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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Committed On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Victor- Noel Hardet, 20, labourer, of [?]xeramt Creak, was committed for trial at Maitland Quarter Seasons on…

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Magistrate Welcomed On Return To Bench

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., who had been absent from the Bench for a considerable period due to illness, Was…

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Bank Teller on Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police today altered an original charge of manslaughter to one of murder against a 39-years-old…

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Farmer Charged With Murder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

MARSEILLES (AAP-Reuter): Gaston Domini[?]t the 77 years-old farmer, charged last year with the murder of the…

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Magistrate Didn't Think It Funny

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

A man's "bit of fun" brought him a £10 fine and the suspension of his driver's licence in Singleton…

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“Switch” Case in Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Two race horses were the chief exhibits yesterday when the prosecution opened the…

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Arrears Charged New Unionist

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A council employee who joined the Municipal Employees’ Union in [?] with the compulsory…

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Judge Shot Dead in Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Judge Alison Wade, of Warren county, Pennsylvania, was shot to death in court yesterday by a man cited…

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Gaol For Having Cocaine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. C. Blackmore, S.M.. in Central Court, sentenced Geoffrey Robinson, 41, dealer, of McLennon-street, Randwick, to…

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Gaoled for Assault on Bailiff

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

A Magistrate in London on Wednesday jailed for three months a man who had assaulted a bailiff for entering a…

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Fined £15 For Theft From Taxi Cab

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

Basil Joseph John Frost, 28, labourer, of Rous-street, East Maitland, was fined £15 by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland…

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Mobile Police Station

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 9

The town of Emmen, in the north of the Netherlands, boasts a police station which is housed in a mobile van…

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Scone Court of Petty Sessions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., occupied the Bench at tho Scone Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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Open Finding Into Cause of House Fire Case Heard at Stroud Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

An open finding that premises at Pacific Highway, Stroud Road, were damaged by fire on 5th March, 1953, and further that some person or persons unknown maliciously set fire to…

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Woman Charged With Arson

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 4

Detectives yesterday wrested a 39-years-old Granville woman and charged her on two counts of arson…

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Royal Commission on police bribery allegations sought SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

Liberal Party members today demanded a Royal Commission into allegations of bribery and corruption…

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Man To Stand Trial On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

Two young men walked away and left the victoria an alleged assault Iving on tire footpath in Highstreet on November 20, e witness said in Maitland court yesterday afternoon…

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Police Clerk on Leave

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

Hr. K. Manning, clerk to the Inspector of police at Maitland, has commenced three weeks’ annual leave…

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Police Search for Gunman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Under world haunts and dives in Sydney are being combed by squads of C.I.B. detectives in a hunt…

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Party Head Before Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

CAIRO:. Fuad Serag el Din; former secretary-general of the dissolved WAFD Party, was yesterday charged with…

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