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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Talks On Broken Hill

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr. Delaney to-day summoned inspector John Dogan, of Forbes, to Sydney. Inspector Dogan soon will…

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No Direction To Police At Broken Hill Broken Hill, Friday

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Local police said today they had received no directions to tighten up on gambling and liqour laws in…

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Broken Hill's Way of Life Hotels Remain Open Until 10.30 p.m. No Police Action Broken Hill

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Local politic said to-day they had received no direction to tighten up on gambling and liquor laws in…

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Captain Charged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 5

PUSAN: South Korean naval headquarters has announced that the captain of a ferry which capized in a…

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Wife’s Life Sentence for Murder

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

TOKYO: A U.S. Army court-martial yesterday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of…

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Court’s Ruling on Oil Defied

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

ABADAN: Another tanker is heading for Abadan to load Persian oil fop Genoa, according to the “Dally Telegraph’s”…

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Timber Stealing Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

Reginald Clive Burston, 36, of Government-road, East Cessnock, was remanded till January 20 when he appeared at…

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Murder Appeal Refused

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

.LONDON: The Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council yesterday refused a New Zealander. special leave to appeal…

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Sydney Station To Broadcast Reconstructed Murder SYDNEY, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

—Events on the last tram trip of Shirley Butler, 21, a few hours before she was found murdered will…

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Police Force Being Slowly Undermined MP. Accuses Government Of Interference

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: After 12 years of Labour Government the New South Wales Police Force, which had been the best in the world, was being slowly undermined, Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R., said lost night…

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Police Officer Ill

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Superintendent James Wiley, former chief of the C.I.B., is still seriously [?]in Sydney Hospital…

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Bridges Appeals to Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Harry Bridges, West Coast, longshoremen’s leader, yesterday appealed to the Supreme…

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May Gall For Inquiry Into Police Matters

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: It is expected that the leader of the Opposition in the N.S.W. parliament (Mr. V. H. Traatt) will include in his policy speech on January 29 a call for air inquiry into the administration of…

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Accurate Lead In Murder Hunt

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Detectives are now satisfied that Shirley Butler left a tram at North Sydney railway station shortly before…

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Increase in Court Business

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

Thirty-six Quarter Sessions cases were heard at the Best Maitland courthouse last year although 54 were…

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Local Widow's Appeal High Court [?]earing In [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

Mrs. Sarah A[?] Hall, of Subiaco - [?] Cessnock, will appeal [?] the Full Court of the High Court…

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Dungog Police Court Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

Two men were fined at Dungog Police Court last Wednesday for S.P. betting. They were Colin College…

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Cracksmen Chased by Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: In a wild car chase early to-day, police pursued three cracksmen, who had battered down the door of…

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Court at Bedside in Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: A special court was held today at the bedside of Thomas Date, 30, a farm labourer, of Pokobin, who is…

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Police Abandon Hope Of Finding Young Boy Alive

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

WOY WOT: Police have given up hope of finding alive a missing six-years-old boy. He is Alan Edward Jones,…

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