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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 48

Stealing Persimmons at Stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 1

Three Newcastle men appeared at Stroud Court of Petty Sessions last Wednesday on a charge of stealing…

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Convicted of Theft But Given Bond

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 2

A P.M.G. Department employee, who was convicted on a charge of stealing a car seat, was given a two year…

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Negligent Driving Charge Man Convicted at Dungog Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 2

Colin Campbell Arbie, of Maitland, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving at Dungog Court of Petty…

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Three men charged with stealing cars

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

Three New Australians, remanded last week on a charge of car stealing, will appear before the…

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"Perfect crime" murder trial TORONTO

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 4

—Bruce MacLean, 23, on Saturday was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his wife in the…

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[?] Leader Future Of Whole Milk Gaol Terms For Espionage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 1

BERLIN: Eight allege agents of a West German espionage organisation sentenced to terms ranging…

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Trespassers shot bullocks woman tells Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

A Lamb's Valley landholder, Miss Dinah Boland, has lost six bullocks through shooting by…

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Royal Commission On Espionage By Communists Opened In Canberra To day Armed Security Police Patrol Albert Hall Area

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA: Australia’s espionage Royal Commission opened this morning in Canberra while armed security police unobtrusively patrolled the hail and grounds. The Albert Hall, dance hall cum court room, was packed by members of the…

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Charge Of Stealing Utility Truck

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Eigil Sandorgard Jorgensen (32), Paul Hansen (22) and Egon Boye Schmidt (27), three Australians, were…

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Theft From War Widow Despicable

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Theft of a £10/14/6 cheque from a war widow, the more[?] of two young children, was described by Mr. F. R. Wood,…

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Charged With Not Taking Precautions

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Robert William Finch, of Karina street, Thornton, pleaded sot gnilty in Maitland court to a charge of…

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King Of Gamblers Sent To Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Frank Costello (63) once known as the “King of American gamblers,” was sentenced yesterday to five…

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Police Hid Killer In Boot Of Car

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK: A manhunt by about 1000 armed men ended when a negro murderer surrendered to the police in…

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Cyclist Cut in to Beat Police Van

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

A motor cyclist, Ronald J, Thomas, of McDonald-street, Telarah, cut a corner in an attempt to beat…

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Cessnock Divorce Court Watkins v. WATKINS

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

Judge Amsberg found the issue in the affirmative at the Cessnock District Court this morning in the case in…

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Three charged with Army clothing theft

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

Three men charged by Singleton police yesterday with stealing a quantity of valuable military clothing…

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Parliamentarian urges assault Charge inquiry SYDNEY, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

The public could be pardoned for thinking that allegations by an Inverell carpenter that he…

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Police Blitz on Obscure Licence Plates

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

Police have begun a campaign against dirty, obscure, and ill-lit licence plates, in an effort to stamp out hit-run accidents. Four people have been…

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Long Police Service by One Family

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

Three generations of a family Will have completed about 82 years of service in the police force when Inspector E. S. Fairlamb retires early next year. The inspector who joined the force in June, 1917,…

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Police Boys' Club Art Union Results

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

The above Art Union was drawn at Maitand Town Hall at 11 a.m. on 8th May, 1954, by the Mayoress of Maitland…

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