Three Aboriginals Get Year's Gaol
Three aboriginals, Alexander Thorpe, Joseph Albert Holten and Isaac Smith, were each sentenced to twelve months' gaol when they appeared before Kempsey Quarter Sessions on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1954
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Magistrate Warns On liquor For Aborigines
The supplying of intoxicating liquor to aboriginal women was an offence he regarded as most serious,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowraville Thief Gets 12 Months Gaol Sentence
At Kempsey quarter sessions on Monday, Laurie Kelly, an aboriginal, who pleaded guilty to breaking,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Recover Milk Money
Taree police have recovered milk money stolen during the past few days, and householders who wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Change at Nabiac
Constable Attrill, who has been in charge of Nabiac Police Station for several years, has been transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Domestic Interlude Aired in Court
At Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, Thomas Bruce Swan, of Clybucca, was bound over to be of good behaviour for twelve months, after having been convicted on charge of assaulting his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traffic Charges Heard at Taree Court
Fines totalling £12/11/- were imposed on four defendants who pleaded guilty to traffic breaches, by Mr. O. Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. Taree, Tuesday, 9th MARCH, 1954. Before His Honor Judge Storkey, Vc. Claim for Payment
L. J. Gleeson, plaintiff v. L. Wood, defendant. This was an application to set aside a judgment entered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court of Petty Sessions. Wingham, Wednesday, 17th March, 1954. Before Mr. W. D. Evans, J.P. Offensive Behaviour
Bernard William Richards, of Kolodong, was charged with, on 12th March, 1954, at Wingham Showground, behaving in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taree Magistrate Commends Shire
"The Manning Shire Council is to be commended for its public spirit in looking after the area under its control,' Mr. Lake, S.M., said at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Advice
Newly licensed drivers in Victoria receive a letter from the Victorian State Commissioner of Police asking them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Prosecutor Welcomed
Police prosecutor Sergeant W. C. Bowler was welcomed to Taree by members of the legal profession and the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Gaol In Rolls
LONDON, March 25. -- Twenty-seven year old Lord Montague has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Awarded Damages Following Assault
A Maclean girl cried at Grafton District Court on Tuesday after being awarded damages by Judge Storkey, V.C., in an action for assault. The girl, Patricia Agnes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Rail Theft Two Men Charged
At Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Friday, before Messrs. H. Woods and G. Smith, J.'sP., two men were charged with allegedly having over £2,000 worth of goods in their possession, reasonably…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Experience May Give Police Greater Control
CASINO: Legislation may be introduced to force Northern Rivers residents to leave their homes during a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing Purses Landed Purfleet Man into Gaol
An aboriginal who pleaded guilty to two charges of steal-years hard labour by Mr. O. Lake, S.M., at Taree…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Gaoled for Stealing from Railway Tents
Three aboriginals were each sentenced to six weeks imprisonment with hard labour by Mr. O. Lake, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Ignored Police Warning
A youth who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of liquor was fined £10 by Mr. O. Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Sequel to Collision on Wingham Road
A lorry driver who had pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving, was convicted and fined £12 by Mr. O. Lake, S.M., at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…
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