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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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King’s Medal for Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Superintendent J. W. Swasbrick, of Newcastle, was included in the awards of the King’s Police…

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There charged WIth Robbing Taxaan

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE: Three men were arrested as they stepped from a tram at Stafford lasts night, and later charged with…

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Convicted of Assault on Young Girl

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A youth charged with having assaulted an 18-years-old girl at Waverley cemetery on New Year’s Eve,…

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Court Mourning

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth H. is observing family, mourning for one week from Monday last for the late Queen…

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Reds Abused Lend-Lease By Stealing A-Bomb Data

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 6

Cargo planes full of technical and military documents including data on the atom bomb, were cleared for…

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Hope for Clue on Murder Case

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Homleide detectives may have gained a vital clue to the Shirley Butler murder case, following their…

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To Ease Congestion At Local Petty Sessions Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

The sitting of a magistrate at Singleton Court for a full day and part of the following day would…

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Vital Clue In Murder Hunt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Homicide detectives said today that information they obtained yesterday on the murder of Shirley…

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Court Warning To Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

A motor cyclist, when convicted at Maitland court today was warned that if he came before the court again…

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Charge of Stealing Accountant Took £2125 Said Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr.. Thornton, S.M., to-day committed far trial 35-years-old accountant charged with having stolen…

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Stole Dozen Beer Man Sentenced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

Before Mr. K. M. McMahon, J.P., on 22nd December, James Patrick Lennon, 25 years of age, pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Remanded On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

TAMWORTH: Robert Edward Ryan, 42, of Tamworth, appeared in court to-day charged with murder and…

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Police Population Census

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

The annual police population census of Muswellbrook and the police patrol in the surrounding districts has been completed. At…

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Police Boys’ Club Started To-day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

Maitland Police-Citizens’ Boys’ Club will commence Its activities this afternoon in the new club premises in…

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Changes In Court Circuits

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., will hear the first cases for 1953 at Singleton court on Monday…

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Police Boys' Club Opens At Maitland

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

Ninety-five, boys signed the attendance register when the Maitlnnd Police Citizen Boys' Club opened its doors to…

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Court Had Busiest Year

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

During 1952, 54 people were committed for trial from the Maitland Court of Petty Sessions—an increase of 39…

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Police Allege Man Killed His Wife With Sledge Hammer

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police alleged in Ryde court today that a man, on leave from a mental Institution, had killed his wife…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., Noel Bruce Belmer, a soldier,…

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Cricketer On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

COLOMBO: Ceylon test cricketer Mahadeva Sathasivam will stand trial on March 20 on a charge of…

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