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Central Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Police Changes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 10

Constable W. R. Crotty, who has been in charge at Woy Woy Police Station for the past four months, left on August 9th to take up his new…

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Gosford Court News WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST. Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M. Picking Protected Wild Flowers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 6

Charles Daley, labourer, Woy Woy, appeared on a charge of picking protected wild flowers on the Great Northern Highway near Mooney Creek…

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Police Appointment

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 3

First-class Constable Douglas McKenzie, who is from the city, took charge at the Woy Woy Police District in succession to Constable Crotty, last…

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School Tennis Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 9

[?]rs. E. Mobbs, E. Hawkins, A. [?]ris and J. Brown, members of [?]rimbah Parents' and Citizens' [?]ation, have been busy during the…

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Gosford Court News A Mangrove Mountain Dispute

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 4

At the Gosford police court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., William Wood, of Mangrove Mountain, proceeded against Gerald Holmes, of…

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Gosford Court News

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 4

On account of the illness of Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., who is suffering from an attack of influenza, Mr. R. C. Atkinson, Relieving P.M., presided at the…

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Valuations Appeal Court £90 Per Foot in Mann Street

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 6

The hearing of objections to valuations made by the Erina Shire Council, in F Riding, was continued at the Gosford court house yesterday, before Mr…

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Gosford Court News "In Moments Like These. . ."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 4

Arthur Norman Daws pleaded, guilty when he was charged before Messrs. A. E. Debenhain aitd J. Kinnears, Js.P., on September 18, with stealing a…

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Echo of the Ikin Case Assault Charge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 8

At the Central Summons Court, Sydney, last Friday, Catherine Ikin instituted proceedings against Kate Leigh, or Barry, alleging that Leigh assaulted…

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Stole Oranges from Orchard Man Sentenced to One Month's Imprisonment

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 4

At the Gosford Police Court on October 2, before Messrs. A. E. Debenham and W. C. Grahame, Js.P., Andrew Rodgers, 27, was charged with having…

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District Court Cases Before Judge Sheridan

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 6

In the District Court held at Gosford last Thursday, the following cases were dealt with. Canning & Co. v. Hill; B. C. Millar…

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Chickens at Warnervale District Court Case

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 9

In the District Court held at Gosford last Friday, before Judge Sheridan, Colin Andrews, of Charlestown, proceeded, against James Woodlands, of…

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Cars Collide on Highway District Court Case

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 9

Judge Sheridan had before him in the District Court, Gosford, last Thursday, an action in which Walker & Darling Ltd., of Sydney, proceeded…

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Gosford Police Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 6

At the Gosford Police Court last Thursday, Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., dealt with the following cases set down for hearing…

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Matcham Men Have a Row Court Case at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 11

At the Gosford Police Court, before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., last Thursday, Henry Daniel Gleeson; of Matcham, proceeded against Leo Deaves, also of…

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Gosford Police Court Motor Traffic Cases

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 6

Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., on Thursday, October 29, Lyle L. Bartlett was charged with having driven an unregistered car. Defendant did not…

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Gosford Assault Case

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 11

Eugene Louis John Joseph Sohier, carpenter, of Narara Street, West Gosford, proceeded against William John Deaves, labourer, of Healey…

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Gosford Police Court Thursday, November 12. (Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M.) Failed to Return Driven' License

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 11

For failing to return an expired motor car drivers' license within the prescribed time, Arthur R. Thorsby, of Woy Woy, was fined 5 together with…

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Night Tennis at Gosford Railway Court Opened

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1931 · page 6

There were nearly a thousand people present at the Railway Tennis Court at Gosford on Tuesday night when the electric lighting system was officially…

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Assault Charge Withdraws

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 8

William Wood, orchardist, Mangrove Mountain, charged Ernest Wagner, orchardist, Mangrove Mountain, with assault at the Mountain on November 12…

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