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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

336 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 17

Penalty for Cattle Stealing Criticised by P.P. Board Directors

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

At Tuesday's meeting of the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board very outspoken criticism was levelled at the penalty imposed upon two persons found…

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Police Court. Forester, Tuesday, February 27. (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.m.) Undersized Prawns

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

E. [?] Campbell, Jack Moran, Leo Amato and A. J. Emerton, licensed fishermen, all tendered pleas of guilty for having…

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Small Debts Court. Forster: February 27. (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court jurisdiction, a claim was made by Stewart W. Engel, of Tuncurry, against Stanley Worth Avery, for goods sold and…

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Taree District Court Tuesday, 27th FEBRUARY Before His Honor, Judge Storkey, Vc Miscellaneous Matters

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

Horace S. West v Robert D. McRae (claim for £136 15s 2d, alleged to be due under an arbitrator's awaed.—Mr. B. F. F. Telfer, instructed by…

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Kempsey Police Court Case Withdrawn

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

The police had no evidence to offer in the case against Donald John Hack. I at Kempsey Police Court on Wednesday, when two charges were called…

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Wingham Police Court. Saturday, February 10th 1945. Before Messrs. W. H. Spear and H. Bestman, J'sP. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 4

Francis David O'Brien was charged with having between the 25th September, 1944 and 20th October, 1944, at Cedar Party, near Wingham, did…

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Penalty By Police Magistrate Criticised. By Pastures Protection Board Directors. "Gloucester Advocate"

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 6

At Tuesday's meeting of the Gloucester Pastures Protection Board, very outspoken criticism was levelled at the penalty imposed upon two persons…

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Wingham Police Court TUESDAY, 6th MARCH Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, Pm. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 1

Francis David O'Brien was charged with having betweem on the 25th September, 1944, and 20th October, at Cedar Party, near Wingham, did steal six head…

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Alleged Assault

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

Terence Bede Smyth, represented by Mr. Murray, proceeded against Thomas Smyth and John Bernard Smyth on a charge of alleged assault…

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Alleged Assault

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Larkin proceeded against Mrs. Annie Bowen on a charge of unlawful assault, defendant pleading not guilty…

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Small Debts Court Kew, 28th FEBRUARY. Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

Thomas Kennedy v Percy Lowe (claim for £39 16s for goods sold and delivered and work and labour done and materials provided in and about…

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Municipal Appeal Court Taree, Monday, 12th MARCH Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

W. H. S. MeGlashan applied for an increase of the improved capital value on his cottage in Victoria street, from £1630, and this was consented…

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Small Debts Court. Kew, Wednesday, February 28, 1945. (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 3

Thomas Kennedy claimed £39/16/- from Percy Lowe for goods, materials, and labor in completion of and alterations to a cottage at Dunbogan…

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Theft at Kempsey Impostors Sentenced at Maitland

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 4

Kenneth John Evans, 19, merchant seaman, pleaded guilty at West Maitland Court to charges of stealing a wristlet watch and money to the…

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Police Court (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 1

Despite the fact that a couple of cases were stood over till a later court proceedings at the local monthly court on Tuesday lasted from 10…

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Police Court. Wingham, Tuesday, March 6, 1945. Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 1

Francis David O'Brien was charged with having between the 25th September, 1944 and 20th October, 1944, at Cedar Party, near Wingham, did…

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Municipal Appeals Court. Taree: Monday, March 12. (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 5

W. H. S. McGlashan appealed against the assessment of his land in Victoria Street. Taree, Taree Municipal Council had assessed it at £213 unimproved…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 19th MARCH Before Mr. S. B. T. Allan, J.P.

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 2

Leslie Thomas Gibson was charged with stealing at Dungog, between 5th and 7th January, two clocks, valued at £9 15s, the property of Edith May…

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Police Court Alleged Indecent Assault

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 2

At the Gloucester Police Court yesterday two charges of alleged assault and committing at the same time an act of indecency upon two…

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Kempsey Police Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 5

A 21-year-old Cres[?]ent Head aborigine, Sidney Williams, was senten[?]ed to three months' hard labor in Kempsey Court on Wednesday by Mr…

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