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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Guard on Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Armed police have, been detailed guard the Brooklyn '[?] Hostel following two…

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More Police Needed For Road Duly

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 6

Law [?] [?] that the N.S.W. Government action to [?] and the rent of the community…

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Magistrate Warns Driver

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

Mr. F. Halpin, S. M., warned William Hall, of Lang Street, Kurri Kurri, at Maitland Court yesterday that he would lose…

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Assault Proved Costly

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

Alfred Thomas Caban, 19, of Undine-street Ellalong, was fined £7 and ordered to pay £3/3/ professional costs…

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Charged With Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

William Datson Good worth, 20, of Glen Burnie station, Kars Springs, Was charged at Scone this morning with…

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Six Months' Gaol for Vagrant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

John Joseph Soorley, 88, of no fixed place of abode, was sent to gaol for six months when he appeared at…

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Youth charged with stealing firearms

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

Singleton police yesterday charged a youth with the theft of a rifle, pistol and ammunition from a farm at…

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Properly Owner Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

A charge against Stanley Noel Love, of 297 High-st., Maitland, that he failed to connect the sewer to the…

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Youth On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: An 18-years-old farm labourer was today remanded at Singleton court on charges of stealing…

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Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

CESSNOCK : John James Sorlle, of no fixed shode, was sentenced to six months’ gaol at Cessnock court on a…

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Mam Not Guilty of Stealing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

After retiring for little more than half an hour a Singleton Quarter Sessions jury yesterday found…

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Soldiers remanded on stealing charge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

Two Australian Regular Army Personnel who appeared at Singlet on Quarter Sessions this week on…

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French Police Raid On Communists

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

PARIS: At dawn yesterday Paris police raided the offices and homes of Communist trade union leaders…

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Convertibility of Stealing Not the Answer Change At Present Would Be Disastrous

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

LONDON: Australian born Lord Bruce told American business man yesterday that to allow free convertibility of sterling at present would be disastres[?]…

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Not Guilty on Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 4

SINGLETON: After half an hour’s deliberation, a jury [?] Singleton Quarter Session found Horace Raymond…

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Three Years’ Gaol For Embezzlement

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Judge Nield to-day gaoled a 38-years-old com[?] director for three years for having embezzled £13,411,…

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Court Orders On Hotels At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: A modem hotel worth £60,000 will built in Singleton within three years…

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Malan Will Not Accept Court Ruling (A.A.P.)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 4

LONDON: The South African Prime Minister, Dr Malan, announced that the Nationalist Party would not accept a…

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Queen Mary to Be Buried at Windsor on Tuesday Court Mourning Period To Last For One Month

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

LONDON: Queen Mary will be buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor on Tuesday. The royal coffin will be carried on Sunday afternoon in procession from Queen’s Chapel, Marlborough-read, to Westminster Hall for the lying-in-state until…

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Soldiers Remanded on Stealing Charge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 10

Two Australian Regular Army personnel who appeared at the Singleton Quarter Sessions this Week on charges of breaking,…

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