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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

961 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 49

Car Stealing on Increase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 5

Police wore gravely concerned by the recent increase in the Illegal, use of motor vehicles, the Chief of the C.I.B…

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Gaoled For Stealing Melons

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were sentenced to one month’s hard labour at the Maitland Court today. the men, Wallace Russell…

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Bond On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: John Joseph Bourke was placed on a £20 bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months by Mr. J…

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Man Discharged on Theft Count

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

A New Australian, Peter Danilidis, was discharged on a count of stealing four sheets, the property of the…

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Killara Murder Reward Likely

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

The State Government may offer a £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker's…

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Doctor on Murder Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 5

George Stanley Thompson, 70, a doctor, of Carr Street, Coogee, was charged at Central Court yesterday with having on…

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Reorganising Police Force In Malaya

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Colonel Arthur Edwin Young, police commissioner of the City of London Corporation, has been granted…

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N.S.W. Police To Guard Royal Pair

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Two N.S.W. policemen were appointed to the bodyguard which will accompany Princess Elizabeth and the…

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Heat and Formality. Coats Off at Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Because of the extreme heat on Wednesday, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J. B. Hodgson, at the Court of Petty Sessions,…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. John Maul[?] of Singleton acted as Greek Interpretor for Petor Danilldis, a New Australian who was charged at…

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Police Fire On Demonstrators

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Tunis police exchanged shots yesterday, with about three hundred demonstrators at Bab El Kadra, one…

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Egypt Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Britain Tanks Used In Attack On Police Headquarters

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

CAIRO: The pro-Government newspaper “AT Misri,” reported to-day that Egypt’s Cabinet decided last night to break off diplomatic relations with Britain. The Cabinet met for four hours lost night without making any public announcement of its decisions…

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Penalty For Stealing Motor Cars

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said Mr. H. E…

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Police Transfer

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: Constable L G. O. Keenan, of Singleton police has received a transfer to Woodblock, on the South…

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Police Detain Weaver

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

TOKYO: The Public Prosecutor’s Office last night authorised the detention of Frank Loyal Wasver for 10 days…

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Police Chase in Car

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police to-day captured two youths crouching in a rowing boat at Woy Woy, and later charged them…

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Former Mayor Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Thomas Richard Pracey, 43, former Mayor of Waterloo, appeared in the Paddington court to-day to…

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Police Control of Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

A small action of motor late is objecting to the pro[?] for the appointment of more [?]…

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Led Police to Victim's Grave

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 7

Police at Fallbrook (California), reported yesterday that Robert Pennington, 31, led them to the body of his common…

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Marriage Happy Till Husband Joined Bowling Club Coalfields' Couple in Divorce Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

Her marriage was quite happy until her husband joined the Kurri Bowling Club, a petitioner said at the Sydney Divorce Court before Mr. Acting Justice Nield…

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