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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Forster Court Uncontested Fair Rent Applications

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

Increased Shire rates last year was the basis of eight uncontested applications before Forster Fair Rents…

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Silver Spurs. Police Award To Ex-Gloucester Man

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

A former Gloucester man, now a mounted constable at Coonamble, has won the coveted police award of the Sliver Spurs…

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Tod-ay's Wingham Court. Tuesday, February 3, 1953. Drunkenness

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

Thomas Baldwin Findlay failed to appeal on a charge of drunkenness, and his £2 recognisance was forfeited…

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Duelling Legal Rules Court

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 6

BERLIN. -- A West Berlin Court has ruled that students' duelling was legal and its honourable scars were as…

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Big Rum Theft

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs. -- No trace has been found of 282 gallons of overproof rum stolen from the Beenleigh…

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Unlicensed Rider Defied the Police

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 5

At Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., several cyclists were dealt with for breaches of traffic regulations. Sergt. B. Purkiss, referring to an unlicensed…

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Police Warning on Bank Drafts

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- Detective Ramus, of the C.I.B., has issued a warning that police are searching for a man who…

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Noted Names in Tamw0rth Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

Two celebrated names were called in Tamworth Court this week. They were those of William…

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Court Order to Forfeit Crown Logs

The Northern Champion · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

An unusual case came before Mr. L. E. Stapleton. S.M., at Forster Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham, Tuesday, February 3, 1953. Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, Sm. Abusive Words

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

John Goodis proceeded against Douglas Hoad on a charge of using abusive words in the former's cafe in…

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Man Charged with Shooting

Macleay Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. -- Police have arrested and charged a 50-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a…

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Greenkeeper Knocked - Abo's. Costly Assault

Macleay Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 7

At Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., Frank Campbell, an aboriginal, was fined £2, and ordered to pay expenses totalling £1396, after conviction on a…

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Wilston Murder Inquest Fixed

Macleay Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sun .-- The inquest on Betty Shanks, 22, Wilston murder victim, to begin to-morrow will be held in…

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Licensing Court

Macleay Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

At Kempsey Licensing Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, SM., Mr. W. T. Slocombe was…

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Noted Names in Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

Two celebrated names were called in Tamworth Court last week. They were those of William…

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Citizens Help Police In Preventing Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 4

The NRMA has received a report from the U.S.A. showing the success of a scheme by which citizens assist the police in traffic law enforcement, in order to prevent accident…

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Small Debts Case at Forster Court

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 6

At Forster Small Debts Court on Thursday last, a verdict was given Frederick R. Elliott, produce merchant,…

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Alleged Gaming Cases Adjourned at Taree Court

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

At Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, on the application of Mr. R. S. Buttsrworth (Buttervvorth…

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Photo Finish Put Cashier in Gaol

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 7

LONDON. -- Handsome 32-year-old Roland Charles Fogden, a former bank cashier, has begun a five-year gaol sentence because of a horses's nose…

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Young Man Faces 11 Charges of Stealing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

A 21-year-old labourer who appeared on 11 stealing, charges at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, was given a month's suspended sentence by Mr. Stapleton, S.M…

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