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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 46

Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: Norman Gillett, of Harte-street, Weston, has been charged in the Singleton court with…

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Dalray’s Owner May Be Charged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A high police official has recommended first a charge be laid against Mr. C. Neville, the owner at Dalray. This is believed to be a sequel to incidents of Flemington an Saturday after Dalray had broken down. Dalray collapsed after…

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Police Warning On Watches

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

Jewellers and members of the public have been asked to co-operate with the police in stamping oat the smuggling of…

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Motorist Said Police Officers Were Counteous

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 6

A man charged in Maitland court with speeding told Mr. F. F. Halping S.M., that he wi[?] to pay tribute…

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Weston Men On Stealing Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

Norman Gillett, of Harle-street, Weston, was charged at Singleton Court with having stolen 20 air-valves and 7[?]…

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Appeal On Stealing Conviction Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

An appeal by Janus Bennis Caddis, 28, of Aberdare-road, Cessnock, against a conviction at the Cessnock…

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£20,500 Mail Bag Theft £2,000 Reward For Information

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

A reward of £2,000 was offered yesterday by Lloyds of London for information leading to the recovery of…

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Police Utility and Truck in Collision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

Muswellbrook police utility and a truck were involved in a collision near the intersection of Carl Street and Market Lane…

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Remanded On Counts Of Stealing Metal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 7

Two men who have been travelling through country districts collecting scrap metal were remanded to appear at Singleton Court on charges of stealing motor engine parts at Quirindi, with…

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Higher Salaries For Police Chiefs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY: Gabinet has approved salary rises for the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police…

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Police Boys’ Club Choir To Make Debut

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 4

Maitland Police Boys’ Club choir will make its public debut of a concert of the High School on Friday night…

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Muswellbrook Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 6

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., on Wednesday, Arthur Neville Jones was…

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Assault Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 7

At Kurri Kurri Court yesterday, Thomas F. Miller of Hall-street, Weston, Proceeded against John M[?]er, of Pelaw…

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Schoolboys Attend Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

A number of boys from Kurri Kurri Central School attended the sitting of Kurri Kurri Court yesterday to…

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Scone Court of Petty Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., occupied the Bench at the March sitting of Scone Court of Petty Sessions…

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Local Divorce Petitions Cases at District Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 10

Catherine Parrot Germyn, of [?]-street, Aber[?] for a divorce [?] Germyn at the…

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Husband Drank to Excess Evidence in Divorce Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

Immediately after her husband came home on May 5, 1948, after being in 'the occupation forces in Japan, he…

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Money Handed Over at Parliament House Doyle’s Alleged Story To Police Constable

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Reginald Aubrey Doyle had admitted that Gordon William Watson, a taxi driver, had handed him more than £17,500 in room No. A140 at Parliament House, a detective told Central Court…

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Tribute to Police Patrolman

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 1

"I would like to pay a tribute to the courteous manner of the patrolman and the man who brought the summons," a…

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Committed On Stealing And Receiving Charges

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 3

Three men were committed for trial Me inland [?]to-day, two with stealing and the third with receiving dries materials, the property of [?] Mills (Aust) Limited…

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