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Courts & crime, 1954

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Bulk Petrol Depot Wall Is Damaged The police inquiring

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 1

The partly erected walls of a bulk petrol depot building in Moore Street West Gosford were pushed over last night…

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Resident Magistrate for Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

Gosford has been promoted to rank among the not-so-many towns in the State that are the headquarters of a resident Magistrate. For some time past there…

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Young men charged with thefts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

Charges of stealing fruit, including 40 cases of passion-fruit and others of oranges, together with a quantity of…

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Police urge road care

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Gosford police again urge road users to exercise the utmost care. With spring conditions…

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Police Ball on August 20

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Gosford Police will hold another big ball on August 20. Last year's Police Ball was…

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Itinerary of Gosford Magistrate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 6

Details of the circuit itinerary of Gosford's new resident Magistrate have now been finalised…

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Extensions to Gosford police station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

Plans for the extension and renovation of Gosford Police Station have been prepared…

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Short court sittings

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Thursday's sitting of Gosford Court of Petty Sessions was exceptionally brief. The list totalled seven, with…

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Gosford Magistrate Is Named

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

It is officially announced in Sydney that Mr. C. B. Kiley, SM, has been appointed Resident…

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Additional police constable

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

Constable Craig Cook, formerly of Lithgow, took up duties at Gosford on Friday. He has been appointed in…

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District Court dates

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

The next sitting of the District Court at Gosford is set down for September 13 next…

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Court grants mother's appeal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 8

The Full Bench of the Supreme Court in Sydney on Wednesday upheld an appeal by bus conductress…

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Magistrate saw for himself

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 3

A visit to the scene of an accident by Mr. C. W. English, SM, accompanied by the defendant's solicitor, Mr…

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Sisters Claim Court Protection

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Two sisters, June and Joan Tanner, and their brother, Joseph Tanner, arrested at Tamworth,…

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Magistrate's first court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 5

Mr. C. B. Riley, SM, Resident Magistrate in Gosford, will hold his first Court here on Monday, September 6…

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£30 fine for theft of lead

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 3

A young men, Vernon Gordon Grant, who when put off with others from Mt. Penang building operations…

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Magistrate Farewelled at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

Mr C. W. English held his final Court in Gosford on Friday and solicitors, Court officials and the police took…

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Gaol Term Imposed on Seaman

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

A seaman who said that he had been in a bad accident in 1946 and adrift for a long time, when three…

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Youth charged with starting factory fire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

Police arrested a 17-year-old youth after investigating a fire in a factory at Lidcombe on Saturday…

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Land Court Decisions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

Suburban land applications were dealt with by the Land Board (Mr. Bowler, chairman), as follows…

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