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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 1

At the Narrabri Police Court on Monday, Henry Francis Hughes was charged with having dangerously driving a motor cycle on…

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Dalton Murder Case Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 1

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, of Frank Donald Green, 25, on a charge of having murdered Bernard Hugh Dalton…

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Tamworth Murder Charge Tamworth

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 1

According to the Police, Charles Jeffries Britten, who was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, stated the shooting was an…

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Children's Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 2

At the Children's Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. A. K. Loftus. P.M. two youths, aged 14 and 15 years respectively, pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Delayed Admittance to Sergeant of Police

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 7

The adjourned case in which Oswald Algernon Valentine Bush was charged with wilfully delaying the admittance of the police to the bur of the…

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Police Raids. on Chinese Gardens. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 2

Organised on a large scale, police raids were curried out last night on every Chinese garden in the metropolitan area…

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Supreme Court Number of Cases to Be Heard

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 1

Sittings of the Supreme Court will commence at the Narrabri Court House on Tuesday, April 15. The list is expected to be…

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White Slave Traffic Police Unable to Take Action Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 1

The Metropolitan Police raided a large number of Chinese gardens in the Metropolitan area last night in order to ascertain if there was any…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

At Manilla Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. C. Geikic P.M., C. Hurcum was fined £10 for having seven opossum skins…

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Surry Hills Affray Woman Charged with Murder Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

John William Prendergast, 23, was found in a laneway at the rear of a shop conducted by Mrs. Kathleen Barry, who is also…

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Mungindi Police Court. Traffic Cases

North West Champion · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 4

At the Mungindi Police Court last week, Mr. A. K. Loftus was confronted by the usual crop of offences against the traffic laws of the State…

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

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 4

For removing timber from Crown Land while unlicensed, Clifford Kermond, was fined £10, with £1 9/6 costs. John Stanley was fined £1…

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To-day's Wires. Victim of Assault. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 4

A man, believed to be George French, 45, was driven to Sydney Hospital in a taxi last night, the driver of the vehicle then disappearing. French…

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Local and General. Appeal Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 2

An Appeal Court to determine objections to the Council's valuations, will be held at the Court House on Tuesday, April 8…

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Moree Police Court

North West Champion · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 5

At the Moree Police Court this morning, before Messrs. R. C. Sheridan and H. J. Webb, J's.P., Thomas Welsh, 44, was charged with being…

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Moree Police Court Ill-treating Horse

North West Champion · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

At the Moree Police Court last Friday, James Choras, 27, was charged with ill-treating a horse in Warialda Street, East Moree, by working the…

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Newcastle Tragedy Mechanic Remanded Hamilton Murder Charge. Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

At the Newcastle Police Court to-day, Ronald Henry Edwin Channon, 30, mechanic, was remanded on the charge of haying murdered…

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Privileges Of J's.P. to Be Curtailed No Sitting with Police Magistrates

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 3

The State Government has decided to pass legislation which will prohibit honorary magistrates, including Justices of the Peace, from sitting on…

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Moree Police Court

North West Champion · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 4

At the Moree Police Court this morning, before Mr. E. C Sheridan, J.P., Thomas Gorman was fined 30/- with the alternative of seven days…

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Police Injured. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 4

During a sensational chase after a stolen motor car in the city early this morning, Constable Brown fell from the wireless patrol wagon and,…

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