Wingham Police Court. MONDAY, 23rd. JANUARY, 1939. Before Mr. W. H. Spear, J.P.
Victor Forrester, aged 20, was charged with being found drunk in Bent Street, Wingham, a public place. He was admitted to bail…
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Courts & crime, 1939
780 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 39
"Centre Court" Play
The name "Centre Court" tells everyone that the radio drama for next Friday, Feb. 4th, is a play of the tennis-court. It concerns the final of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wingham Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 25th JANUARY, 1939. Before Messrs. W. H. Spear and C. F. Beesley, J's.P
Leslie Dunn, Stanley Bugg (alias Clinton), Lance Paul, Thomas Simmons, and William Sherwood, were charged with trespassing on Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst Gaol. May Be Made Defectives' Home
Bathurst Gaol, scene of the recent attacks by prisoners on warders, probably will be closed cs a gaol for criminal offenders this year, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
Before Mr. Geikie, Licensing Magistrate, at the Port Macquarie Court House on Tuesday, the question of rebuilding the Hastings Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Police Court Monday, January 23 Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M. Alleged Vagrancy
William J. Murphy was charged with that, at Taree on 14th January, he was a person having insufficient lawful means of support…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wingham, Friday, January 20. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M. Alleged Detention of Cattle
This was a case in which Charles Cameron, of Mount George, charged Rex Hicks, of the upper Manning, with detaining the following cattle:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wingham Police Court Friday, January 20. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M. Alleged Detention of Cattle Charles Cameron v R. HICKS
This was a case in which Charles Cameron, of Mount George, charged Rex Hicks, of the Upper Maiming, with detaining; the following cattle. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Judge for Compensation Court Mr. Moffitt Appointed
The Executive Council on Wednesday appointed Mr. H. W. Moffitt a Judge of the Workers' Compensation Commission, the appointment to date…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. Wingham, Friday, January 20. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M.
There was no appearance of the parties in the following cases, and they were accordingly struck out: Wingham Sawmilling coy. v. Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Police Court Saturday, 28th JANUARY Before Mr. A. Wilden, J.P.
Steve Mayors was fined 10/ on a charge of being drunk in Victoria street the previous evening, and £2 for using indecent language on the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Policeman Convicted. "A Particularly Mean Theft," Says P.M.
At Kempsey Police Court on January 18, before Mr. R. Soiling. P.M., Hilton Sydney Smith, who until recently had been a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taxi-driver Sentenced. Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day Angus Barwick, 25, a former taxi-driver, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on seven charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Highway Robbery and Assault. Melbourne
With most of his clothing stripped off and suffering severe head injuries, William Hughes, 50, was found on Wednesday night lying in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Efforts for Gaol Release. Sydney
Although his friends are sparing no efforts to bring about his release from gaol after. 25 years of Samuel Freeman, who was sentenced to death in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Police Court. Friday, January 20, 1939. (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.). Drunkenness
Geo. Joseph Osborne and William Kenneth Agnew, who were found drunk in Victoria Street, Taree, on January 19, were admonished and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Judge for Compensation Court. Mr. Moffitt Appointed
The Executive Council on Wednesday appointed Mr. H. W. Moffitt a Judge of the Workers' Compensation Commission, the appointment to date…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court. Monday, January 23, 1939. (Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M.)
Henry J. Pearson v. William Langley. Mr. Butterworth appeared for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tenterfield Murder
Miss Constance Sommerlad, 38, niece of Mr. E. C. Sommerlad, M.L.C., was murdered on a farm four miles from Tenterfield on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Arrested on Murder Charge. Sydney
Detectives who have been investigating the death of John Browning at Tumut on January 28th yesterday arrested a man and charged him with…
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