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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

315 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 16

Nambucca Hotels. Quarterly Licensing. Court. Sanitatation and Ventilation

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held at Bowraville on Wednesday before Mr. Shrophshire P.M., and Mr. P. Lamph J.P…

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A Suffragette Sentenced

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 3

Mrs. Pankhurst the suffragette who has been causing at lot of trouble in England, was last week given three years, in which to rellect over…

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Lasso for Police

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 5

The police authorities at Hull are (says the "New York Tribune:) seriously considering, sending men to the western part of America to take…

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Police Court. Wauchope, Tuesday, April 8. (Before J. H. HcDonald, Esq., J.P.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 4

In a Williams and Robert Williams were charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Peter Johnston. The case was postponed to the 17th inst…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge backhouse, assisted by Captains W. C. M'Gibbon and Arthur Hay, assessors.) Sydney, Wednesday, April 9. the Wreck of S. A. HAYWARD

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

This was a formal inquiry Into the circumstances attending the wreck of the S. A. Hayward, which occurred on March 13. The court found that…

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Marine Court. Sydney, Monday, April 9

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 6

(Before Judge Backhouse and Captains M'Gibbon and Hay assessors.) WRECK OF THE S. A. HAYWARD. This was an inquiry into the wreck of the…

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday, April 14--Before the P.M. Motorists Fined

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 13

Messrs. Marienthal, H. H. Brown and Andrew Rogers were charged with failing to keep the tail lights of their cars burning, and each were…

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Peculiar Police Tactics. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 18

SIR,--As a parent of one of the boys who was brought up on Monday last on a trumpery charge, because the magistrate promptly dismissed it, I wish you would…

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Kempsey Small Debts Court. Monday, April 14th.--Before the P.M.

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 8

JOHN OSBORNE v. Mrs E. F. Battle. This was a case in which Osborne sued for £16 balance of rent due on a paddock. Mr. L. J. Hardiman…

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Police Court. Wauchope, April 17. (Before J. L. Shropshire. Esq., P.M.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

Ina Williams and Robert Williams were charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on one Peter Johnston, at Wauchope, on the 4th inst. First-lass Constable Ferris and Constable Wood…

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Unclaimed Police Goods. Sale by Public Auction

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 5

Under the Police Regulation Act, 1899, it is provided that any goods and chattles which have lawfully come to the possession of any…

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Police Court. Taree, Tuesday, April 15. Before Mr. J. M. Bonthorne, J.P.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 3

Nellie Short (50) was charged with being found drunk on the Railway Station, Taree, in the early hours of Tuesday, Fined 5s, or the rising of the Court…

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The Murder of Williamo an Unpunished Crime and Wonderful Dream

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

In the early days the death of a blackfellow was thought no more of than the death of a dog. He died, a hole was dug and the…

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Original Correspondence. We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading. Unjustifiable Attack on Police. To the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 4

SIR,—In Friday's issue of your contem­porary appears a letter signed (but was it written by r) W. Crayn in criticism of police efforts to suppress hoodlumism and…

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Daring Burglary

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 11

A daring burglary was committed at the shop of M. A. Grace, pawnbroker of Crown-street, Surry Hills, early this morning. The big window…

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New Police Weapon

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

Several hundred members of the police force of Philadelphia are to be equipped with electric batteries which will enable them to shock lawbreakers…

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Theft of £40,000 a Year. Perquisites of Toll Keepers at the Golden Horn

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

A DISCOVERY typical of many branches of Turkish financial administration has been made by the new Prefect of Constantinople in connection with the tolls of Galata…

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Town Topics. Kempsey Police Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

Monday morning at Kempsey Police Court, before His Worship, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Frederick Leslie McDonald was charged with…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 4

Monday morning at Kempsey Court, the Licensing Bench—Messrs. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., J. W. Wilson and E. P. Noonan, heard read the…

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Chinese Plot Charge of Murder Laid Against the President Shanghai

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 7

The civil and military Governor of [?] have telegraphed to the [?] and to Parliament accusing [?] the President of…

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