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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

208 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 11

Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1955 · page 3

In the report of a stealing matter heard at Maitland Court yesterday, the premises entered were referred to as…

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Gaol for Illegal Use of Motor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1955 · page 3

Mr. F. B. Wood, S.M., in Maitland Court, sentenced Ronald Leslie Garvey, 22, a horse stud employee, to four…

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Remanded On Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1955 · page 1

Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.P., at Maitland Court to-day remanded Leonard Cunning 23, labourer, of…

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Gaol Tens For Theft Of Wallet

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 2

Mr. F. R. Wood S. M Maitland Court to-day sentenced a Islwarer to four months goal for stealing a…

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Mystery Find Puzzles Police

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: One of .the most batting puzzles posed to police the fining of a human need and foot at Botany…

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Police Think Firebug in Action

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Police believe a firebug may have started a blaze which gutted historic St John's Church of…

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To-day’s Leader Re-siting the City Slow Bowler Showed Speed: Police View

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 1

KINGSTON (Jamaica): The Australian cricket captain, Ian Johnson, received word in Jamaica yesterday to appear…

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Tow Men On Bond On Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 3

Robert Smith and Robert Bruce Smith, both of East Gresford, pleaded guilty under provocation to having…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 6

At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Glen Joy, of Dorrigo, was fined £4, with 12/…

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Police Check on Skeleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 March 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: Two leading detectives have been sent to Brooklyn to-day to investigate the discovery of a skeleton…

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Fugitive Had Sought Death, Court Told

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 March 1955 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man had fired shots at a police car because he wanted them to kill him, a detective told Central Criminal Court to-day. Before the court was Robert he shat at two other policemen…

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Charged With Killing Girl

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 8

AUCKLAND (N.Z.): An Englishman was arrested by police on a charge of murder after a cinema usherette,…

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Husband for Trial on Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 2

Maitland magistrate. Mr. F. R. Wood, yesterday committed for trial a 42-years old foreman for assaulting his…

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Charge Laid on Murder at Narooma

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 1

NAROOMA: A man has been charged at Narooma police station to-day with the murder of a prominent local…

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Seamen Told to Defy Court Order

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 3

SYDNEY: A stop-work meeting of seamen in Sydney today instructed the Seamen’s Union officials to go to gaol…

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Witnesses Given Gaol Term

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 3

CORUCHE (Portugal): In a trial here, the accused was acquitted, the accuser was ordered to pay the egal costs…

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Police Had Suspect Cold

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: A suspected thief was found by police trapped in the chilling room of a city club…

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Five Years Gaol for Shooting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: A young man who last year stagged a farming gun battle with police was sentenced by Mr. Justice…

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Warning by Magistrate to Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 3

“Driving on the heels” of another motor vehicle was a most prolise cause of accidents. MR. F. R. Wood, S.M.,…

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Youth for Trial on Stealing Charge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in East Maitland court to-day committed for trial a 20-years-old youth charged with breaking end entering a shop in East Maitland on February 28 and stealing £321…

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