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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

381 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 20

Police Ball

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

Table bookings for the Police Ball which will take place in the Agricultural Hall, Kempsey, on August 6, may be made…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Stole Tin Of Paint—Fined £2

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 4

Dallas Kevin Northam, 19, Council employee of Muldoon Street, Taree, was found guilty of stealing a…

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Gaol Sentence for Boxer

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--A well- known boxer was today sentenced to 3 months gaol for assaulting the police…

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Fair Rents Court At Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

In the Kempsey Fair Rents Court, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., on Wednesday, Aileen Matilda Kemp sought a determination of rental of premises situated at 22 Tozer Street, occupied by Donald Fraser. Mr. J. A. Murray…

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Police Ball

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 2

Table bookings for Kempsey Police Ball, to be held in the Agricultural Hall on August 6, can now be made at Sabien's Newsagency…

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Minister on Supreme Court Judgment

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, said this week that he would carefully examine the lengthy Supreme Court judgment on the Ghoolendaadi case before deciding what action should…

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Police Ball

Macleay Argus · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 4

An invitation has been extended to the Premier and Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) to…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Tuncurry Publican Fined

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 1

At Forster Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday, Noel Percival Lumby, licensee of the Bellevue Hotel, Tuncurry…

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To-day's Wingham Court. Before Mr. L. S. Stapleton, SM. Three Charges

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Reuben Roy Greenaway, of Wingham, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk on Wingham Racecourse…

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Prevalent Offence Says Magistrate

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 7

"This type of offence is prevalent, but only a few cases come before the court," said Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at…

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Deserter Sought Over Murder

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Thurs.--Packs of bloodhounds are being used by the police in Southern France in search for 23 year…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, "Thursday.--Two young men were today committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, on…

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Police Chief's Success at Races

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday--The Metropolitan Police Superintendent, Mr. W. C. Thompson, told the Liquor Royal…

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Traffic Breaches Before Magistrate

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 7

James A. McQuade was proceeded against in the Kempsey Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. L. E. Stapleton S.M. on Wednesday for exceeding the speed limit in Lachlan Street on May 4…

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Police Make Quick Arrests

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 1

Two Kooringhat timber-workers, who were arrested within fifteen minutes of each other last week, were fined a…

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Inquiry Into Police Force Is Urged

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A Royal Commission should hold a frank and searching inquiry into the N.S.W. Police Force,…

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Police Baffled Still No Trace of £33,593

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 1

C.I.B. detectives have reached a complete dead-end in the investigations into the disappearance of £33,593 from…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham, Tuesday, 5th August, 1952. Before Mr. L. S. Stapleton, Stipendiary Magistrate. Stealing Charge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 4

David Anthony Jones, of Doyle's River, was charged with stealing, on 9th June, 1952, at Forster, one electric…

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Railway Cleaner Before Taree Court

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 4

Arthur Jarvis Tonks, cleaner, of the Railway Barracks, Goulburn, was fined £1 and ordered to pay £576- and £210- compensation by Mr. Stapleton, S.M., at the Taree Court of Petty…

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Monthly Court Day—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 2

Tuesday's regular monthly Court sitting in Gloucester might be termed an agreeable, i.e., an easy day for Mr. L. E. Stapleton,…

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