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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

961 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 49

Alleged Assault in Home. Manager and Employee in Court Case. Evidence Given Through Interpreter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

The services of an interpreter were used in a case which occupied about four hours of the Police Court on Wednesday. The case was one in which Harmo Welz charged Alois Sagmeister, of Skellatar Street,…

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Ex-Policeman On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

YONKERS (New York) Retired "policeman Stanley [?] has been charged with second degree…

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Appeal Court Ruling on Coloured Voters Constitutional Crisis For Malan Government

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

CAPETOWN: South African faces a grave constitutional crisis following yesterday’s Appeal Court ruling that Prime Minister [?] coloured Voters’ Act is invalid and Dr. [?] declaration that his regime would…

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FINED £30 for Lighting Fire in Open. Police said 2500 Acres of Grassland and Four and a Half Miles of Fencing Destroyed. Defendant Claimed He Was Not Responsible for Outbreak

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

A sequel to the bush fire which threatened to spread to the residential portion of South Muswellbrook on 6th February last took place in the Court House on Wednesday, when a Shire Council…

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Lemon Tree Passage Court and Baths

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 5

A tennis court and swimming baths are in the course of construction at Lemon Tree Passage. These facilities will prove most beneficial to both…

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New Australians On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 3

Three New Australians, Boleslaw Szumelis (33), Albert De[?] (33), and George Hluchan (28); were charged by Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., with having an December 30 assaulted Frank Vana and Harry…

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Rioters Battle with Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

TRIBSTE: Twelve people were injured, three seriously in-another clash in Trieste; yesterday between police…

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Police SeeK. Motor Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

Maitland police are anxious to contact a motor cyclist who was forced off the road near Six’s Hill, East…

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Guilty Plea To Theft Of £4551

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: A Maitland clerk was remanded at the Newcastle Session yesterday until Friday for sentence on a…

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93 Egyptians Get 431 Years’ Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 5

CAIRO: Ibrahim Shark, vice-president of the Egyptian National Socialist Party. At Ishterskeya, formerly known…

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Police Seek Motor Cyclist

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

Maitland police are anxious to contact a motor cyclist who was forced off the road near Rix's Hill East…

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Remanded On Stealing Charges

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 4

A 25-years-old labourer was remanded by Mr. V. R. Jenkins, JP, at Maitland court this morning to April…

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Charged Over Fixed Price

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Mr. W. R. Covey, Q.C., said at the Liquor Roya[?] Commission to-day that the “grave [?]usplcion”of the…

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"Smiling Widow" Broke Leg In Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

PARIS Maris Beanard, the “Smiling Widow of Londun[?] awaiting retrial on charge[?] of poisoning 11 members of…

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Police Hunt for Two Men

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY Police began a wide sean[?] for two man who, they be[?] stabbed and hea[?] a [?] an at Waterloo…

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Mystery Surrounds Theft of Money Young Maitland Woman's "Split Personality" (From Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: Georgina Smith, 26, tingle of Regent-street, Maitland was this afternoon sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for stealing £4551/10/5 from her employer, Reg, C, Poganoski Pty. Ltd…

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Man On Burglary Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Police have arrested and charged a man with stealing £166 worth of clothing from a men’s wear…

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Gaol For “Pest And Humbug”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

A 52-years-old labourer, who was described by the magistrate, Mr. P. E. Wood, SM, in the Maitland court…

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Man Charged With Breaking Into Shop

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

Newtown police have arrested a man in connection with the theft of about £300 worth of clothing from…

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Sitting of Mine Warden's Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

A sitting of the Mining Warden's Court was held in Singleton last week to assess compensation for damage…

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