Police Seek Inheritor
SYDNEY: Police are searching for a man who inherited £4000. The man, Henry John…
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Courts & crime, 1955
208 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11
Killer Has Eluded Police
SYDNEY: A killer, who shot dead one woman and wounded another in Adelaide, may have escaped to NSW…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Searching for Stolen Car
SINGLETON: Singleton police are searching for a cream Holden sedan which was stolen outside a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vandals Gave Police an Easy Task
CANBERRA: Vandals who defaced the Australian National Memorial to the United States gave police an easy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magistrate Warns On Uninsured Vehicles
Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland Court to-day warned motorists that offenders who drove third party uninsured vehicles would “never be treated in an offhand manner.”…
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A woman told; Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Maitland Court today that her husband had abused her and grabbed her…
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BRISBANE: A youth aged 16 and a man of 27 were charged early today with the murder of a 67-years-old widow…
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SYDNEY: The Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) intimated to-day that no decision had yet been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Warning To Truck Drivers
SINGLETON: Stipendiary Magistrate F. R. Wqod at Singleton court warned trucks drivers that they must observe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Claim Panic On 10 p.m
SYDNEY: The N.S.W. police force is concerned over proposed changes of shifts to become effective when hotels…
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NEWCASTLE: The nurses-quarters at Newcastle Mental Hospital were guarded by armed police last night following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists “Lairising” Say Police
Police had been giving special attention to motor cyclists making undue noise in the city streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Today’s Leader Territorial Waters Costs Rica Government Forces Hard Pressed: New Assault Is Feared
NEW YORK: Loyalist irregulars dug in yesterday on the sagebrush rangeland of Northern Costa Rica in preparation for a new attack by a force of well-armed rebels. Four second world war P-51 Mustang fighters and a C-54…
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Constable R. T. Davidson, of Gloucester, has been transferred to Central Burragtorang. He has been stationed at…
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CESSNOCK: Seven men were fined £1/8/ with 12/ costs when they pleaded guilty in Cessnock Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Check on Hotels
SYDNEY: Police are carrying out an extensive “clean-up” on hotel licensees who refuse meals and…
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BONN: The number of East German policemen who have deserted to the West in the course of the past five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disagreed With Magistrate
GLOUCESTER: In a part heard case, Rober Payne was charged at Gloucester Court with driving on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Months Gaol for Labourer
Mr. R. MacAndrew, S.M., to-day sentenced a 51-years-old labourer to six months’ gaol on four charges of stealing and…
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NEW YORK: A three-man committee of the National Assembly of Panama yesterday began investigating charges…
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