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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

496 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 12 of 25

Court of Petty Sessions. Taree: Monday, June 6, 1940. (Before Mr F. G. Pocock, S.m.) Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

John Robert Rooke, Thomas Dyball, Thomas Edwards, Ernest Dennis, Oswald Ernest Riley, William Murray Patterson, and John Bruton,…

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Daring Theft Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

Thieves who broke into Film House, Pitt Street, early to-day risked a sixty feet drop to get into the building. They ransacked the offices of two film…

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Industrial Court Wingham, Tuesday, 7th JUNE (Before Mr F. G. Pocock, S.M.)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

The following were charged with committing a breach of the Factories and Shops Act—baking bread before 4 a.m.: George Pigram; Harold Lattimer,…

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Industrial Court Wingham, Tuesday, 7th JUNE, 1919. Before Mr. F. G. Pocock. SM

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 4

The following were charged with committing a breach of the Factories and Shops Act--baking bread before 4 a.m.:…

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Court of Petty Sessions Taree: Wednesday. June 8. (Before Mr. M. W. Penfold, J.p.) Drunkenness and Language

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

John Thompson pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk in Victoria Street, Taree, and with using indecent language on the same occasion…

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Local and General Shop Burglary

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

Yesterday thieves entered Mottee's care in Smith Street, and a sum of £12 was stolen. Constable E. Woods, of Kempsey police, is…

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Robbery at P.O. Man Before Court Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 3

Allan George Porter, 20, was remanded without bail at Redfern Court to-day on a charge of assault while armed and with robbing Jean Wilma Cummins…

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Court of Petty Sessions Taree, Wednesday, June 8 (Before Mr M. W. Penfold, J.p.) Drunkenness and Language

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 1

John Thompson pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk in Victoria St., Taree, and with using indecent language. On the charge of drunkenness,…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M., Tuesday June 14). Parking Breach in Main St

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 2

Charged with a breach of the Traffic Regulations in relation to parking George Gray, of Stroud Road, was fined £5 with 10/- court costs,…

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Alleged Theft of Watch

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

Redvers Buller Goninon was charged with stealing a lady's gold wristlet watch, value at £10, the prperty of Nellie Kathleen Nelson…

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Theft From West End Store

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 1

The West End Spirit Merchant Store was broken into, between 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday last, and a small quantity of…

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Police Presentation

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

Officers representative of the whole of Kempsey Police District, including representatives from Kew and Coff's Harbour, gathered at Kempsey on…

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State Election Ban £100 Fine, Gaol For Breach

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

Maximum fine of £100 or six mouths' gaol is the penalty for publishing or broadcasting any mather infringing the State Government's…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, 20th JUNE (Before Mr L. J. McGrath, J.P..

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

The following ware charged with drunkenness: Thomas Charles Marriott, James Robinson McLeod, Reynold Northam, Percy Arthur Ritchie and…

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Court of Petty Sessions Taree: Monday, June 20, JUNE 20,1949. (Before Mr. L. J. McGrath, J.p.) Drunkenness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

Thomas Charles Marriott, James Robinson McLeod, Reynold Northam and Percy Arthur Ritchie did not appear to answer charges of…

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Special Prices Court Port Macquarie, June 20, 1949 Before Mr. H. Isles, S.M. Peter Johnston, a Prices Inspector, v. Walter Reginald Brest

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 4

This was a charge of selling declared goods at a greater price than the fixed maximum price. There was a similar charge against…

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Trotsky's Murder an Unsolved Mystery

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 3

On August 20, 1940, in his house at Coyoacan, Mexico, Leon Trotsky was stabbed to death by means of a steel pick driven into his brain. The…

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Fined for Stealing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 3

Donald Earl Harragon pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two meter horns valued at £615-, the property of E. W. Hughes…

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Alleged Theft of Watch

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 3

Redvers Buller Goninon was charged with that, on or about 6th February, he stole a lady's wristlet watch, valued at £10, the property…

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Bound Over on Assault Charge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 3

James Martin Tracer was charged with assault and pleaded guilty. [?] R. S. Butterworth, for the complainant, said that the assault took…

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