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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Stock Returns Appeal Court

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

At Friday's meeting of the Gloucester P.P. Board an open appeal court was held at which a number of stock returns were brought under the…

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Kempsey Police Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 3

Wednesday, 4th May, before Mr. E. T. Oram. P.M. No Fare. A charge against Robert Hollis for…

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Eight New Guardsmen Receive 3 Months' Gaol for Assault on Garden

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 2

At the Central Court on Monday, eight members of the New Guard pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted Ald. J. S. Garden and his two sons at…

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Glen Innes Murder. Police Locate Cash Bag

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 5

Police at Glen Innes on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by Maurice George O'Hara, 19, who is charged with the murder of Albert Victor…

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Leaves Gaol. Ex-Millionaire Broker

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 5

Sir Arthur Wheeler, the 71-year-old ex-millionaire stockbroker, who was sentenced to a year's imprisonment at Leicester Assizes…

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New Guardsmen Sentenced to Gaol

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Eight men, who admitted that they were members of the New Guard, pleaded guilty at the Central Court on Monday to three charges of…

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Son Charged with Murder

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Noel John Westwood, 19, who was arrested at Murwillumbah last week, on a charge of the murder of his father, John Thomas Westwood, 48…

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Police Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. S. Soiling, J.P., at the Kempsey Police Court, Frederick W. Reed, charged with using indecent language, was fined £4, in default eight…

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Valuation Court

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 2

The Clerk notified that the valuation Court will sit at Macksville on May 24th and at Bowraville on May 25th…

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New Guard Plots Alleged by Police

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 2

Sensational statements were made by high police officers on Tuesday afternoon following further raids upon offices of the New Guard…

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Police Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 6

Hotel and had several drinks. From there they went back to the corner. Jack Atkins came along then. Defendant said, "We will go down and…

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8 New Guardsmen Sentenced. Assault on Ald. Garden and Two Sons

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 3

A large crowd scrambled for admission to the Central Court on Monday morning, when eight men; alleged to be members of the New Guard,were…

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Bellevue Hill Murder

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 10

Mrs. Adeline Saywell, the 52-years old society woman,of Bellevue Hill, is reported now to be recovering from the murderous attack made on her…

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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 14 May 1932 · page 6

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

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Kempsey Police Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 2

Thursday, 11th May, 1932, before Mr. R. Soiling, J.P…

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Stealing Charges

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 2

Victor Bramble, Gregory Bulmer and Cyril Douglas were charged with stealing a mill log of the value of £6, the property of John Cecil…

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Daring Burglary. Bulmer's Broken Into Again

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 4

It is only a few months since Mr. C. Bulmer's big store, known far and wide as Bulmer's, on the, corner of Victoria and Pultney-sts., Taree, was…

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Dartmoor Riots. 100 Years' Gaol for Mutineers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

Thes entences passed by the Judge, Lord Finlay, last week, on the Dartmoor mutineers aggregated 100 years, less four months. They will begin…

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Forster Police Court Friday, 13th MAY. Before Mr. E. T. Oram. P.M. Sunday Trading Licenses

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 3

Applications by C. H. Barnett and A. Emmerson for Sunday trading licenses wore granted. STEALING CHARGES…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 16th MAY. Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M. Lottery Act Returns

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

Frank F. Dunn (promoter of the band carnival in October last) was charged with failing to make the necessary financial returns under the Lotteries and…

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