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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

826 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 42

Assault Charge Postponed

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

The case of Michael Thomas McPhillips versus Percy Bruce Jones, on a charge of unlawful assault, was next called…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

William de Vere was charged with, it was alleged, having at Wingham, on March 1, indecently assaulted a male, and also with common assault…

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Stealing a Motor Car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

Ronald Lea and Walter Wilkinson pleaded guilty to having stolen a motor car, the property of William Baulman…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

Before Mr. D. M. Parker, P.M., at the Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday…

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Licensing Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 4

Before the Kempsey Licensing Court this week Richard Augustus Durrington was granted a transfer of the license of the West Kempsey Hotel…

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"Instigated Theft." Wealthy Man's Crime. "Sentence Richly Deserved"

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

The Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, in dismissing an appeal against the conviction and sentence imposed on James Clyde Hall, 60, in…

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Small Debts Court. Claim for Oil Depot

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

Before Mr. Parker, P.M., in Small Debts Court jurisdiction. George Brown proceeded against Samuel Barningham Lacey…

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Alleged Assault

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 3

Lance Betts was charged with, it was alleged, that at Wingham, October 31, he did assault Mabel Ann Garland and then commit an act of…

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Alleged Assault of Female

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 2

Lance Betts pleaded nut guilty to a charge that, at Wingham on 31st October, 1087, he did assault Mabel Ann Garland, and did then commit an act of…

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Taree Quarter Sessions Alleged Breaking, Entering and Stealing

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 1

Isaac Henry Forsythe, Max Paul Runkel and James Campbell were charged with breaking, entering and stealing from the jeweller's shop of Frederick…

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District Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 6

His Honour, Judge Clancy, visited Port Macquarie on Monday for the sittings of the District Court, but cases listed were adjourned…

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Taree Jubilee Show Committee Arranges Details. Request for Police Cyclists

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 7

Further details in connection with next week's Taree show were considered by the committee at 11 meeting in the Taree School of Arts on Monday night…

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Taree District Court Tuesday, 8th MARCH Before His Honor Judge Claney. GARNISHEES

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 4

Alfa Laval Separator Co. Ltd. v W. J. Kenning (Upper Wallamba Co-op. Dairy Society Garnishee). On the application of Mr. E. O. Martin, fur the garnishee…

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Licensing Court. Port Macquarie, March 8Th. Before Mr. D. R. Parker, L.M.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 3

An application for transfer of the Riverview Hotel, Telegraph Point, from C. E. Priest to F. J. Brennan. was granted…

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District Court. Taree, Tuesday, March 8. (Before His Honor Judge Clency). Stood Over

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 4

John Sydney Dodds v. Martin Brisbane, claim for £236/18/7, alleged to be due for rent, etc. On the application of Mr…

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Gloucester Police Court. (Before Mr. Parker, P.M.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

Keith McCarthy, who did not appear when his name was called, was fined 35/- with 8/- costs, and Donald. McKinnon was fined 10/- with 8/-…

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Roberts Arrested. Newcastle Murder

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

There was an unusual development yesterday in the Newcastle "strangled girl mystery" when Leonard William Roberts, a witness at the inquest, was…

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The Parramatta Murder Case. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

At the Central Criminal Court today Dudley Lorraine O'Brien, 22, a baker, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered his wife,…

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Sent for Trial on Murder Charge. Newcastle

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

Leonard William Roberts, 34, was charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Dorothy May…

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Newcastle Murder Roberts Arrested

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

There was an unusual development on Monday in the Newcastle '.strangled girl mystery" when Leonard William Roberts, a witness at fie inquest, was…

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