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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Court cases over 'hoppers adjourned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Messrs. Doust and Curtis, solicitors of Muswellbrook, have advised the Benman _ Singleton P.P…

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Local men fined at Maitland Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Two Singleton men appeared before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.M. on Monday to answer traffic charges…

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Gaol For East German Minister

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

BERLIN: Former East Gering Supply Minister Karl Hamsun has been sentenced to 10 years’ hard labour by the…

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Police Say En Struck with Axe

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A slight 29-years-old Chinese seaman appeared In Central Court this morning on two charges of wounding…

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Stealing From Hostel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Kevin Woolley (18), laborer, of No. 3 Hostel, or 168 Lookout Road, New Lambton, was charged with having,…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Applications were received from Harry Albert Duffin for a spirit merchant's license for the premises known as M…

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Magistrate Did Not Believe Defendant's Evidence Case Arising From Car Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

The Magistrate at Scone Court on Wednesdays after hearing the evidence in an accident case, said he did not believe the defendant's story as to how the accident occurred…

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Court Cases Over 'Hoppers Adjourned

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 8

Messrs. Doust and Curtis, solicitors, of Muswellbrook, have advised the Denman-Singleton P.P. Board that…

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'Most Callous In Recent Years" Western Highway Murder Bathurst

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Police have begun a three State manhunt for the killer of a 78-years' old service station proprietor, Arthur…

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Police Swoop on Drivers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Weary Redex trial drivers received a shock awakening from Victorian safety police this morning when…

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Police say shooting was accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—Police are satisfied that the fatal shooting of a mother of two children at Lake Bolac Western…

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Police off search for publican

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 2

Police said they had discontinued the search for Goffrey Donnelly, 39, licensee of the Pagewood, who was…

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Victorian police swoop on Redex trial drivers MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 2

The weary Redex Trial drivers received a shock awaiting from the Victorian safety police this morning when squads of police swooped on drivers to check their cars for traffic necessities…

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Man fined £50 and remanded to local court

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

John Stanley Edwards, 22, labourer, was fined £50 at Newcastle Court on a charge of having driven a…

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Charged with Bathurst Murder Melbourne Arrest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 2

Leonard James Elliott (28), labourer, of Sutherland, N.S.W., was charged in Melbourne City Watchhouse yesterday with the…

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Gaol Warder Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: A Maitland gaol warder has been dismissed by the State Public Service Board. He is alleged to have…

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Couple Is Charged with Abduction

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Detectives to-day found a 4-years-old girl who disappeared on Sunday…

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Remanded On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A man appeared in the City Court this morning charged with having murdered Arthur Shirlaw, 80,…

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To Be Charged Over Sale Of Lottery Tickets

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Chief Secretary’s Department has authorised the prosecution of a man on a charge of illegally selling…

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For Trial On Charge Of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 5

Dora Kratochvil, 29, a domestic, was committed for trial by Newcastle district coroner (Mr. T. H. D…

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