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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham, Tuesday, 6th FEBRUARY, 1951. Before Mr. C. H Blackmore S.M. DRUNKENNESS

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

James Roy Swan, 41, watchmaker, of Wingham, failed to appear to answer a charge of being found drunk in Bent Street. Wingham. on 20th…

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Wife Assault Charges

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

Two men appeared at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to answer charges of assaulting their wives…

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Refused Murder Appeal

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 12. (A.A.P.). -- The Judicial Committe of the Privy Council to-day refused leave for three Australians, sentenced to…

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Remanded to Sydney on Stealing Charge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

At the Kempsey Court of Petty Sessions, Robert Arnold was remanded to appear at the Central Police Court in Sydney, on…

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Stuart's Point Farmer Gaoled -- Unusual Stealing Charge Evidence

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 6

In the Kempsey Petty Sessions on Wednesday, an elderly Stuart's Point farmer, James Edward Cant, was sentenced to four months' gaol on a charge of stealing a wallet and money to the value of £1810-, the property…

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Committed For Trial On Stealing Charge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

Lindsay James Winden, of the Showground, Taree, was committed for trial by Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M., at the Taree Court House on…

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Taree Court of Petty Sessions

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. T. H. D. See, presided at Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. Pleading guilty to a charge of…

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Charged with Assault

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

William Raymond Lewis was ordered to enter into a bond of £20 to be of good behaviour for twelve months when he pleaded guilty to…

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Refused Murder Appeal

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council this week refused leave for three Australians, sentenced to death on a murder charge,…

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Committed for Trial on Stealing Charge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

Lindsay James Winden, of the Showground, Taree, was committed for trial by Mr. T. H. D. See. S.M., at the Taree Court House on…

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Possession Of Cattle Skins Nowendoc Grazier Sentenced

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

A Nowendoc grazier, William Holstein, who appeared before Mr. Hodgeson, S.M., at Walcha Court of Petty Sessions on January 31,…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. T. H. D. Sec, presided at Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. Pleading guilty to a charge of…

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Court of Petty Sessions All Cases Adjourned

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

As the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. F. G. Pocock, was absent, owing to sickness, all cases called at the Gloucester Court of Petty…

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Girl Killed Instantly When Car Struck Tree: Driver Charged

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

A 17-year-old girl, Barbara Watts, of Wingham, was killed instantly on Thursday night at Happy Valley, between Wingham and Taree, when a car in which she was travelling left the-road and collided with a tree…

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District Court, Feb. 27

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

The Quarter Sessions and sittings of the District Court which were expected to begin in Taree on Monday, February 26, will not now…

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The Old Gaol (At Trial Bay)

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 7

Majestic she stands -- memory of older days, Untouched by time or man's erratic ways;…

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Gaol Sentence For Stealing Clothing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

At Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M., Francis Daniel Swindell pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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Sent to Gaol for Committing an Obscene Act

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

A man with a long police record, Leslie Louis Dibley, made an appearance in the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday when…

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Grazier Sent to Gaol For Cattle Theft—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

A young grazier, of Ikey Creek, Mt. George, was sentenced to two years' hard labour by Judge P. V. Storkey,…

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Cattle Stealing. Grazier Sentenced To Two Years' Hard Labor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

A young grazier, of Ikey Creek, Mount George, was sentenced to two years' hard labor by Judge P. V. Storkey, VC at Tamworth Quarter…

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