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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

961 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 49

Police Seek Help In Battle Against Desperate Convicts

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

SAO PAULO (Brazil): Police appealed yesterday for reinforcements of men and guns in their battle with a band of heavily armed and desperate convicts, who hove escaped to the mainland from…

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Charged With Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Gilbert Ryan, 23, soldier, was charged in Central Court today with the murder of Thelma Dal Pozzo, 17, at…

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Charged With False Pretences

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

A man was arrested in Maitland yesterday afternoon on a warrant issued in Sydney nearly two and a…

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Husband and Wife Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK Colln Leslie Martin, of no fixe decode, 22, and his wife, Hazel Josn Martin, 18, were before the…

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Soldier On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: A 23–years–old soldier was charged last night with the murder of 17–years–oId Thelma…

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Soldier Arresed for Girl's Murder

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

A 23-year-old soldier wag arrested by C.I.B. detectives yesterday and charged with the murder of a 17-year-old girl at…

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Young Man Gaoled for Stealing Wife Given Suspended Sentence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

A young man and his wife appeared at Cessnock Court this morning on two charges of stealing…

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Court Rescinds Orders

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Full Arbitration Court, In Sydney, to–day resounded orders for the cancellation of registration of…

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Remanded On Murder Charge Broken Hill Girl's Death Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

Gilbert Ryan[?] soldier, was charged at Ga[?] Court to-day with the murder of Thelma Dal Pozzo (17), at Broken Hill…

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Deregistration Orders Cancelled Full Arbitration Court's Unanimous Decision Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

The Full Arbitration Court in Sydney to-day rescinded orders for the cancellation of the registration of three metal trade…

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Four Months For Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: John Francis Murphy 32 of Aberdare road Cessnock pleaded guilty at Cessnock court to…

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Acquitted On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

Mrs. Gladys Muriel Hayes,. 38, wife of John Frederick (“Chow”) Hayes, was acquitted in the central Criminal…

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Police Super. In Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Metropolitan Superintendent of Police (Mr. W. C. S. Thompson) was admitted to. Royal Prince…

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Money Disappears From Police Safe

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE: Mystery surrounds the disappearance of £1200 in cash from a safe at police head-quarters…

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Huge Collect, Court Told

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Full Bench the Licensing Court was told to-day that Walter Cavill had collected £10,000 last year…

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Racketeer Died In Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 6

SAN FRANCISCO: Irving Wexler. alias Waxey Gordon, one of the last of the underworld leaders of the U.S…

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Charged With Attempted Assassination

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

PUSAN (Korea) : South Korean police have charged a 82-years-old Korean, Rye [?] Tae, a member of the…

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£30 Fine For Stealing Trees

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 4

A man who cut down and stole two trees at Bishop’s Bridge on Jane 22, was fined £30 in the Maitland court…

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Japanese Police Smash Red Riots Violent Climax To Demonstrations

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

TOKYO : Japanese police smashed Communists riots in Tokyo and of Osoka in a violent climax yesterday to demonstrations against the Korean war. Police used [?] gas and clubs against rioters,…

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Waterside Workers’ Ban On Overtime Attendance Money Cancelled By Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY : Twenty-five thousand waterside workers throughout Australia will be affected by the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court to-day to cancel the payment of attendance money…

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