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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, December 15. (Before Mr. G. W. Brown, L.M.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

Clarence Lionel George Walsh, licensee of the Bellevue Hotel, Tuncurry, applied for defining the boundaries of the licensing premises of the…

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Wingham Police Court FRIDAY, 19th DECEMBER. Before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M. POLICE v W. S. Rowe Alleged S.P. BETTING

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 1

Sergeant Lind conducted the case on behalf of the Police Department. Mr. L. D. O. Martin appeared for the defence. William Ernest Lind deposed: I am a…

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Small Debts Court Taree, Monday, 5th JANUARY Before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M.

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

Fletcher v Burns (Manning Shire Council, garnishee).—It was ordered that money paid into court be paid out to the judgment creditor…

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Kempsey Police Court. Motor Smash Sequel

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 8

The sequel to a motor smash on the Dungay Creek road on September 26 was enacted before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., at the Kempsey Police…

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Police Court. Taree, Monday, December 15. (Before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.m.). Undersized Fish

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

Police v. L. Duncan, charged with consigning undersized fish. Sergeant Taylor prosecuted and Mr. L. D. O. Martin represented the defendant,…

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Yass Mystery Arrest on Murder Charge Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

Police investigations into the mysterious disappearance in the Yass district on November 1 of Ida Davis, or Faulder, 38, took a new turn late…

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Stealing From A Soldier

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 1

Albert Wishart, a middle-aged man, was before the Court on a charge of stealing a suitcase, a suit of clothes, shirts, etc., and £17 in cash from Earl…

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Kempsey Police Court. Wednesday, 7th January, before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 1

Charles hur Horsey, charged with driving a motor vehicle with inefficient brakes, did not appear, and so the case was heard ex parte…

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Small Debts Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 1

Martin J. Bolton v. Leonard Wilks (Reg. Mavin, garnishee. No parties. Struck out. E. Dunn v. G. Spokes (Cody &…

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Forster Police Court FRIDAY, 9th JANUARY (Before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.m.) No Travelling Statement

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

James Godwin, of Bungwahl, pleaded guilty to travelling 32 head of cattle between Forster and Bungwahl, on 13th December last, without having in his…

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Solicitor Sentenced Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

A sentence of two years' imprisonment was imposed on John Louis Elliott, 46, a former Dungog solicitor, at the Quarter Sessions yesterday on…

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Police Court. Port Macquarie, January 6th Before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 6

John Male, charged with stealing a pair of fowls on the 31st December, valued at 6/-, the property of R, S. Stanfield, pleaded guilty…

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Licensing Court. Port Macquarie, January 6th Before Mr. G. W. Brown, L.M.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 6

The Inspector's quarterly licensing report was considered satisfactory. Sergeant Walklate, Licensing Inspector, said one matter outstanding…

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Reward Offered Stealing of Town Water

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

The Mayor, Ald. H. E. Chappie, at Monday night's meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council, stated that Council had of late been losing…

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Kempsey Police Court. Fines and Gaol Sentences For Assaults and Language

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

At Kempsey Police Court in Monday, before Messrs. N. L. Parker and G. A. Jeffery, J.'sP., David Ritchie, 53, of Burntbridge, was before the Court on…

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Germany, Murder Bomber, Is Now Bombed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Heavy bombs, some of them weighing up to 2000lb., seen being loaded to the racks of a British bomber before a raid over enemy territory. These are some of Britain's new "beautiful bombs," whose blasting power, five times greater than that of any previous bomb, is…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 19th JANUARY Before Messrs. F. R. Wood and A. T. Saxby, Js.P. Petrol Ration Tickets

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

James Corrigan was charged under the National Security Regulations with purchasing motor spirit without surrendering ration tickets corresponding to…

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Alleged Water Theft. Kempsey Council Offers Reward For Information Leading To Conviction of Offenders

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

At Monday night's meeting of Kempsey Council Overseer Kennedy reported as follows: The water question is becoming serious. On Tuesday…

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Small Debts Court Taree, Monday, 19th JANUARY Before Messrs. F. R. Wood and A. T. Saxby, Js.P

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Frederick C. McMillan v Charles Bowers (claim for debt).—Mr. L. D. O. Martin for plaintiff, and Mr. H. W. Cowan, for defendant, had the matter…

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Kempsey Police Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Indulgence in nips of methylated spirits, mixed with soft drink, at the Burnt Bridge aboriginal station, just outside Kempsey, resulted in quite a…

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