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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Taree Police Court. Monday, January 22. (Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

Joseph Cheers pleaded not guilty to having been found drunk in Victoria st. on Saturday. Defendant said he was in the street,…

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Charged with Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm. Adelaide

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

George Harold Grant Trott, aged 33, who had been hiding in a wild part of the hills near National Park, was arrested last night near his home…

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Police Watch Rewarded. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

After watching a house in Pyrmont for more than 18 hours, detectives arrested a man in bed early this morning after a terrific struggle…

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It Sizzled, So Did the Police !

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

Seventy sticks of gelignite stolen! It may have been safebreakers, anarchists or something equally as thrilling. But it wasn't, and Auburn…

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Police Court. Forster, Friday, 5th JANUARY. (Before Mr. Donaldson, P.M., and Messrs T. Buckle and C. H. Barnett, J's.P.). Auctioneer's License

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

An auctioneer's license was granted to Charles Hamilton Hume Barnett. HAWKER'S LICENSE. An application made by Hugh…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Police to Lecture

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

The Department of Education has notified that approval has been given for senior officers of the police force to lecture to children in…

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Police Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

Before G. E. Ponsford, T. Maloney, N. H. Donald, Esqs., Js.P. Walter John Knox was charged with being found drunk in a public…

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Woman Gashed Alleged Razor Assault

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

Ethel Lee, 35, was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital last night for a terrible gash on the left arm, necessitating eight stitches. She explained that she met a…

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Our Serial Story "First Night Murder" Chapter 32

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 8

"Yes!" he shricked, "that's how I did it and I'm glad—glad... Do you hear me?... I hated Brandt. He cheated me out of money—out of happiness…

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Police Court. Port Macquarie, January 15. (Before Messrs G. E. Ponsford. G. W. Edwards and T. Maloney, J[?].P.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

John Brien was charged with that he did at Port Macquarie on 13th January, make a bet on a horse race, thereafter to be run at Warwick…

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Taree Court House Statistics for 1933

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

Statistics compiled at the Taree Court House show the following volume of business for 1933:—Petty Sessions Court: Charge cases…

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Local and General. Police Court

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 4

At the Kempsey Police Court on Monday, George Milligan, charged with being drunk, was fined 5 or the rising…

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Macksville Assault Case. Three Men Committed for Trial

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 4

At the Macksville Police Court, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on Tuesday last, John Vincent Clegg 33, James Dennis Joseph Goodwin 33,…

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Film Scene Taken in Court

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

Considerable excitement was caused at the Darlinghurst, Sydney, Criminal Courts the other day when, during the hearing of a case in which Dr. Everard,…

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Gangsters Govern Gaol

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 6

New York news Wednesday last said that officials under the new city administration led detectives in a surprise raid that day on the Municipal…

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Police Court. Taree, Saturday, January 27. (Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 1

James Byrne, 38, seaman, pleaded guilty to having been found drunk in Manning Street, on January 26. The police stated that defendant…

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Taree Police Court Saturday, 27th JANUARY Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M. Drunk and Language Cases

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 3

James Byrne, 38, a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Manning street on Friday. The Police, stated that Byrne was…

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Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, January 29. (Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector (Sergeant Smede) was presented. It stated inter alia that the time for starting work on the new…

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Police Court. Assault and Threatening Words

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

At Macksville Police Court on January 23rd, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., David William Piggott charged George H. Newman with (1)…

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Wrestlers Charged. Perth

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

The Bench reserved its decision in the case in which Penchiff and Browning, wrestlers, were charged with having created a disturbance…

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