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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Police Court. Taree, Monday, May 2. (Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.m.) Tenancy Case

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 2

Sarah Frances Boyd claimed possession of a house in Flett Street from Carl James Peedom. Mr. Hooke appeared for the…

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Pound Yard at Police Paddock

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 2

W. H. Quids, Commissioner of Police wrote that there was no objection to the Council using five acres of Kempsey. Police Paddock as a Pound…

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Police Pensions. Payment Indefinitely Postponed Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 2

Owing to the fact that the usual banking facilities are unavailable, retired members of the Police Force were officially advised that the payment of…

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Murder Inquiries. Three Unsolved Crimes. £100 Reward May Be Offered

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 2

Detectives investigating the three recent murders still unsolved have come into possession of information which may lead them to make arrests…

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Field Divorce Court Finds for Husband

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 3

Delivering judgment in the Field cross suits on Monday the Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice Owen) found that the charges brought by Mrs. Field against…

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Kempsey Police Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., at the Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday. A. B. K. O'Hara was charged with failing to return an expired motor…

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Theft by Finding

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

According to evidence given at the Central Police Court this week, Daniel Clare, 29, a mechanic, picked up a £5 note, in the Commonwealth Bank at…

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Dairy Company Secretary Sentenced to 18 Months

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

Patrick Casey, ex-secretary of Casino Coroperative Dairy Society, who was found guilty at Lismore Quarter Sessions of, on January 22, 1931,…

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Moxley Committed for Trial. for Double Murder. Coroner's Finding

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

William Cyril Moxley was on Wednesday found by the Coroner (Mr. Poolman) to be guilty of the murder of Dorothy May Denzel and Frank…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday, April 26th. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.) About a Wireless Set

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 2

Harry Gillett sued T. G. Matthews, claiming £16 which plaintiff alleged was paid on his account to defendant by Joseph Lack between…

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Honolulu Murder. Sentence Commuted

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 6

Lieutenant Massie, his mother-inlaw (Mrs. Fortescue), and the two seamen of the American Navy who were found guilty of manslaughter…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 5. (Before E. T. Oram, Esq., P.M.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 5

Walter Saari, an unemployed winch driver, was charged with breaking and entering the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's goods shed,…

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Police Court. Port Macquarie, May 3. (Before E. T. Oram Esq., P.M.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 4

Richard George Lewis, on bail, was charged with inflicting grevious bodily harm on C. H. Milligan, of Kempsey, at Port Macquarie on 26th…

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Police Court. Port Macquarie. May 3. (Before E. T. Oram, Esq., P.M.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 6

L. H. Trend, charged with stealing a case of benzine, the property of Mr. A. A. Cumming, on 30th April, pleaded guilty…

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Charge of Murder. Against Dead Man's Son

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 6

Following the death of John Thomas Westwood, 48, cattle dealer, of Murwillumbah, on Tuesday, his son. Noel John Westwood. 19, cattle buyer, was…

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Car Murder Inquest Moxley Committed for Trial

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 2

The Liverpool District Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) held an [?] at the City Coroner's Court on Tuesday and Wednesday into the deaths of Frank Ba[?]…

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Court Refuses. To Stop Criminal Action

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 1

A request by the Attorney-General that no further criminal proceedings should be taken against a man who had been sentenced to imprisonment…

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Murder Charge. Moxley Committed for Trial on May 26. Inquest on Moorebank Victims Concluded

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 8

The Liverpool District Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) found on Wednesday afternoon that Frank Barndy Wilkinson (25), and Dorothy Ruth…

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Current Topics News Guardsmen Go to Gaol

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

Eight men, who admitted that they were New Guardsmen, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having assaulted Ald. J. S…

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Police Court Monday 9th May—Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M. Motor Traffic Cases

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

H. Samuelson pleaded guilty to riding an unregistered motor cycle and also to having ridden without a license. Fined 10/- and 5/-…

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