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Central Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

33 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Taxi Hit Railway Gates At 50 mph "Driver Too Drunk To Roll Cigarette," Police Allege

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

A Gosford taxi driver, who is alleged to have crashed into railway gates at Rawson Street, South Woy Woy, at a speed of 50 miles an hour, was so drunk when arrested after the accident that he…

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Police Drag Wamberal Lake For Body Of Child Three-Day Search

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 1

Gosford police were still dragging Wamberal Lake this morning for the body of Peter Farrell, 11, of…

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Theft at Shop

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

Eighty pounds was stolen from Mr H. V. Weiss' private drawer in the office desk at the store of S. R. Buttle Ltd., Mann Street, at…

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Police Confiscate Liquor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 1

The proprietor of "Orange Trees Inn", Pacific Highway, West Gosford, was fined £7 by Mr V. H. Johnston, SM, at…

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Police Raid On S.P. Bookmakers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 1

Five men were fined for starting price betting at Gosford and Wyong Courts of Petty Sessions by Mr V. H…

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Mother Weeps In Court Murdered Girls Inquest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 9

Weeping bitterly in Newcastle Coroner's Court last week, a diminutive Englishwoman, who has been in Australia only seven months, made a tragic, pathetic figure as she pointed to feminine…

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Youth Cleared On Stealing Charge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Maxwell Friel, 19, of Gosford Road, Wamberal, was cleared at the Gosford Court Wednesday of a charge of stealing a wedding…

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County Council Sues Warehouse Owner In Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County Council proceeded against William Rogers, warehouseman, of East Gosford, at Gosford on…

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Two Cases May Be Settled Out Of Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

When it was suggested that there might be a settlement out of court, the Magistrate adjourned two cases at the Gosford Court…

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Sent For Trial On Murder Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

At the conclusion of an inquest lasting eight days, the Newcastle Coroner, Mr P. P. Halpin, committed William Birtle, 25,…

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Vagrancy Charge Brings Gaol Sentence

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 5

William Warren Woods, 24, no fixed address, was sentenced to two months' hard labour by Mr V. H. Johnston, SM, at Gosford…

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Caught Stealing Timber At Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 5

Mr. V. H. Johnston, SM, at Gosford Court of Petty Sessions on Monday imposed a fine of £3 on Sidney Charles Young, 22…

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Three Youths On Stealing Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 5

Three 17-year-old youths appeared at Gosford Children's Court yesterday on two charges of breaking, entering and…

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