Court of Petty Sessions
John W. Bourke, 30, of Sydney Road, Goulburn, was fined £5 on a charge of exceeding the speed limit…
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Courts & crime, 1952
381 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 20
"Murder" in Quotes
THE STORY: After my (Jimmer Malloy's) acquittal of the Charlie Berman murder, I have visitors at my home. The first is Charlie's girl friend, Ci[?]o Cansino, who says she knows I didn't kill him. Then Charlie's brother Earnie, who has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Vigilance
The Inspector of Police (Mr. D. C. Yardy) advised the meeting of the Kempsey Council last night that police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham, June 3,1952. Before Mr. Stapleton, S.M. Traffic Offence
Beryl Eileen Davies, of Moon Street, Wingham, was charged with a traffic offence, viz., "Not giving way to a vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Ball
The date for the 1952 Police Ball at Kempsey has been fixed for August 6, at Kempsey Show Hall. Sergt. B. D. Purkiss, is President of the Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Be Key to Murder
Police believe the dance hall holds the key to the vicious rape and murder of attractive 17 years old Thelma Dal Pozza…
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There wasn't much activity on the boardwalk. A few couples with over-red faces from too much sunburn, oldsters trying to beat the concession games or eating frozen custard, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warden's Court Leases Granted
In the Warden's Court, Kempsey, before the Warden (Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M.) on Wednesday the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions. Before Mr. Stap[?]eton, S.M. Two Men Fined For Ill-treating Cattle
Two men were fined at Wingham Court on Tuesday, on a charge of having subjected animals to unnecessary pain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Charged with Murder at Katherine
DARWIN, Tuesday.—Police today arrested a man who allegedly last night shot a policeman dead at Katherine,…
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Earnie Berman said nothing. Babe Tussig, a hand over the bandage on his neck, was also silent. Both looked intensely satisfied. "I've already talked to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dispute Over Silver Mine Before Court
At the Warden's Court at Armidale on Thursday. Hugh Alexander Trestrail, a mining engineer, of Sydney, alleged that the lessees of a silver mine at Jeogla should forfeit their leases because they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nabiac Police Court— Alleged Unlawful Assault
At the Nabiac Court of Petty Sessions on the 29th May, 1952, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., Trevor William Martin, Keith Frederick…
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The deputy opened the door. I held my head down with Hal Hover's hat pulled low over my forehead. The deputy, used to locking up the alimony delinquent and letting him go, even…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Transport at Bellbrook
"With reference to your representations on behalf of the Upper Macleay Progress Association concerning Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wife of "Chow" Hayes to Face Murder Trial
Mrs. Gladys Muriel Hayes will face trial on the charge of having murdered William John (Bobby) Lee, in the Ziegfield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Motor Traffic Cases at Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Mr. L. E Stapleton, S.m.)
The June sitting of the local Court might more aptly be titled a Motor Parade. With two or three exceptions, the fairly lengthy list had to do with traffic and motor, vehicle offences, but as none was defended,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Years' in Gaol for Armed Assault
A 19-years-old colored defendant named Benjamin Paul Blake was sentenced by His Honor Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., at the Kempsey Quarter Sessions yesterday to four years imprisonment on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Convicted for Assault at Nabiac Court
Three young men were convicted and fined at the last sitting of Nabiac Court of Petty Sessions on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butterfield Acquitted on Assault Charge
Desmond John Butterfield was acquitted at the Kempsey Quarter Sessions yesterday, before His Honor Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm…
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