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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Waited, But Lost Their Man

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police squads early to-day cordoned off a part of Parramatta In a vain bid to trap a “wanted” criminal…

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Ministers to Meet Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 5

BROKEN HILL: The Association of Ministers will probably confer with Inspector Dogan inter this week on…

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Escapee Before Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

Thomas George Mills, an Australian, pleaded not guilty to being a prohibited immigrant in Wellington yesterday…

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Completion of Police Boys' Club in September Report To Annual Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

It was hoped that the Police and Citizens' Boys' Club at Cessnock would be completed in September, the President (Inspector C. Kennedy) said at the annual meeting on Friday night…

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Assault Charges Adjourned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

Charges of assault against Brian Kirkman, of Addlson road, Beresfleld, by Allan Roy Farley and Kenneth George…

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Vagrant sent to gaol

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

Churned with vagrancy before the local magistrate (Mr. A. M. Chandler) at the Court House yesterday…

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Fill Intends Going to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY : Mrs. Kathni[?] the women who prefers to paying her line for future to [?] a dog licence…

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Inquiry on Attempted Gaol Break

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: An Inquiry began today into the attempted gaolbreak yesterday by four criminals of Parramatta…

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Court Found Against Fireman

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

SIDNEY: Mr. Justice Poster decided in the Federal Arbitration Court that a fireman, formerly employed…

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Persian oil dispute before the Hague court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

The refusal of the parsian Government to settle the oil dispute with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company by negotiation in spite of repeated British efforts towards such a solution of the deadlock, has made it necessary…

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Commentators Under Police Scrutiny

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Certain turf cc mentors are believed to under close police scrutiny, an authoritative source disclosed…

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Court-martial Of U.S. Troops For Cowardice

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

SEOUL: Troops of four American divisions have court-mortialled for cowardice before the enemy the start of the Korean armistice talks. An Eighth Army officer…

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Solitary Confinement For Gaol Breakers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

Five of six prisoners who tried to escape from gaol on Tuesday were sentenced to solitary confinement by two…

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Solitary Confinement For Attempted Gaol Break

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Five long-term prisoner, who attempted to escape from Parramatta Gaol on Tuesday, were sentenced to 28 days’ solitary confinement and segregation from other prisoners for three…

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To Stand Trial for Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

TAMWORTH: The Tamworth coroner yesterday committed Robert Edward Ryan, 42, labourer, for trial…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

Robert Edward Ryan, 42, labourer, was committed for trial by the Tamworth Coroner yesterday on a charge of…

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Crime Pays--Murder Most Profitable

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 5

BOSTON: Mr. Virgil Peterson, director of the Chicago Crime Commission, said yesterday that “crime does pay,”…

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Police Provoked Riots

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

CAPE TOWN: “Trigger happy” police provoked the recent racial riots in South Africa, Mr. Brian Bunting said…

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Noises in Murder Room Like Cat Fight

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Noises that sounded like the searching of fighting eats were coming from a room where the body of an…

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Duelling Has Court Approval

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

BERLIN: A West Berlin court ruled yesterday that students’ duelling was legal and its honourable scars were…

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