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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

961 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 49

Singleton Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 6

SINGLETON: Sgt P. L. Piatt, of Maitland has taken up duties as officers in charged of police in Singleton. He…

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Arraigned On ‘Almost Perfect’ Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 1

BALTIMORE: Edward Grammer, who served in the American Counter - Intelligence Corps, pleaded…

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Cessnock Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Henry Herbert McDonald, of Bellbird, was fined £4 and James William Chapman, Alexander John [?]…

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Road Safety Council Concerned About Lack Of Co-operation From Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 1

the Singleton Branch of the Road Safety Council is concerned about the lack of co-operation from local Police officers, the Traffic Branch and the Department of Main Roads. The monthly meeting of the branch last night decided to write to…

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Husband Charged At Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 1

DUNGOG: A 89-years-old saddier, Dick Abbott, of Brown-street, Dungog, was charged in Dungog court this…

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Left Police, Went Into Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: An acting-police sergeant at Dubbo who had been reduced to the rank of constable for having solicited…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Wednesday's Cases

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 5

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Ray Westlake Carr was charged with driving under the influence…

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Pleads "Guilty" to Theft

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

In Newcastle Court on Wednesday Colin Johnson Smith, 22. labourer, pleaded "Guilty" and was remanded…

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Intent to Murder Charge Changed Case To Be Heard In Singleton Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

MUSWELLBROOK — A charge against Keith Andrew Thorley of wounding his wife, Nancy Muriel…

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Incorrect Charge Against Driver Says Magistrate

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. Hodgson, S.M. did not record a conviction against David Harold Keech, of Ravensworth,…

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Murderer Shot By Police

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

PARIS: in north-western France yesterday, police shot down and killed Marcel Degryae, 22, who, at dawn, had…

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Singleton Court Cases

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

In the Singleton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday the magistrate imposed a fine of £3, with 7- costs, on Robert…

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East Maitland Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

Jack Cullen, 28, miner, of Page-street, Eastville, was fined £3 in the East Maitland court to-day for offensive…

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Not a Crime But Evil [?] Magistrate on Driving Under Influence

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

Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence, of intoxicating liquor was not a crime, but it was an…

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Iran Police Fire On Rioters

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

[?] Police fired into a crowed of rioting Communists in the north-eastern town of…

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Warden's Court Muswellbrook Sitting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

Mr. J. Duncan, Metropolitan Mining Warden, held a sitting of the Warden's Court at Muswellbrook yesterday…

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ACTU Wants Court Power Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE: The A.C.T.U. Congress decided that the power of the Arbitration Court should be [?] as…

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Police Endeavouring To Co-operate With Public Says Inspector

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

The police were endeavouring, to co-operate with the public in Singleton, the officer in charge of the…

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Intent to Murder Charge Not Proved Amended to "Intent To Do Bodily Harm"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Keith Andrew Thorley was charged with having shot his wife with intent to murder her. After the evidence for the prosecution had been…

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Vet. Had Urgent Cases To Attend, Court Told

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

The Magistrate, Mr. J. B. Hodgson, in the Singleton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday accepted the…

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