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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

954 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 48

Three men charged with stealing

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

Singleton police on Friday night arrested three men they say were caught redhanded stealing petrol…

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Carnival for Police Boys’ Club

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

Sgt Moffitt, secretary of the Maitland Police and Citizens’ Boys’ Club, was the guest of Maitland Bowling Club on…

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Police Say Man’s Ear Bitten Off

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: a man who allegedly bit off a Frenchman’s ear was charged in Central Court to-day…

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Butcher Charged With Theft

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The acting manager of a city meat shop who was found bound and gagged in his shop…

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Fined for Assault

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: John Neville Pointer was fined £6 at the Cessnock court to-day for assaulting William Bailey at his…

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For Trial on Charge of Stealing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. F. R. Wood, S. M., is ` Maitland court to-day, committee a New Australian for trial at Maitland Quarter sessions…

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Cessnock Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: John Rumford, of Cessnock, was fined £3 at Cessnock court to-day for failing to report an accident…

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Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

In Maitland court to-day, Duszan Masiavorie, Ward-street Maitland, and John Withers, Allen-street. Lord…

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Rioting Students Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

MADRID: (A.A.P. Reuter): Police charged rioting students in [?] further anti-British demonstrations in Madrid last…

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Court Comment On Assault

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

GOSFORD: A man who witnessed an assault and did nothing to prevent it was a principal in the assault in the…

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Police charge man with stealing

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

Singleton Police at the Court House yesterday charged a man with stealins property from two…

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Fined for Assault

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

A fine of £6 in default 12 days' imprisonment was imposed on Neville John Pointer, 22, of Shaiamsh Street…

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Police Searching For Woman

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Detectives are searching the country e round Burton-on-trent Sta[?] for a women they want to…

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Council's No' to Police

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 6

Singleton Municipal Council decided to take no action on a request by the Traffic Branch of the…

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Gruesome Find Mystifies Police Decomposed Body Washed Up on Beach

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Police arc trying to establish the identity of the body of a tall man on Bondi Beach early…

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Gaol for Key Money Racket

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE: People found guilty of “bed-and-breakfast” and key money rackets will be [?]able to a £500 fine or 12…

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All Reds In U S. May Be Charged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee has recommended that all…

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Court Martial In 16th Day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 3

TOKYO: the court marital of an Australian army paymaster charged with misapplying £50,000stg…

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New Judge For Arbitration Court

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA: The Commonwealth Attorney-General (Senator said that the Governor-General (Sir William…

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Police Tell Of Sexual Depravity Of Young Girls

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY : Three more girls, two aged 13 the other 12, have been arrested by Chatswood police and charged with…

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