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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

208 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 11

To-day’s Leader A Solid Team Magistrate Said :Scathing Criticism Of Criminal TOO Subdued

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 April 1955 · page 1

His scathing criticism of a man’s behaviour during the flood had been too subdued, Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., said to-day in Maitland court this morning…

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Two Remanded Oil Assault Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Two men charged with assaulting and robbing a taxi driver at Charlestown on April 15 were…

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Gunman Will Be Released From Gaol

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: Sentenced to life imprisonment 20 years ago, a gunman is shortly to be released from prison…

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Police Hold Reds

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 3

BERLIN: West Bertin police yesterday detained about 50 Communists for a short time after a column of 150 tried to…

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Police Inspector Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: Inspector R. A. Bodel, of Newcastle police, left Newcastle to-day to take charge of Deniliquin…

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Theft At Railway Station

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 1

Thieves broke into the Maitland Railway Station at the week-end and stole goods valued at more than £15…

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Woman To Stand Trial For Murder

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 3

SYDNEY: A witness told the Coroner’s Court to-day that a woman charged with the murder of a man had…

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Switch in Police Hunt

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 3

STONES: The intensive manhunt for the killer of Nancy Inzitari, an 18-years-old Italian girl, at Fairfield…

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Migrant On Murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 1

BATHURST: A 24-years-old German migrant has been charged with murder following the discovery of the naked…

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Cars For Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 4

GOSFORD: The Entrance and Woy Woy police have been given cars to replace motor-cycle outfits…

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Girl Receptionists For Tokyo Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1955 · page 4

TOKYO: Tokyo police headquarters, facing complaints from callers that they get a frigid reception frofa desk…

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Police Seek Full Rights

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 5

SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Police Association conference decided to seek full [?] and political nights for members…

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Gaol For Millionaire’s Widow

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 April 1955 · page 2

BERNE: Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, 68-years-old widow of the Irish millionaire, was sentenced to two years’…

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Gaol Escapees May Be Lost

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1955 · page 1

BRISBANE: Police believe starvation may force two escaped prisoners to give themselves up…

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Charged with Killing Her Daughter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: The 45-years-old mother of a 10-y ears-old girl found strangled in her Homebush home early to-day…

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Seoul Police

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1955 · page 1

SEOUL: The National Police Department has raised salaries of individual policemen fivefold…

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Playboy Sentenced On Vice Peddling

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 1

NEW YORK: Playboy Minot (“Mickey”) Jelke, heir to an Oleo-margarine fortune, was sentenced yesterday to terms…

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Police Transfers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: Constable D. Jackson, from Regent-street depot, has taken up duty here in place of Constable R…

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Appeal Upheld Against Bond For Youths Who Killed Man In Assault

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1955 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two youths were to-day sentenced to two years’ gaol in the Court of Criminal Appeal. The court upheld an appeal by the Attorney-General…

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Assault on Oligarchy

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 May 1955 · page 3

BUENOS AIRES: President Peron told a mass rally last night that the church would be separated from the State…

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