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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

318 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 16

Murder Plots. British Public Men in Danger. London

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 1

An organised conspiracy to murder leading men involved in Irish affairs is declared by the London newspapers to have been brought to…

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District Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

The next District Court sittings at Kempsey will be hold on July 31st, and the last day for entering plaints will be the 13th of July…

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Shire Appeal Court. Valuation Reduced. Wednesday, June 28

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

Kenneth Charles Gossip and David George Gossip, appealed against the Shire Valuation of £800 (unimproved) on their holding on King's Point,…

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Court News. Wednesday, July 28. Before Mr, Parkes, P.M.

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

Clifford Martin, for failing to renew a motor driver's license, was fined 10s with 8s costs. Reuben Gosling, a first offender…

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Death in Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 4

A STARTLINGLY sudden death occurred in the Wagga court house on Tuesday morning. Whilst Judge Bevan was conducting the Quarter Sessions Mr. J. N. Mason,…

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Wilful Murder. Inquest on Dead Field Marshal

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 2

A verdict of "wilful murder" against the two Irishmen. Connolly and O'Brien, was returned by the jury at the coroner's inquest at Westminster on…

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Police Sergeant Tricked. Prisoner Escapes. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 3

A Brisbane message says a police sergeant, after an exciting chase after a man who had a loaded revolver, caught and handcuffed his man, who…

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Land and Valuation Court Decision Given at Paterson, 22nd JUNE, 1922

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

Reference has been made ill these columns to the high valuation put on property in Wallarobba Shire by the Valuer-General's Department, and to…

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Collapsed in Court. Death of Mr. Mason at Wagga

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 1

Mr. J. N. Mason; of Sydney, who is well known throughout the south of New South Wales as a Crown Prosecutor, collapsed…

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Alleged Theft

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 4

At the Nempsey Police Court, on Wednesday morning, before Mr. Brewer, C.P.S., William Shelton, 18, was charged with the alleged theft on or…

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Wingham Police Court. Thursday, June 29th, 1922 (Before Mr. H. W. Fle[?]; P.m.) Hawker's License

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 2

George Alexander Smith was granted a Hawker's License. AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE. Henry Turner was granted an…

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Hornsby Murder. No Arrests. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 3

The Hor[?]by murderer is still undiscovered. The police are endeavoring to trace the ownership of the hammer with which the crime was…

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Brutal Murder Attempt on Bank. Manager Assaulted on Train. Robbed of His Keys

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Francis Cecil Kemmis, manager of the Government Savings Bank at Hornsby, was brutally assaulted in a train on Friday night, and robbed of…

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Hornsby Murder. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 5

There are no new developments in the Hornsby murder…

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Macksville Police Council Wants Extra Man. Cr. Wallace's Opinion

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 6

At the Council meeting on Monday Cr. Wallace referred to correspondence as published in last issue of the " Nambucca News'' in regard to the…

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Police Protection at Heads and Macksville (Per Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A.)

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 4

"With reference to representations made by you on behalf of the Nambucca Heads Progress Association, respecting police protection at that…

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Hornsby Murder Two Youths Held. "In Some Way Concerned," Say Police. Arrest on Other Charge. Magistrate Refuses Bail

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 1

Two youths, declared by Inspector Leary "to be "in some may concerned with the murder of Mr. Kemmis," are held by the police…

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Soviet Methods. Leaders of the Church Sentenced

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 3

THE trial of the ministers of the churches who opposed church confiscation has resulted in 11 being sentenced to death, including the…

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Kempsey Police Court. Defendant Discharged

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 1

At the Kempsey Police Court, on Monday morning, before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., George Godwin proceeded against John James Hilliar, that on January…

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Warden's Court

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 1

At the Warden's Court, before Mr. Fletcher. Charles Bloomfield was granted authority to enter on portion 122, Parish…

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