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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday, Sept. 30--Before the P.M. and Mr. J. W. Wilson, J.P.

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 9

Charles Hart was charged with being, drunk in Elbow-street, West Kempsey on Saturday, September 28th. Fined 10-, or five days imprisonment…

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Licensing Court. Before the P.M., Messrs. J. W. Wilson and E. P. Noonan, L.M's

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 9

The license of the Shamrock Hotel, Smithtown, was renewed to J. C. Anderson at an annual fee of £20. It was stated that the liceuse would expire…

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Police Court. Wauchope, September 25. (Before J.H. McDonald, F.sc., J.P.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

CHARLES JOHN MANNING was charged with having no lawful visible means of support. He was arrested by Constable Fahey on the 25th instant in the act of endeavouring to pass a valueless cheque…

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Tragedy at Glen Innes. Murder and Suicide Jealous Woman's Mad Deed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

A terrible tragedy was enacted at Glen Innes, on Monday night, which resulted in tho death of a young man. It appears that about 10 o'clock…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Secret Shambles Discovered in Dense Scrub

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 5

T. W. Teague, a selector, was committed for trial at Cootamundra on a charge of stealing 360 sheep, the property of M. and P. Legrande…

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday, 14th October—Before the P.M.

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 4

Mr. J. L. SH[?] P.M., and Coroner for the [?] held a magisterial inquiry at the court House at 10 a.m., Monday in [?]he cause of…

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Licensing Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 4

In the Licensing Court, bEfore the Police Magistrate. and Mr E. P. Noonan, Licensing Magistrate, the Quarterly Licensing Report for the…

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday, October, 1--Before the P.M. School Cases

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 18

HARRY BAKER was fined 5s with 6s costs in each of two cases for neglecting to send his sons, Gordon and Ray, to school the required number…

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Police Court. Port Macquarie, Wednesday, October 16

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 4

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and Messrs. J. H. Hill, G. Lindsay, W. Latimer, and J. J. MoInherney, J.'sP. Before the business of the Court commenced Mr…

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Improving the Old Gaol

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 8

THE Secretary of the Agricultural Society, Mr. [?] Dick, submitted the following report re the old gaol at the meeting of the committee of the Society on Monday last:—…

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Small Debts Court. E. D. Andrews v. A. G. Parker

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 4

This was a case in which plaintiff sued defendant for breaking and entering lands held by him, and claimed £10 damages. Mr. D. Cowan and Mr. E. Edgar Jennings…

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Local Land Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 3

ON Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, before the Land Board Messes E. Ebsworth (Chairman) P. E. cheers and E. P. Nooman the…

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District Court. A. J. SAVAGE V. Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 5

This case was a claim for £400 damages to paddock alleged to be injured by diversion of street drainage therein by the Council…

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Bridson Sentenced

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 3

Hugh Ridgeway Bridson pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling £348 11s 2d the property of the Hastings District Hospital. The accused was…

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Additional High Court Judge

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 14

In the Federal Senate, Mr. McGregor said that the matter of appointing an additional High Court Judge was being considered by the…

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A Melbourne Tragedy Murder and Suicide

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 2

A shooting tragedy occurred on Monday afternoon in a three-roomed cottage in Materstreet, Collingwood, Melbourne, the victim being Mrs…

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District Court. Port Macquarie, October 24. Before His Honor Judge Edmunds

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 4

[?]glas Wilkes (by his next friend, William Toms) [?] Robert Longworth for the recovery [?] 6400 damages for injuries received whilst working a damage machine, whereby he had his foot caught…

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District Court. A. J. SAVAGE v. the Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 7

THIS case, which we noted as being in progress when previous issue went to press, was acclaim for £400 for alleged damage to paddock by the Council…

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Bellbrook Police Court. Monday, October 21.--Before the P.M.

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 8

WE are honest and admit at once that we have to go away from home for news. The following report is extracted from Mr. Cowan's new paper The Northern…

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The New York Murder Sensation

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 11

Becker has been found guilty of the murder of Mr. Rosenthal in New York and has been sentenced to death. The condemned man will be…

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