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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

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Brief Liberty. Escaped From Police

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

Henry Jones, the youthful prisoner who escaped from his police escort at Cooma, was captured last night at Michellagog, in the Goulburn district…

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Car Registrations. Police Proposal Opposed. SIDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

At a meeting of the N.S.W. section of the Royal-Automobile Club of Australia a motion was carried expressing an emphatic protest against the…

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A Woman Wounded. Statement to Police. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Edie Walls, of Riley Street, East Sydney, walked into Darling-hurst police station last night with lier face and upper portion of her…

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A Buried Child. Father Before Court. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

Henry Alfred Willoughby, 29, laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having wilfully attempted to conceal the birth of his…

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Sent to Gaol. for Cattle Stealing. Young Walcha Men Sentenced

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

Herbert Clyde Elwin Simpson and Thomas George Vincent Lisle were put forward at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before his Honor…

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Armidale Police Court. Variety of Offences

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

The P.M. (Mr. E. A. May) presided at the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday, when the following business was transacted:—…

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Dismissed with Costs. Story of Alleged Trespass. Police Magistrate's Observations

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

William Jackson Bliss proceeded against Albert John Morton on a charge of entering his enclosed land, at the Armidale Police Court on…

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Warden's Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., presided over the Warden's Court which was held in Glen Innes yesterday morning. Frank Webber applied…

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Webb's Murder 200 Detectives Searching LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

Two hundred detectives in twenty cars are scouring London for Webb's murderer. Already valuable clues, finger prints, various articles in the…

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Stealing from Dwelling. Clerk of Petty Sessions the Sufferer. Man Fined £5

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

Sydney Champion occupied the dock at the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday, before the P.M. (Mr E. A. May), to answer charges of having…

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Cock and Bull Story. But Mainly About a Horse. Magistrate's Scathing Criticism

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

Albert John Morton pleaded not guilty at the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday to a charge of having allowed a horse to stray…

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Alleged Assault Girl Charges Step-father a Row in the House Information Dismissed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., Hilda Mary Towers proceeded against Henry Hockley for alleged…

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Moore Park Shooting. Kingdom Pleads Guilty to Assault. and Is Treated As First Offender

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 12

The first case called in the Quarter Sessions at Armidale on Thursday was that in which Walter Joseph Kingdom was charged with (1) having…

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Graziers' Association. Police and Statistical. Returns. Impost on Telephoned Telegrams Resented

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 2

The Armidale Branch of the New South Wales Graziers' Association met on Thursday, when there were present: Messrs. P. A. Wright…

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Serious Charge. Sordid Case From Walcha. Father of Young Girl in Dock. Judge Congratulates Police Sergeant

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

At the Armidale Quarter Sessions on Friday, before His Honor Judge Mocatta. Ernest Markwick was charged with…

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Police Court. Royalty on Timber

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

At the local police court on Tuesday E. Tomkins was proceeded against by the Forestry Com mission for falsely stating that certain logs…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 4

George Edwin White, on remand, on a charge of having stolen one bullock; valued at £7, the property of Langley Onus, pleaded not guilty…

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Case of Theft

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

At the Inverell police court last week William Ernest Ryan was charged with having in November last entered the…

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Industrial Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

Inspector Ogilvie of the Industrial Department proceeded against E. Stehr for breaches of the Act, three cases being for not paying employees…

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Uralla Police Court. THURSDAY, 9th FEBRUARY Before Mr. E. A. May, P.M.

The Uralla Times · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 4

Armidale Pastures Protection Bd. v. William A. Jones, using an unregistered ear-mark. Mr. Wray, for the Board, said that…

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