Divorce Court
Three divorce issues were decided by His Honor Judge Storkey VC, at the Taree District Court on Monday…
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Courts & crime, 1953
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Two Aborigines Sent to Gaol for Twelve Months
Two aborigines of Forster who had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking, entering and stealing, were each sentenced to 12 months' hard labour by Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., at the Taree Quarter Sessions on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carioca Form Horse for Denham Court Handicap
SYDNEY, Friday. — Doncaster Handicap favourite, Carioca—cine of the best sprinters in Australia—is expected to win the Denham Court Handicap at Warwick Farm tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wingham Man's Appeal on £40,000 Court Verdict
An appeal against a jury's verdict for £140,000 compensation in favour of a woman who was seriously injured in a motor accident was settled during the hearing in the Full Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Stealing -- Brings £20 Fine
At Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, William Noel Donnelly was fined £20 for stealing four gallons of petrol. Donnelly, represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Exam. Good Passes
As a result of police examinations held at Kempsey Courthouse recently, a number of officers in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wingham Man's Appeal on £40,000 Court Verdict
An appeal against a jury's verdict for £40,000 compensation in favour of a woman who was seriously injured in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Forster Men Gaoled for Stealing from Shop
Two labourers from Forster who pleaded guilty to charges of breaking, entering and stealing at Forster on February 21, were each sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brothers Before Court on Burglary Charges
In Kempsey Quarter Sessions, on Monday, two brothers pleaded guilty to charges of breaking, entering and stealing liquor from a golf club. Patrick Selwyn Jerome was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Indecent Assault-- Charge Dismissed
At Kempsey Quarter Sessions, on Monday, Eric Ferguson Cameron pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecently assaulting a girl aged 8 years and 9 months…
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An aborigine's plea for leniency in Kempsey Quarter Sessions on Wednesday failed, Judge Storkey, V.C., saying he would consider the application if there were ways and means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Go Back to Mother" After Gaol Sentence
His Honour, Judge Storkey, V.C., told a New Zealander in Kempsey Quarter Sessions, on Monday, that he had better go home to mother--after he had served 15 months in gaol for breaking,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court Two Matters
At Kempsey District Court on Monday Mr. J. A. Murray appeared for Schroders Ltd. (versus James Foster) on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court on Jerseyville Hotel
Offices of the Licensing Magistrates and Licenses Reduction Beard, on Monday, advised the Macleay Shire Council the latest position in regard to the rebuilding of the Jerseyville Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Man Charged With Stealing Beer
A 20-year-old railway employee said at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday a detective had dictated part of a statement he had made about the alleged theft of bottles of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surprise for Police Chief
The U.S. Police Chief at Greenwood (Indiana) was surprised by admissions of two boys, 7 and 9, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Hears of Traffic Breaches
In the Macksville Petty Sessions last Wednesday, Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., dealt with several breaches of the traffic regulations. Dudley Thomas Riddell, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Rules on Tax Appeal
MELBOURNE.-- The Full High Court has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to deal with an appeal challenging…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate Warns Landholders on Rabbits
At Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., warned landholders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Former Taree Fireman Gaoled on Stealing Charge
A former Railway fireman, who had pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing six gallons of motor spirit, the property of Manning River County Council, was sentenced to three months'…
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