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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Police Court. Tuesday February 19th. Driving Under the Influence. (Before Mr. Loftus, P.M.)

North West Champion · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 4

Wilfred Walker (32) was charged that on February 18th 1929 under the influence of intoxication liquor he drove a motor vehicle, to…

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District Court (Before His Honor, Judge Mocatta.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 2

Catherine Bridget Whelan proceeded against Moree Municipal Council for the recovery of £200 damages for compensation for an injury allegedly…

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Divorce Court Wednesday, February 20, 1929. (Before His Honour, Judge Mocatta)

North West Champion · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 2

Alice Ada Cole petitioned for a divorce from her husband, Charles William Cole, on the ground of desertion. Mr. A. K. Smith (Moodie, Cole and…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

At the Manilla Police Court on Tuesday before Mr W. C. Geikie, P.M., a number of eases were postponed on account of…

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Brutally Attacked Assailant Charged with Murder Adelaide

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

Constable Holman. 32, was shot by a man whom he questioned about a disturbance on Saturday night, Holman immediately collapsed and died…

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Charge of Assault

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

At the Police Court this morning John Albert Norton was charged with assaulting Stanley John Northey. The defendant was remanded for eight…

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District Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

The following cases were decided in the District Court. A. F. Lane, appealed against a conviction of a branch of the Pastures…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 4

At the Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Forrest. P.M., the following cases were heard. For failing to return an expired…

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Police Court. Monday, February 25th, 1929. (Before Mr. R. C. Sheridan, J.P.)

North West Champion · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 4

John Albert Norton (28) was charged that at East Moree he did unlawfully assault Stanley John Northey…

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Unlawful Assault

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 2

John Albert Norton (28) pleadeaguilty at the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., to a charge unlawfully assaulting Stanley John…

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An Assault Case

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 7

charlie Taylor (36) was charged that he did uniawfully assault William Edmiston Lake. Mr. F. c. Webb appeared for the…

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Surry Hills Assault. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 2

Albert.Kerlz (45) was attacked, last night by a gang of man at his home in surry. He's and struck a severs blow on the head with a bottle and…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 5th, 1929. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M.

North West Champion · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 4

Samuel Wilcox pleaded not guilty to a charge that at East Moree on February 12th., he was in possession of three boxes of dead wool, and one…

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Latest Cables Tokio Murder. Tokio

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 2

Senji Tamamoto a prominent proletarian and member of the Did.was tabbed at midnight by a reactionary. The murderer surrendered to the…

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Police Court Tuesday, March 5. (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M) R. F.Munro V. W.Timmins

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 7

This was an action brought by Roland Forbes Mamo against W.Timmins for not using a direct road for travelling steek…

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Police Tricked by Clever Ruse Another Notorious Criminal Also Escapes

Manilla Express · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 4

Tricking the police by one of the cleverest ruses ever tried, a prisoner named Patrick Muphy escaped from the Water Police…

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Baby in Gaol

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

After Judge Coyle had sentenced Margaret Teales at the Cootamundra Sessions to six months' imprisonment for bigamy, he granted the woman…

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Charge of Murder SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 1

John Dawson Fisher, 24, Clerk, was charged at the City Court to-day with the murder of Harold Mc-Donald, at Richmond. Accused was…

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Women Fight Police. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

Police had a fierce fight with four women and a man in a house at Surry Hills last night. Eventually the occupants were overpowered and locked…

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Big Stamp Burglary. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Burglars broke into Lemaires Studio, George Street, this morning at an early hour and stole stamps worth more than £2000…

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