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Central Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

62 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 3 of 4

Stealing Oysters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 8

At Hornsby Police v Court Alfred Danglade proceeded against Harry Applelony for stealing oysters from his leases at Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River…

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Life in Gaol. Useful Trades Taught

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 16

The affidavit of Donald Grant in the Sydney papers regarding the treatment of inmates of State prisons and the prompt reply of Governor Steele, of…

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Small Debts Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 3

Chapman & Sons v. Chas. Wm. Wilson. —Claim for £24 7s 5d, goods sold and delivered. Mr. H. L. Whittell appeared for the defendant. By consent of…

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Shire Valuation Appeal Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 19

Thursday, August 11, at 9 a.m., at the Shire Council Chambers, Gosford, is the date and place appointed for hearing appear by ratepayers against…

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Gosford Court News. JULY 22, 1921. Before Messrs F. R. Archbold and G. T. Roughley, J's.P

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 3

Inspector H. E. Morris (Railway Prosecutor) v. Leo. Woodbury.—Trespass-ing on N.S.W. Government Railways. Fined £1, costs 8/, witnesses' expenses…

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Hotel Hours. 6 O'clock Closing Stands. High Court Refuses Leave to Appeal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 20

The Chief Justice (Sir Adrian Knox), Mr. Justice Rich, and Mr. Justice Starke, in the Commonwealth High Court on Monday, heard an application…

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Gosford Court. Friday, August 26. Licensing Court. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, L.M., and Mr. F. R. Archbold, J.P.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 4

Application for transfer of colonial wine license at Ourimbah from Alfred S. Jaques to Thomas H. Jones. — Granted…

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Police Complain. Light Sentences by Judges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 18

The New South Wales police complain that they are being overworked, and that light sentences imposed upon criminals by Judges tend to cause an…

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Gosford Police Court. SEPTEMBER 16, 1921. Before [?] B. Clegg, P.M.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 17

Applications for Sunday Trading Licenses by John Bird, of Woy Woy, William Frank Byfield, of Umina, Woy Woy, and Mary Hauville, of Ettalong…

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Gosford Police Court. Possession of Fishing Nets

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 8

James Edmund Parks and Edwin Clyde Singleton were charged with unlawfully having a fishing net in their possession in waters of Brisbane Water,…

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Wyong Court House

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Department of Justice, dated 28th September:—Dear Sir,—In reply to your…

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Gosford Police Court. Friday, September 30. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M., and Messrs F. R. Archbold and W. E. Kirkness, J's.P

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 15

Application for Sunday Trading Licenses by Rachel Wilson, of Terrigal, Joseph Cardwell, of Erina, Arthur Johnston, of Terrigal, and Ellen West,…

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Gosford Police Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 9

Sergeant Morris desires the public to be acquainted with the fact that the police station office is now at the Courthouse, and not at his private residence…

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Police Dog Dead. Twelve Years in the Force

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1921 · page 6

"Monty," a famous police dog, belonging to Sergeant T. J. Madden, of Lithgow, is dead, after doing yeoman service for over 12 years. He…

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Pressmen In Gaol

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1921 · page 12

At the invitation of the Minister for Justice, Hon. W. J. Mekell, a party of 200 pressmen—some of them accompanied by their wives—paid a visit of…

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Small Debts Court. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 16

R. A. McCutcheon v. Letitia Howard.—Claim for £5 damages alleged to have been committed by defendant's bull. Mr. H. L. Whittell appeared for…

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Gosford Court News. FRIDAY, 28th OCTOBER. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 16

Application by S. Hodges, junior, for Sunday Trading License at Hardy's Bay.—Granted. Ernest Hume (D.R.O., Robertson…

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Licensing Court. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg (Chairman), and Messrs F. R. Archbold and W. E. Kirkness, J's.P., (Members)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1921 · page 16

Application by Robert Gascoigne for booth license for Wyong Park Races on 15th November.—Granted…

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The Police Force

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 14

Sergeant Morris has left with us a copy of the "Police News," the official organ of the N.S.W. Police Association. It is well got up, nicely…

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Small Debts Court. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 12

In the matter of George Harry Smith, judgment creditor, Daniel Singleton, judgment debtor, and Erina Shire Council, garnishee, an amount of…

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