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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Remanded on charge of stealing cheques

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 4

Ronald James Cornwall, 20, of the Housing Centre, Merrylands, was charged at Singleton Court House today…

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Police Warning

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 4

Police have warned that appropriate action may be taken in the case of children found selling school lottery…

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More Police Needed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: More police were required in Singleton to cater for the Steep population increase…

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Want More Police for Singleton

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

"Many people were alarmed at the situation of the under-strength of the Police Force in Singleton," Mr. C…

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Pay-roll Theft "Clever" Leader Sought Inter-state Criminals Suspected Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

C.I.B. detectives are working on a theory that a clever leader supervised yesterday's two simultaneous pay-roll…

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Cattle Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: Police have charged another man with cattle Stealing in the Jorry’s Plaine area,…

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Bought Dollars While on Run Doyle’s Evidence Before Bankruptcy Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: In the Bankruptcy Court to-day, Reginald Aubrey Doyle said that, while he was hiding from the police, he bought 2100 dollars from an American sailor…

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Remanded on Cattle Stealing Charges

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

Singleton Magistrate (Mr. A. H. Chandler) at Singleton Court House on Friday morning last, remanded two men charged by…

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Father And Sons Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: A father and two some, on [?]mand were before the Cessnock court on charges arriving out…

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Pupils Attend Court

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

About twenty pupils from the Cessnock Public School were interested spectators the Cessnock Court this…

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Bullets Pumped Into Young Woman Spectators Witness Ruthless Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A man shot a Sydney girl to death to fre[?] of several people is a Melbourne suburb this morning. Earthier an oldert[?] women was stabbed to death in…

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Bond for Former Paxton Man Case at Cessnock Court

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

Robert John Thomas, of Tyrrell - avenue, Blackalls, and formerly of Paxton, was placed on a bond of £20 to…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 7

SINGLETON: [?]oi[?] yesterday made two additional cattle stealing charges against Cyril Richard Franks…

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Move charges in cattle stealing case

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

Two further charges were filed at Singleton Court House on Monday against a man already in custody…

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Police claim Man admitted firing shots

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A man charged with having shot at two men with intent to murder had admitted having fired shots over their heads, a detective told Cessnock Court yesterday…

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Muswellbrook Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., John James Woods was fined £2 for being…

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Trainee Charged With Manslaughter

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY: John Anthony Griffiths, 19, national service trainee, of Schoflek[?], appeared at Windsor court…

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Weston Man Given [?] Cattle Theft Charges

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

A Weston man was sentenced to six months' im[?] on each of two [?] of cattle stealing at…

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Police Breaking Up Sex Gang

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

Police at Des Moines (Iowa) are breaking up a youthful sex gang whose girl members solicit from older men in the…

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High Court Restores £6500 Verdict

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Full High Court restored to Allred William Thompson [?] 17) £6500 and costs from the…

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