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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Police Transfers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

Sergeant Laurence has received word of transfer to Cessnock and will leave with his wife and family for that…

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Fair Rents Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

At Kempsey Court on Wednesday, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., John William Walsh applied for an increase in rent in regard to houses occupied…

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Gloucester Police Court. Constable Davidson Douses 30-Year Old Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

"This fire has been burning for 30 years," a man allegedly said when asked why a fire had been allowed to burn near a Ward's River sawmill, during February…

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State…

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State Government…

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Bond for Theft of Circular Saws

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 7

A 25-year-old timbergetter was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M. in Maitland Petty…

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Stealing Country Seats- Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 3

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State Government has shown once…

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Court of Petty Wingham, Tuesday, April 8, 1952. Before Mr. L. S. Stapleton, Stipendiary Magistrate. Offensive Behaviour

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 6

Cecil Earl Folley pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in an offensive manner. Thomas Baldwin Findlay…

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Tennis Club's Bid For Court Control —

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 4

The Gloucester Tennis Club has proposed that it be given control of the Park tennis courts. The club asked for control of the…

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Stealing Country Seats. Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 4

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts, the State…

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Police Auction

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

A big list of unclaimed goods will be auctioned at Grafton Police Station on May 3. The items include 10 bicycles,…

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Alleged Beer Stealing From Railway Charge Dismissed at Taree

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

Charges of receiving and stealing three nine gallon kegs of beer, the property of the Commissioner of Railways, preferred against Michael John Condon Brown, 32, Railway signalman of…

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Charged with Stealing Truck

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 7

In Kempsey Petty Sessions, a defendant was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a motor vehicle although he…

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Court of Petty Sessions. S.M. Dismissed Beer Stealing Charge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3

Mr. Stapleton, SM, at Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, dismissed a charge of stealing against Michael…

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Fined £15; Two Stealing Charges

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

Arthur Herbert Amies, 22, was fined £15 when he pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing in Kempsey Petty…

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Court Case

The Northern Champion · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 9

Mr. Ron. "Pinky" Stone, butCher, of High Street, Taree, has pointed out that evidence reported, in in Court case this…

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Seven Remanded at Taree Court

The Northern Champion · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

Seven men were remanded until June 23 on charges of allegedly receiving and/or having in custody one nine…

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Magistrate Gives Stern Warning

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

"If indecent language and brawls outside dance halls [?] participants will find themselves on [?] that they will not be able to raise," wa[?] Mr. Stapleton, S.M., at Taree…

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12 Months' Gaol for Car Thieves

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

In Grafton Petty Sessions, yesterday, two young men were sentenced to 12 months hard labour on charges of stealing…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Man Charged With Culpable Driving

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 4

John Thomas Augustine Tull, 53, carrier, of Ward's River, was charged before Mr. Rex Hough. J.P., on May 2…

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