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Central Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

41 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 3

Court Sequel To Car's Plunge Into Terrigal Lake

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

Judith Anne Worsley, 20, of Warwick Street, Killara, and James Adams, of Kuring-gai Avenue, Turramurra, were each fined £2 with 10/- costs at Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday—Miss Worsley for being an unlicensed driver, and Adams for allowing an…

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Gaol Sentence For Escapee From Training School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 1

A youth who escaped from Mt. Penang Training School on August 31 was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr A. E. Stonham, SM, at Gosford Court of Petty…

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Woy Assault; Nan Fined £9

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

J. J. Grady, of Moana St., Woy Woy, was fined £5 and ordered to pay £4/5/6 costs and witnesses' expenses, at the…

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Resident Police Officer Sought For Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 7

Additional police protection for Terrigal, by the appointment of a resident officer, is to be requested by…

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Bigamy Charge Man Married Sisters, Police Allege

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 5

Police alleged at Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that a man charged with bigamy had…

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Man Sent For Trial On Theft Charge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 1

Ronald William Coffey. of Pearl Beach, was committee for trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on November…

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Police Tender Pieces Of Torn Cheque

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 1

Police tendered a cheque for £30/10/- and several pieces of a torn cheque for £50 daring the hearing of…

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Colts' Team To Play Police Boys

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 7

The Gosford Colts' team to play Newcastle Police Boys' Club at Grahame Park on Sunday, October 21…

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Committed On Breaking, Stealing Count

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

At the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr A. E. Stonham, SM, committed John H. Hobourn, of…

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Magistrate Thanks Woman For Giving Evidence

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

Mr A. E. Stonham, SM, thanked a woman at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for her "public-spirited action" in giving evidence against a man charged with…

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Woman Smoked In Court; Fined £1 For Contempt

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

A woman was fined £1 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for contempt of court…

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Police Believe Children Started Fire In House

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

Children playing with matches, are believed by Gosford Police to have been the cause of a dwelling at…

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Court Change

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 7

The secretary of the Gosford District Tennis Association, Mr Keevers, said to-day that championship…

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Claim Against Builder Settled Out Of Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 1

A claim for damages of £190 against a builder of The Entrance, at the District Court, Gosford, on Thursday, was…

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Compensation Ordered For Theft Of Trees

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

Robert Larritt, of East Gosford, was fined £3 and ordered to pay £7 compensation, at the Gosford Court of Petty…

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Youth Fined On Two Theft Charges

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

Angus Taylor. 18, of Long Jetty, was fined £20 and ordered to pay £8 compensation, at the Gosford Court of Petty…

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Two Youths Fined On Assault Charge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

Two youths were each fined £1 and ordered to pay £14/1/-costs by Mr P. Haloin, SM. at Gosford Court of Petty…

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Street Betting; Woman, Two Men Charged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 7

Three people were fined a total of £70 at the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, when Mr P. Halpin, SM,…

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Both Parties Negligent, Says Magistrate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

Mr T. P. Halpin, SM. at Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, said that both parties in an action for…

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S.M. Sentences Driver To Six Months' Gaol

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 1

Mr. T. P. Halpin, SM, in the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, sentenced Albert Henry S. Shields to six months' imprisonment with hard labour for having driven…

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