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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

172 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 9 of 9

Boarding House Burglary

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1928 · page 2

A burglar entered Mrs. Stone's boarding house, situated at the corner of Alice and Oak streets, East Morce, early on Tuesday morning and paid a…

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Boardinghouse Burglary

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 2

As a segued to the burglary at Mrs Stone's boarding house in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a young man named Hugh Lawson appeared…

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Police Court (Before A. K. Loftus, P.M.)

The North Western Courier · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 4

At the Police Court on Monday, December 3, W. Kain, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was fined five shillings…

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Another Assault Charge SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 1

Arthur Edward Semple, 19, salesman, and Leslie Glen Giles, 20, paper seller, were charged at the Central police Court today with haying…

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Suspected Murder BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 1

The body of a man named Bucharan, who disappeared from his hut on Biralee cattle station, Queensland, has been found in the Bowen River…

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Mysterious Fires. a Girl Charged

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 2

Recently three mysterious fires occurred at the Empire refreshment rooms, Inverell, occupied by Mrs. H. V. Dixon. On each occasion the fires…

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"Contemptible Form of Theft" Caustic Judge

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 4

"This is a most contemptible form of stealing, and I am sorry that I have not the power to make the sentence two years,"…

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Charged with Vagrancy

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 2

A man who is alleged to have confessed that he caused the recent outbreak of fire in Moree, and that he had threatened to burn down another…

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Alleged Assault Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 1

A young woman Informed the police that while she was proceeding homewards after attending a dance at Ashfield early yesterday morning…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 4

At the Police Court on Monday, December 17, before Mr. A. K. Loftus, P.M., T. Swindle was charged with keeping an unregistered dog…

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Fortune Teller Sentenced. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 2

In sentencing Albert Em eh Thomas to six months' imprisonment with hard labor for telling fortunes, the police magistrate at the Campsie Court said,…

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Police Court (Before Mr. Loftus, P.m.) Tuesday, December 18

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 4

George Alan Granger, licensee of the Post Office Hotel, was charged that on November 21st he supplied liquor to a person who was not a bona fide…

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Alleged Arson and Murder

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1928 · page 2

Sensational evidence was given in the Brisbane Police Court on Friday, when Colin Anderson, 22, laborer, was charged with arson in connection with…

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