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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Action for Assault

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

Robert Michael Clarke proceeded against Eugene Clarke and Dennis Clarke, charging them with assault committed upon himself at a dance…

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Licensing Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

Before the Licensing Court the transfer of the license of Tattersall's Hotel was granted to Henry Robinson, from Robert Roberts…

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Prohibition and Police. (Published By Arrangement.)

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 7

Mr. Avery Hopwood, the American playwright, is amused by the English impression that America is a "dry" country, explains the London…

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Taree Police Court. Monday August 17th [?]. Language Cases

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

Joseph Lyall Walshe pleaded guilty to a charge of using indecent language in the bar of Fotheringham's Hotel and was fined 20/- and 14…

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Small Debts Court. Monday August 17 l925. (Before Mr. F. F. Potte, P. M.) Claim for Witness' Expenses

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

Dr. Chisholm, of Comboyne sued Stephen Smith for the recovery of £5 as expenses in attending as a witness at the Port Macquarie…

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Published by Special Arrangement. "The Secret Foe," Author of "The Falconhurat. Mystery," "Love, the Conqueror," "Murder will Out," etc., etc. (Copyright). Chapter Xxxiv. At the Eleventh Hour

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 12

The "Orion" was throbbing to start for her long voyage to Australia, and on her deck the last little tragedies of sorrow and tears were…

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Alleged Stealing

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

Henry Austin McMillan was charged with having, in a house at Comboyne, a leather-bound tape measure reasonably suspected of being stolen…

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Murder Trial. Wellington, N.z

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 3

The second trial of Frederick Peter. Mouat, for the murder of his wife, commenced at Christchurch, and is expected to last till Thursday…

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Wingham Police Court Friday, August 21, 1926. Before Mr. F. V. Potts. P.M. Riotous Behaviour

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

Patrick Noble was charged, with behaving in a riotous manner at the Wingham Hotel. Noble pleaded guilty…

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Worse Than Cannibals Sullies Who Murder Girls Inches Sweating Leads to Vice

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 3

A well-Known cleric, in a scathing indictment of England's white slave horrors, declared that the victims number thousands a year. For…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, August 21, 1925. Before Mr. F. F. Potts. P.M. Claim for Wages

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

William Kennington v. G. Schubert —claim for £37 6s 8d, and 6/ costs. Mr. Haynes appeared for defendant…

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Police Court. Taree, Monday, August 24. (Before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.m.) Alleged Sly Grog

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

In the court as exhibits were 18 cases of whisky, brandy, rum and wine, with some empty bottles, which the police had seized on Comboyne…

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Comboyne Liquor Cases. Confiscation by Police

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

The Taree Licensing Court presided over by the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. F. F. potts) looked like a small hotel on Monday, when 17…

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Small Debts Court. Wingham, Friday, August 21

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

DR. CHISHOLM v. STEPHEN SMITH. This case had been, adjourned from Monday's court, at Taree to Wingham for further evidence…

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Gaol for Life

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

Cabinet, on Monday, commuted the death sentence passed on Cecil Henry Riby Aves, the Redfern murderer, to penal servitude for life…

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Taree Police Court Taree, Monday, August 24. (Before Mr. F. F. Pott[?], P.m.) Alleged Sly Grog

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 6

in the court as exhibits were 18 cases of whisky, brandy, rum and wine. with some empty battles, which the police had seized on Comboyne…

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Police Court. Gloucester, Thursday, August 20. (Before Messrs. Moriarty and O'Halloran, J's.P.) Alleged Stabbing Affray

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 8

William Wilson, aged 42, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Steve Matis…

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Police Court

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

At the Kempsey Police Court, before Mr. W. T. Brewer, J.P., Horace Cheers, charged with being found drunk, was fined 10-. Jack Allen, charged with…

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Police Officers Bill. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 3

The bill providing for the appointment of police officers passed the final stage in the Senate yesterday afternoon…

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Federal Police

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 2

The Bill providing for the appointment of police officers, passed its final stages in the Senate last night. All the amendments proposed by the…

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