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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 48

Theory of Murder in Drowning

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Homicide Squad detectives to-day revealed that a man, whose naked body was pulled from…

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Three Police Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 2

Three police officers have been dismissed recently by the Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney)…

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Boy’s Hair Cut On Order Of Court

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG: A 14-years-old boy, with auburn curls hanging down to his shoulders, had his hair cut for…

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Assault and Occasioning Actual Harm Man Charged at Aberdeen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

Following police enquiries made this week touching a disturbance in the vicinity of Tooloogan Hall, near Scone,…

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Court Order Defied

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Redfern and Newcastle branches of the Boiler-Makers’ Society yesterday defied a court order…

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The Police and the Public

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 5

"One of the greatest problems of the police was child delinquency, and only by the help and co-operation of the…

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Stood On Head In Police Station

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON: A test pilot “crash landed” in a police station, Sheffield magistrates were told yesterday…

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Lions Club Work For Police Boys’ Club

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 4

Maitland Lions Club had a good roll-up at Maitland Police Boys’, Club under the direction of Mr. Les Lintott,…

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Traffic Breaches Cases Fines Imposed at Court House

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 8

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday, Malcolm McLean, represented by Mr, W. J. Curtis, was charged with…

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Released From Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Miss Joan Hamilton, Carlton-street, Waverley, who was gaoled on Tuesday for contempt of court, was…

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Told Police To Have “Bit Of Nous”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 3

A car driver being questioned about double parking in High-street, told a constable he should “use a bit…

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To-day’s Leader Use Arbitration Police Hunt For Attacker Wife Knife

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police are making ah all-out search for a promler who is terrorising women in the Rose Bay…

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American Court Rules Against Segregation Of Whites, Negroes U.S. Law Against Prejudice

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 6

By unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court has declared that the segregation of white and negro pupils in State schools is unconstitutional and violates the fundamental principle of the…

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Candour Was Refreshing Says Magistrate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: When a defendant at Cessnock court this morning admitted to having had several middles and…

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Ukrainians for Trial on Assault

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

Three New Australians have been Committed by Mr. F. [?] Wood, S.M., for trial at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on…

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Woman on Charge of Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

Miss Shirley Patricia Beiger, 22, was charged in Central Court to-day with having murdered Arthur Barry…

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Cessnock Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

Leslie Geoffrey Vernon was fined £2 at Cessnock Court for offensive behaviour, in Main-street, Cessnock on August 7…

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Istanbul’s Taxi War With City Police

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 6

ISTANBUL: A little war is being waged in Istanbul between taxi drivers and police. The drivers say that they ere being persecuted. The police say that many drivers are flouting regulations and…

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Supreme Court Refuses Bail For Sydney Model Charged With Murder Court Says Application Was Premature

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Shirley Beiger, 22 (o Sydney model), who has been charged with murder, must stay in gaol. The Supreme Court to-day refused a bail application on her, behalf. Beiger is charged with…

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Joyriders' Prank with Police Car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

Thieves stole a police wireless patrol car parked outside a house at Campsie while detectives were inside the house…

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