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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

208 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 11

Two Given Suspended Sentence in Assault Case

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1955 · page 1

Anthony John O'Brien 18, and Noel Joseph O'Brien 23, factory Quarter Sessions last…

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Theft From Sho[?]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 8

A brazen theft took place a[?] Broadbent's newsagency o[?] day last week. The thi[?] picked up a £40 wireless, s[?]…

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Warning Shots Fired Police in Car Chase Alleged Theft of Car From Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 December 1955 · page 1

Shots had been fired to fry to stop a speeding car on the outskirts of Maitland before it entered the city proper, the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant E. V. Cahill) said at Maitland Court…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 December 1955 · page 10

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, William Patrick Bleumink, represented by Mr. C. R…

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"Weekend Gaol For Drivers"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 December 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: The State government will be asked to consider a proposal that drivers convicted on…

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All Thieves Are Not In Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 December 1955 · page 1

The Salvation Army posted thirty Christmas parcels to prisoners in the Bathurst Gaol. but some thief stole…

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Magistrate Collapses And Dies Former Muswellbrook C.P.S.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 December 1955 · page 3

Mr. Francis Patrick Halpin, S.M., died in St. Vincent's Hospital late yesterday after collapsing while…

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Police Allege: Stolen Car Would Have Been Sold

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 December 1955 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., on Wednesday committed to Maitland Quarter Sessions for sentence a married youth charged With stealing a Holden sedan car…

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