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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 48

Police Transfers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 2

Constable S. M. McMurray of Greta, has been transferred to Denman. Constable J. H. Byrnes, of…

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Arrest in Girl Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Clifford Watson, 18, was charged yesterday with the murder of a 21-years-old Sunday School teacher,…

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Boy Charged With Offence On Child

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 3

A 15-year-old boy was charged last night by Maitland land police with assault and attempting to carnally…

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Police Warn on Lock-up Escapee

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A man of [?]ing strength who escaped from Jervis Bay lock-up yesterday, after battering down a…

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Police Drop Murder “Lead”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE: A new lead in the unsolved murder of Shirley Butler, whose battered and strangled body was found on a…

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Daring Theft Of £40,000 In Daylight

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Two cases containing gold bullion worth £46,000 sterling were stoles in a darling daylight robbery in…

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Government And Police Relations

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: Relations between the Police Association and the Government had always been cordial, the…

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Four Dead In U.S. Gaol Riot

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 3

JEFFERSON CITY (Miss. sout). At least two guards and two prisoners are reported to have been killed…

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“Yard” Has New Line on Murder

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Scotland Yard’s [?]rel[?]ting [?]unt for the so-called “mad killer of Pimllco” has taken a new twist with…

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Police Boys’ Club Programme Best Yet

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 3

The boxing and wrestling programme at Maitland Police Boys’ Club on Saturday night promised to the best yet staged there, the superintendent-secretary (Sgt. V. C. Moffitf) said this morning…

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Cyclisthad Poor Eyesight Magistrate Told

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

Saying' that the circumstances were not inconsistent with what the prosecutiom had said, Mr. F. R…

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Bulgarian Woman Given Four Years Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: Mr. justice Maguire in Newcastle Supreme Court to-day sentenced Dora Kratochvll, a Bulgarian,…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 6

The license of the Tourist Hotel. Sandy Hollow, was transferred from Victor Henry Leslie Fines to John Patrick Nevin…

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Schoolchildren Visit Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 6

A large party of Third Year Kurri Kurri High School boys Visited Kurri Kurri Court for part of the proceedings…

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Deterrent Action By Court

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

Vincent Peel, 37, of Alexandra-street Kurri, pleaded guilty at Kurri Kurri Court to a charge of having driven a…

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Wants old police stable for J.P. fire station

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

Assistance of the N.S.W. Police Department may be sought in order to provide Jerry's Plains with a bush fire brigade station. Speaking on the need to come to a final…

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One day Traffic Not Warranted, Says Police Traffic Man

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 5

When he conferred with the Deputy Mayor (Ald. R. Brown) and Ald. G. Fair-leigh yesterday, Sergrant…

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Man in Custody Charged with Illegally Using a Car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 1

Dungog Police last Tuesday afternoon arrested a man at Wallarobba and later charged him with illegally using a…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland Court today remanded a 19-years-old youth until to-morrow to…

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Police Chase Young Escapee

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police arrested a 16-year old escapee from Parkes lock-up early this morning after after a quarter-mile chase…

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