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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 48

Police Investigating Robberies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

Dungog Police are carrying out investigations into robberies which occurred last Friday night at Young &…

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Judge Rebukes Man On Police Allegations

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 5

A Maitland Quarter Sessions jury, in finding a 23-years-old Dutchman guilty of breaking entering and stealing, had completely exonerated two Cessnock policemen “from the foul aspersions and lying…

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No Approach To Police By Team

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE: British Rugby League team managers Messrs. Heaketh and Rawson, said this morning they…

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Year’s Gaol, For Assault On Young Boy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

Judge Am[?]berg in Maitland Quarter Sessions this morning sentenced a [?]-year-old man to 12 months light labour for…

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Two Girls On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): One of two young girls arrested following the death of Mrs. [?]onora Mary Parker, 45, wife…

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Court Fines Follow Police Raid

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

KURRI KURRI: Following a raid on the Civic Progressive Club premises at Kurri Kurri by Newcastle Vice Squad on…

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Another Theft Of Mailbag

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

Thieves early yesterday stole a mailbag containing registered mail valued at about £1430 from the…

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Gaol for German General

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

TEAUNSTEIN (Germany): One of the youngest generals in the former German Army, Theodor Tholsdorff, began a…

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Train Driver Given Month's Gaol

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

An engine-driver was sentenced lo a month's gaol by Mr. J. B. Hodgson. SM, at Muswellbrook Court on…

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Train drives? given month's gaol

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

An engine driver was sentenced to a month's gaol by Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., at Muswellbrook Court on…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 8

The license of the Royal Hotel, Denman, was transferred from Carmen Bellanto to William James Walsh at the Licensing…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 25th JUNE, 1954 Charges of Assault, Trespass and Threatening Words

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., John Henry De La Mare proceeded against Leslie Robert Nicol, Kevin Nicol and Walter Nicol on charges of…

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Housemaid on Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

A 29-year-old housemaid has been arrested by detectives and charged with the murder of Mrs. Bridget…

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Young Woman Remanded On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: At Newcastle [?] to-day, Dora Kretochill, [?] duties, was [?]rged with having…

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Police Work On Dairy Farms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

FERRARA: Italian police yesterday milked cows and carted hay in Ferrara province as one of the most bitter…

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Charged with Murdering His Father Man Found Battered In Tamworth Home

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr. L. C. Furnell alleged in Central Criminal Court to-day that a man had battered his father to death in a Tamworth boarding house. Mr. Furnell (for the Crown) said the room in…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago June 28, 1904. Gaol for Bad Language

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

At West Maitland Police Court this morning the Police Magistrate (Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe) referred to the use…

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Denman Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 4

At the Denman Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., William Thomas Monahan pleaded guilty…

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New Australian Woman On Murder Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

Dora Kratochvil, 29, domestic, of Hill Street, Merewether, was charged at Newcastle Court yesterday with having…

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Police Boys’ Club Boxing Team

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

Superintendent of the Maitland Police and Citizens Boys’ Club (Sgt. V. Molfit) to-day announced…

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