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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

923 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 47

Police Court. Port Macquarie, January 8. (Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, P.M.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

J. S. C. Gallagher was charged with stealing a wristlet watch, valued at £4, the property of V. A. Rose. Mr. A. C. Elliot appeared for…

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Taree Police Court. Monday, January 21. (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.m.). Cafe Hours

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

Masselos Bros. were proceeded against for keeping their shop often after midnight on December 22. Gregory Masselos, for defendants,…

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Forster Police Court. FRIDAY, 18th. JANUARY, 1935. Before Mr. G. S. Goldle, P.M. License Applications

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 8

The following were granted: Hawkers, Hugh Breckenridge; Auctioneers, C. H. Barnett; Sunday Trading, Len McQuarrie and D. E. Hain…

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Should Never Have Come to Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Edward Millard proceeded against Vincent Irwin for assault. Both men reside at Kinchela. Mr. Sheridan appeared for Millard…

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Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, January 21. (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

The Licensing Inspector (Sergeant Smede) presented his quarterly report. This showed that for the main part minor repairs were necessary or…

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Taree Small Debts Court. Monday, January 21. (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

George James Bird claimed from George Richard Everingham the sum of £4/13/, which he alleged was balance due for work done—droving…

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£416 Stolen Between Wauchope and Sydney. Theft in Train

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Norman Athol Powle, who is employed at the Wauchope Post Office, informed the police on Sunday last that he had been robbed of a wallet containing…

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Police Court. Taree, Wednesday, January 23 (Before Messrs A. B. Collins and F. S. J. Auton, Js.P.). Trespassing on Railway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 7

Alexander Heyborn pleaded not guilty to a charge of having willfully trespassed on railway property at Taree on January 22…

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Wingham Police Court. Friday, January 25. 1935. Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Sunday Trading License

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

A Sunday Trading License was granted to Mrs. Isabel Lyndon, of Bent-st., Wingham…

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Taree Police Court. Wednesday, January 23 (Before Messrs A. H. Collins and F. S. J. Auton, Js.P.). Trespassing on Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Alexander Heyborn pleaded not guilty to a charge of having wilfully trespassed on railway property at Taree on January 22…

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Alleged Assault

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

Edward Milton Millard proceeded against Vincent James Irwin on a charge of alleged assault. Mr. W. H. Sheridan appeared for…

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Another Assault Case

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

Albert E. Cook proceeded against Michael Kennedy, alleging assault Mr. H. J. Stewart appeared for Cook; but Kennedy, for whom Mr…

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Taree Police Court Wednesday, January 23. (Before Messrs. A. B. Collins and F. S. J. Auton, Js.P.) Trespassing on Railway

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

Alexander Heyborn pleaded not guilty to a charge of trespassing on railway property at Taree on January 22. Arthur George Lainson, Traffic…

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Kempsey Police Court. A Field Day for Folk with a Flair for Fight. Slight Shock from Unlicensed Wireless Sets. Wednesday, January 23, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Motor Traffic Cases

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

Frederick B. Freer, for whom Mr. H. J. Stewart pleaded guilty, was fined 2/-, with 5/6 costs for parking his car in a position not parallel to…

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District Court at Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

Saturday, June 4, 1870: The district Court will be held at Wingham on Wednesday next, that will be the 8th of June, 1870. Judge Meymott…

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Late Mr. Edward May. Gloucester's First Police Officer

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

The death occurred recently at Bondi of Mr. Edward May, aged 82. For many years he was connected with the North Coast of New South…

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Alleged Assault

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

William Hodgkinson. war pensioner, 35, was charged with, it was alleged, that at Coopernook on January 26 he did assault Benjamin Ward and then…

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Alleged Assault at Coopernook

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 7

William Hodskinson, aged 35, a war pensioner, was charged with that, on 26th January at Coopernook, he did assault Benjamin Ward and did then…

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Police Court. Taree, Saturday, January 26. (Before Mr. A. B. Collins, J.p.). Drunkenness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

John Joseph Mills pleaded guilty to having been found drunk in Macquarie Street on January 25. It was stated that at 7.30 p.m…

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Wingham Police Court Friday, January 24. Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Indecent Language

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

John William Morris was charged with having used indecent language, on 21st January, within the hearing of persons passing along Combined street,…

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