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Central Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

18 stories in Central Coast's papers

Licensing Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

A special meeting of the Licensing Court was held on the 28th ult. Robert Law, Imperial Hotel, Gosford, and Robert Gascoigne, Royal Hotel,…

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Gosford Police Court. Friday, December 28, (Before Mr Love, S.m.) Breaches of the Liquor Act

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

Senior Constable Morris proceeded against Mrs Jolliffe, of the Royal Hotel, Gosford, for having her licensed premises open at unlawful hours…

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Gosford Court House. Returns for 1906

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The following returns of the transactions of the local Court House for the past year will no doubt be of interest to our readers, as showing the…

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Cell Charged in Wood

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

It has been assumed that in the wood of trees, especially the heart-wood, the cell walls are entirely dignified. Prof. M. C. Potter offers proof of the cellulose-staining…

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Gosford Police Court. JANUARY 25, (Before Mr. M. S. Love. S.M.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 5

Forester E. E. Taaffe proceeded against Sidney James, Thomas Campbell, and William Dillon for cutting and removing timber from Crown…

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In Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 4

" Magistrate: 'Prisoner, have you any visible means of support?'Prisoner: 'Y[?], sir, your honour,'(To his wife, a laundress): 'Bridget, stand up,…

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Amusing Incident in Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 3

'Rationals' is the name now used for the new woman's divided garment. The following incident in court refers to their adoption:…

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Gosford Police Court. Friday April 19. (Before Mr Murphy, P.M., and Messrs Ward and Pickering, Js.P.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 5

The Licensing Inspector v. J, Tooby, paying workmen in a house in which liquor was retailed, to wit, the Royal Exchange Hotel, Ourimbah. Tooby is…

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In Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 4

Magistrate: 'Madam, your husbard charges you with assault.'Madam: 'Yes, your worship. I asked him if he would ever cease to love me, and…

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A Police-constable's Little Jok[?]

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 3

A laughable incident occurred recently at a well-known pre-shop in the city. The proprietor ia of a rather eccentric turn; and when the favourite cat was…

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Licensing Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

W. H. Calvert was granted a certificate authorising the issue of a new publican's license to the Bayview Hotel, Woy Woy…

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Small Debts Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

Chas. Cobb V. Jas. Tarrant, work done. Verdict for defendant with £1 costs. H. W. Cooper v. George Smith…

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Gosford Court House. Friday, May 17. (Before Mr Love, S.M., and Messrs Pickering and Fagan. Js.P.) Selling Diseased Cattle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

Deferred judgment in the case of H. F. Searles v. Joseph Bailey, of Wyong, far selling two cows alleged to be suffering from tuberculosis, was…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 5

At the Gosford Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. Love, S.M., and Messrs Pickering and Ward, Js.P., David Mackey, on remand, was…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 2

At the Gosford Police Court on Friday last before Mr. Love, S.M., and Mr. [?]ickering, J.P., David Mackey was charged with stealing a cow, the…

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The Police of the Coast

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 3

Now that there is little or no smuggling, there is an impression that coast guards have very easy lives. During the summer months, when the…

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Gosford Police Court Friday, August 9. (Before Mr Love, S.M., and Mr Pickering, J.P.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 5

Henry Royde, for being drank in Railway-street, Wyong, was fined 20s, in default seven days. A number of youths from Wyong…

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Gosford Police Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

Atthe Gosford Police Court on Friday last before Mr Love, S.M., and Messrs J. B. O'Connor and J. Fagan, J's.P., Thomas Stanton, on a charge of…

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