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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

826 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 42

Disaster on Harbor. Crowded Excursion Launch Capsizes and Sinks. Eleven Drowned; Many Missing. One Hundred and Fifty Struggling in Water. Gallant Rescues by U.S.A. Sailors and Police

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 2

Four women and one man are known to have been drowned when the double-decker pleasure launch, Rodney, capsized in Sydney Harbor…

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Kempsey Police Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

The following cases were heard before Mr. J. S. Hart, J.P., at the Kempsey Police Court this week: Neil Dungay and Frederick Wells,…

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Cunning Myalls Cattle Stealing in the Northern Territory

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

Aborigines in the coastal areas of the Northern Territory and in the north-west of Western Australia still help themselves to the white man's…

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Taree Police Court Saturday, 12th FEBRUARY Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 7

Thomas Boomer wad fined £2 on a charge of being drunk in River street on tilth February. Constable Crotty said Boomer, a colored man, was not…

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Police Court. Taree, Saturday, February 12 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, S.m.). Drunkenness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1

Thomas Boomer pleaded guilty to having been found drunk in River Street, on February 11, and was fined £2. in default four days'…

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New Court House for Wingham

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 3

Friday, 25th February, has been chosen as the date on which the foundation stone of the new Court House at Wingham is to be set in position…

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Hotel Accomodation and Stealing

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

Roy O'Brien was charged with that at Taree on 20th February, being supplied with liquor and accommodation to the value of £1 1s at the Royal…

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Police Court. Taree, Monday, February 21. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, S.m.) Drunkenness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

William and Percy Simons, charged with having been found drunk, did not appear and their recognisance of 10/- was forfeited…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 21st FEBRUARY Before Mr. D. F. Parker, S.M. DRUNK

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

Wm. Simons pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk in Victoria street on Saturday. Bail of 10/- forfeited…

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Lash Ordered. Fashionable Young Men Sent to Gaol. LONDON, Feb. 20

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 3

Robert Harley, 26, journalist, was sentenced to seven years' hard labour and 20 strokes of the cat, for conspiracy to steal, robbery with violence…

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Small Debts Court. Taree, Monday, Feb. 21. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, S.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

Sorby's Pty. Ltd. v. P. Christiansen, matter of examination order. There were no parties and the matter was struck out…

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Drunkenness and Assault

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

William Newman pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk at South West Rocks on 22nd January and that on the same date and place he did…

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Kempsey Police Court. P.m.'s Fortnightly List

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

Before Mr. D. M. Parker, P.M., the following cases were dealt with at the Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday…

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Taree Police Court. Saturday, February 12. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, S.m.). Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 8

Thomas Boomer pleaded guilty to having been found drank in River Street, on February 11, and was fined £2, in default four days'…

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Taree Police Court. Monday, February 21, 1938. (Before Mr D. F. Parker, S.m.) Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

William and Percy Simons, charged with having been found drunk, did not appear and their recognisance of 10/-was forfeited…

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New South Wales Police. The Celebrations and Earlier Years

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

Now that the first intensive period of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations has been completed I should like to pay a cordial tribute to the work of…

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Sequel to Car Collision Counter Claims in Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 9

Before Mr. Parker, Relieving P.M., sitting in Small Debts Court jurisdiction, Walter Bassett proceeded against…

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Shock for Workmen. Human Bones in Shaft. Mystery Baffles Police

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Human bones and a skull have been found in a Manchester office building at the bottom of a shaft last used seven years ago. The building is in…

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Shock for Show Committee. Old and Almost Forgotten Law Puts Them Out of Court

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

When the Central North Coast National Show Committee at Kempsey proceeded, recently, against one Nelson, holder of the publican's booth rights…

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Wingham's New Court House. Foundation Stone. Hon. L. O. Martin Sets It In Position

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

There was a good gathering of residents and school children at the Wingham Court House site this morning, Friday, 25th. February, 1938, when…

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