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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 46

Doyle Surrenders to Redferm Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

The much sougiht-after and widely publicised Reginald Doyle surrendered himself to Redfern Police officers at…

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Gaoled for Theft of £6000

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Judge Curlewis today sentenced an advertising manager in four years’ gaol for having stolen nearly…

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Police Chase After Motor Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

A man who raced through Maitland streets at high speeds and with two passengers on his motor cycle was…

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Theft of £52

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

Detective H. N. White, of Cessnock, is investigating the theft of £52 in money from the home of Harold William…

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Gaol for Bigamy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

A 32-year-old laborer who allegedly inveigled a young Singleton woman into a bogus marriage by posing as a widower,…

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Theft of £20,500 PAYROLL Highly Organised Gang Suspected

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

Detectives Investigating the theft of a mall bag containing £20,500 have not yet been able to establish at…

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Police Sit For Examinations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

A number police from Maitland, Cessnock and Kempsey sub-district sat for examinations at…

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Wanted Police To “Forget” Speed Offence

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

A car driver pulled up by police for exceeding the speed limit at Lockinuar told the constable he was…

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To-day’s leader Farm Legies[?] Adventurers’ Plan Foiled By Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police early to-day fa[?] a plan by a youth, his girl friend, and another man to soil a 15 ft batch to New Zealand with the navigational of a newspaper weather mop and a 2/- scout…

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Remand on Cattle Stealing Charge

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

Two men were remanded in Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions to April 14 on charges of cattle stealing…

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Convicted Of Assault On Policeman

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 3

A strong recommendation for mercy was made by a Maitland Quarter [?] jury which to-day convicted…

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Stealing Rampant, Said Detective

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Williams said in the Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day that material had been left lying round the floor of…

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Private Charged with Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK. A young Amy private has been charged with the murder of a lieutenant during [?]…

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Fined for Stealing Timber Then Charged With Recognisance Breach

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

Reginald Clive Burston, 36, of Government - road, East Cessnock was convicted and fined £5 at the…

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Cattle Stealing Changes

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

KURRI KURRI: Thomas Martin, 22, a labourer, was charged at Kurri Kurri court with having [?] Weston on…

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Pleaded Guilty to Assault

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 7

At the Police Court on Wednesday last, Mervyn Henry Simpson, represented by Mr. S. C. While, pleaded guilty to a…

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Judge Sentences Two Men to Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 5

Two men convicted at the Maitland Quarter Sessions were given terms of imprisonment by Judge O’Sullivan this morning. They wars Albert Reeves,…

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Police Act On Radio Competitions

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Police action is believed to have caused a Sydney radio competition to be discontinued, pending official…

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Scone Court of Petty Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Held in Scone on Wednesday of last week. Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., occupied the Bench. Police v. Oliver Anthony…

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