Federation £500 for refusal to lift their overtime ban. The overtime ban has been operating in all…

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Magistrate Refuses Adjournment Alleged Theft of Sheep

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

The Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.) refused an application by the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. G. King)…

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Remanded on Charge of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

David Joseph Edwards, of 47 Brisbane - street, East Maitland, was remanded at Maitland court to-day on a…

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Police Lift

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

SEROWE: An airlift yesterday fiew 80 armed policemen into serowe from sajisbury (Southern Rhodesia) following…

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Leave For Police Cancelled

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

PARIS : All Leave for Paris police has been cancelled in case the French communication try to incite new rote similar…

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Theft From Store

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Maitland detective and Singleton police are investigating the robbery of £87 from the store of [?]…

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Acquitted of Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 26-year-old labourer was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court yesterday of a charge of having…

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Divorce Court: Succeeded at Her Second Attempt

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 4

A woman, whose application for a divorce of the Maitland Circuit was rejected, was yesterday granted a divorce at the present sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Samuel Raymond Cross appeared before Mr. J. B. Hodgson,…

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Bond on Charge of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

KURRI: At Kurri court yesterday, Allen Hunter, 81, of Mery-st, Abermain, and Fatrick Lomax Bartlett, 30, of…

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Police Transfers

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Police in the North-astern Division have been transferred as folows: Constables I. Peters from Leetpn to…

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Gaold on Stealing Charges. Labourer Admits Offences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

At the Musweltbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, John Murray was sentenced to six months' gaol on each of two charges of stealing. He was charged with having stolen from,Robert Burton, of "Brooklyn Park,"…

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Two on Theft Charges Both Bound Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 5

Two men who pleaded guilty at Kurri Court, yesterday to having stolen a wristlet watch and fountain pen, to a total…

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Tenancy Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

In the Tenancy Court, John Ernest Ellery, for whom Mr. L. H. Halliday appeared, sought to have George Hilton Douglas…

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Children's Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

In the Children's Court, two juveniles were charged with breaking and entering two business houses in Scone and…

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