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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Police Court (On Monday: Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.)

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 2

Chas. H. Wood, Shire Clerk, proceeded against Richard John He[?]on for falling to submit copies of plans and specifications of building before…

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Police Court Friday, September 8. 1932. (Before Messrs. C. G. Hobbes and J. W. Nelson, Js.P.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 3

Gordon Bede Dalander was charged with being drunk is Heber Street Lane, Moree, on September 7. Mr. F. C. Wobb appeared for the…

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Noree Murder Curban Found Not Guilty. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court, John Joremiah Curran was charged with the murder of Th[?] Hogan solicitor and Mayor of Maree…

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Police Court Tuesday. September 19. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 3

Horatlus Roderick Wheeler was proceeded against by Mary Pitman for that he did, on August 27, without lawful excuse, enter into the enclosed…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 2

On Monday, 11th, September, before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M. Thomas Ebe[?] West was charged with theft. Accused elected to be…

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Police Court Tuesday, September 26. (Before Mr. J. D. Rorke. J.P.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 1

Norman Lyons (25) was charged with that he did, on September 25, have in his custody at the Mehi River, near Moree, certain things, to wit…

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Licensing Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Friday, before Mr. A. Thompson, an application by Mr. F. C. Webb for the transference of the colonial wine license…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 2

At the Moree Quarter Stove Daniel Burkensauw a youth pleaded guilty to a charge of here stealing at Carol Creek some lay in…

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Brutal Murder

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 2

Clarence Patrick McLennan was found murdered in Centennial Park on Tuesday afternoon. The victim was an inmate of the Woodville Red Cross…

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Police Tyranny. (Published by arrangement.) Woman in Hysterics

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 1

This is the sort of thing that occurs in U.S.A. since Prohibition was foisted on to the people. It is taken from the New York "Tribune."…

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Police Tyranny Woman in Hys[?]rics. (Published by Arrangement.)

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 1

This is the [?]rt of thing that occ[?] in U.S.A. since Prohibition was foisted on to the people. It is taken from the New York "Tribues."…

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Moree Police Court

North West Champion · Monday 16 October 1922 · page 2

Notwithstanding the tropical climatic conditions prevailing during the week-end the sobriety and general good conduct of the people were well preserved…

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Gaol for Gunmen

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 October 1922 · page 1

People found with revolvers or other concealable firearms in their possession, without a license are to receive short shift in future. They…

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Sensation in Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1922 · page 1

Asensation was created in the Mackey Circuit, when a prisoner, Eric William Russell, swallowed a quantity of whilst in the dock…

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Police Court Incident. a Bench Reproach

North West Champion · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 2

One of the defendants in the Police Court proceedings on Tuesday was responsible for more than the average one man share in the publicity that…

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"Child Murder."

North West Champion · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 2

Speaking at St. Mary's Cathedral, the Rev. Father Hannigan said that on the Judgment Day many a wife would weep copious and fruitless tears for the…

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Licensing Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Tuesday, S. G. Jones was granted a license for a booth on the racecourse on October 25 and 23 (the two days of the Moree…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 19. (Before Mr. J. W. Laidlaw. P.M.) Old Man Vagrant

North West Champion · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 2

[?] Swindell (62) after having b[?]ned £1, or 7 days imprisonment. for drunkenness, was charged with being as idle and disorderly person with…

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Police Court Tuesday, October 17. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.) Found on Licensed Premises

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

Alfred Harrison was charged with being found on licensed premises of Tattensall's Hotel on Saturday, October 7, during prohibited hours. The…

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Publican Prosecuted Serving a Drunken Man. Moree Court Proceedings

North West Champion · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

The hearing of a charge brought by the Police against a local publican at the Moree Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, P.M., aroused…

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