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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

432 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 22

Pleaded Guilty to Stealing Raincoat

The Northern Champion · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 8

Harold Charles Chuppell, of Mitchell's Island, pleaded guilty at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to a charge of stealing a rain coat…

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Showman Charged— with Having Suspected Stolen Goods

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

A showman, Sidney Irwin Flaherty, who had a stand at the Gloucester Show, was charged in the Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Alleged Assault— Woman Defendant Claims Privilege of Special Act

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

A woman defendant in the Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday claimed the privilege of a special act for the…

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Cross Action For Assault— Upper Myall Timber Getter Fined

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

A civil cross action alleging common assault by Albert Leslie Roberts, grazier, and Harold William Blanch, timber-getter, both of…

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Fair Rents Court—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

By consent of both parties an application by the lessor, Mrs. E. L. Boustead, for determination of rent in respect of brick premises occupied…

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Court of Petit Sessions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 3

Owen Leslie Duncan and Laurence George Duncan, of Cundletown, pleaded guilty to a charge of having sold undersized prawns…

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Inquest On Death Of Baby At The Dewett— Police Consider Gate Should Be Removed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

At an inquest held by the District Coroner, Mr. F. J. Smith, yesterday, into the death of a twelve-months-old baby, Mary Eloise Moore, who…

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Theft of Car Tyres

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 7

In view of the shortage of new tyre supplies, thieves are turning are attention to cars left in the strects, according to the N.R.M.A…

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Alleged Assault Case Adjourned

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 6

A part heard case of alleged unlawful assault was adjourned to April 16 at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Wingham Petty Sessions Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 7

At Wingham Court of Petty. Sessions, on March 6, before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M., Herbert Frederick Norton. of Bellevue. Hill, and…

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Stealing Charges -- Defendant Remanded

Macleay Argus · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 8

In the Kempsey Petty Sessions yesterday James Wallace appeared before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M., on two charges of…

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Part-heard Alleged Stealing Case Further Adjourned

The Northern Champion · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

A part-heard case of alleged stealing was further adjourned after additional evidence bad been taken at Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. The charge related in apiary…

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Court News

Macleay Argus · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 4

William Colin Kennedy pleaded guilty at the Kempsey Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. F. G. [?]acock S.M. yesterday to being…

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Alleged Theft Of 29 Beehive Frames

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 7

Charged with having stolen 29 beehive frames valued at £218-, the property of Edith Maud Neville, between November 15 and…

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Drug Blamed for Theft

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK. -- The drug cortisone when combined with liquor might cause a temporary change in a patient's personality, a doctor told…

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Alleged Stealing Charges; Three Men For Trial

The Northern Champion · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

Three men on two charges of alleged stealing were committed for trial at Taree Quarter Sessions by Mr F. G. Pocock, S.M., at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. The ment were Kevin W. Riley…

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Murder Suspects Tell Their Stories

The Northern Champion · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 7

The lofty Sierra mountains provided a natural hideout for Doug Wells. Sought for the murder of Leahm Mackenzie, Hollywood…

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Forster Petty Sessions Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 7

The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. F. G. Pocock, presided at Forster Court of Petty Sessions on March 29…

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Police Sale

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

There will be an auction sale of unclaimed property at the Kempsey Police Station at 10 o'clock on next Saturday morning…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham Tuesday, April 3, 1951. Before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M. Offensive Behaviour

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 6

Henry Green, of Mount George, and Bert Humphreys, of Wyoming, pleaded guilty through Mr. F. H. Summerville, Solicitor, to a summons for…

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