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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

655 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 33

Alleged Stealing

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 8

Harold Joesph Weatherby was charged with having beef in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen. This defendant was before the…

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Wingham Police Court Friday, February 23. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M. Alleged Assault

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 8

Alfred William Ward, was charged with that he did, on the 3rd of February, at Comboyne, assault Fred Betros. Mr. H. W. Cowan appeared for Betros,…

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Alleged Assault

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 8
Also in The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales

Samuel Mumford charged Donald Cameron with having assaulted him. This was a case from Bobin. Mr. L. D. O. Martin appeared for Mumford, and…

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Police Court. Wingham, Friday, Feb. 23, 1940. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M. Alleged Assault

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 5

Alfred William Ward was charged with that did, on the 3rd of February, at Comboyne, assault Fred. Betros…

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Wingham Small Debts Court Friday, February 23, Before Mr. R. Solling, P.M.

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 1

A. J. May v R.. Bennett, This was a claim for goods alleged to have been sold and delivered. Money paid into Court ordered to be paid out…

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Taree Police Court. Monday, February 26. (Before Mr. R. Solling, P.m.). Alleged Break and Enter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 6

Berna d Hall was charged with that on December 31, it was alleged, he did break and enter the garage at one Alex Herberte with intent to…

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Alleged Stealing

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 3

Ralph Sidebottom was charged with that, between 27th and 28th February, at Taree, he did steal one coat and vest, valued at £5, the property of…

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Stealing Charge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

Ralph Sidebottom was charged with, it was alleged, that between the 27th day of February and the 28th day of February, he, at Taree, did…

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Taree Police Court Thursday, 29th FEBRUARY Before Mr. F. R. Wood, J.P.

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 3

James Knight was fined 15/ on a charge of drunkenness…

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Police Court. Taree, Thursday, February 29. (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, J.p.) Drunkenness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

James Knight, for having been found drunk, was fined 15/ or two days…

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Murder Charge Shooting of Man in Restaurant Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

Detectives and other police who have been investigating the fatal shooting of Alexander Robert Henry Miller in a restaurant early on Sunday morning…

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Two Men Charged with Murder. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

Two men have been arrested in Cloncurry charged with the murder of Go Lum, an aged Chinese storekeeper and gardener, at his store…

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Stealing Charge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 7

Ralph Sidebottom was charged with, it was alleged, that between the 27th day of February and the 28th day of February, he, at Taree, did…

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Kempsey Police Court. a Lengthy List

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by Mr R. Solling, P.M., at the Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday…

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Wingham Police Court. Wednesday, March 6th, 1940. Before Messrs. E. W. Moxey and F. A. Fitzpatrick, J's.P. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

Rex Newlyn Hicks was charged with stealing three head of cattle—to wit. three cows, to the value of £15—the property of Duncan Cameron, of Mount…

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Alleged Horse Stealing Defendant Given Benefit of Doubt

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

James, Rowe, sen., chared that between 1st January, 1938, and 31st December, 1939, near Kempsey, he did steal one bay mare the property of…

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Taree Police Court. Thursday, February 29 (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, J.p.). Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 7

James Knight, for having been found drunk, was fined 15/. or two days. MONDAY, MARCH 4…

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Arbitration Court and Coal Strike. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

The Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court, Sir George Beeby, has agreed to intervene in the coal dispute if requested to do so by…

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Kempsey Small Debts Court. Several Defended Cases

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

At the Kempsey Small Debts Court this week, before Mr. R. Solling, P.M., the following defended cases were dealth with:…

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