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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 46

Police Stop Auction Sale Selling After Sunset

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 2

Yass Police stopped an auction sale of furnishings in the Memorial Hall supper room on Saturday week, alleging…

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Sentenced Again for Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

A man, sentenced at Maitland Quarter Sessions last week to two years’ imprisonment for stealing, appeared…

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Theft Work of Gang

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY : Police believe one or two highly-organised gangs of burglars now operating in Sydney was responsible for…

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Theft of Machine-guns From Navy

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Sub-machine guns stolen from Garden Island naval establishment were to be used to protect a young…

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Remanded On Charge Of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man who died from a knife stab ran into the knife which his father was holding, a solicitor said in…

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Singleton Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: Alfred Francis Hodges, 25, of Dunolly, Singleton, at Singleton court yesterday was sentenced to…

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Court Warning On Traffic Offences

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: “The time is East disappearing when a bond will be given for offences of this kind,” said Mr. A. S…

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Sentenced to three months for stealing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

Alfred Francis Hodges, 25, of Greta, formerly of Dunolly, was sentenced to three months hard labour at the…

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Migrant fined for theft

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

Jan Polmowski, of Glenridding, was convicted at Singleton Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of…

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"Witch's voodoo" murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 4

INDIANOPOLIS (Indiana),.—Four teenage girls, including twins Louise and Lucille Spann (14), were…

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Most Daring Case Of Wool Theft

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: A semitrailer with about £7500 worth of wool aboard stolen from a city street yesterday was…

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Barman gives evidence in assault case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 4

A witness at the Singleton Petty Sessions yesterday told the Court that a brawl had started in the…

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Police cordon ready for stolen Sorry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

Singleton Police early this morning placed a cordon at Dunolly bridge following a report from Sydney…

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Traffic cases before local court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

There was a long list of traffic cases before the Singleton Petty Sessions this week following a…

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Attempted Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

LAUNCESTON: Detectives last night arrested a young Mowbray man and charged him with having attempted to…

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Court Refused Ballot Case Application

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Application by the A.E.U. for a High Court order to stop the Arbitration Court from…

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Murder of Television Singer

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK: A beautiful blonde stage and television singer, Florence Forsberg (25), was stabbed to death in…

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South Koreans stop big Red assault SEOUL

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 5

South Korean infantry ordered by their commander to "stay and fight" have halted the 17,000 man Chinese…

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Woman On Murder Charges Gets Bail

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman charged with having committed four murders with thallium poison and with three attempted murders was granted £2000 bail in Central Court to-Say…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 6

The Under-Secretary for Justice intimated that it is proposed to establish a Court of Quarter Sessions at Scone, and that…

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