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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 48

Doctor’s Appeal To Court

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A former doctor to-day appealed to the Full Court against a Medical Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision…

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Indo-china War: Big Rebel Army Moving Into New Assault Positions No Progress Towards Peace At Geneva

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

HANOI: A French high command announcement in Hanoi officially confirms that a Vietminh Communist army of 30,000 men is marching of the Red River delta, last French bastion in northern…

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U.S. Court Rules That Racial Segregation Is Unconstitutional

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that rocial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The court in a unanimous decision, said that to…

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Life Imprisonment For Murder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE: Patrick Joseph Platts, 19, fencer, was found guilty in the Rockhampton Supreme Court last night, of…

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Police Suggest Reward

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Latest move in the police war against hit-run [?] is a suggestion by a [?] police officer that the…

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Real Police Chief Role

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 4

Dan Liu, 44-year-old chief of Honlulu's world Famous police department plays himself in…

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Police Court £50 Fine Imposed in Betting Charge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., Ivy Coles, represented by Mr. J. W. Curtis,…

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Charge Of Stealing Military Clothing

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Three men charged by police with stealing a quantity of military clothing from the army…

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Three Years’ Gaol For Solicitor

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A Sydney solicitor was sentenced to three years goal in the Quarter Session’s to-day on charges of…

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Migrants remanded on charge of stealing car

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

Three New Australians charged at Singleton Court House last week with car stealing were yesterday…

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Committed On Charge Of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

A 88-years-old barman, Noel Desmond Neville, was committed for trial by the Newcastle coroner (Mr. T. H. D…

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£12,000 jewel theft by masked men MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

Police have begun a wide search for three masked men who stole £12,000 worth of watches…

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Police Boys' Club News

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 8

Three soccer teams from Leichhardt will visit Cessnock on June 11-14 and will play three games with Cessnock…

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Police Press For Strong Penalties

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 3

Police Intended to press for heavy penalties against owners of straying stock involved in road accidents. Inspector E. S…

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Long Police Service by One Family

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 13

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…

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Police inspector will retire next year

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

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…

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Trying To Get Round Court Ban

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

ATLANTA (Georgia): Officials of the southern States have scheduled two conferences to discuss problems…

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Police Blitz on Obscure Licence Plates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

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

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£4000 theft alleged

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 4

Detectives on Saturday arrested a man at Manly and charged him with stealing £4000 from Mr. G…

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Gaol For Illegal Use Of Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 3

Three New Australians were each sentenced in Maitland court this morning to three months’ gaol for…

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