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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Show Manager Murdered While Murder Drama is Screened BERLIN

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

While three thousand spectators at a film palace were watching a murder drama on the screen, Herr Schooller, the…

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Frozen to Death Avalanche Engulfs Police BERLIN

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

An avalanche engulfed a squad of Bavarian police ski-practising in the mountains at Badoelz. 200 rescuers are working throughout the night…

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Neighbours Disagree East Moree Residents in Court. All Defendants Fined

North West Champion · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

A number of East Moree residents figured in a case at the Moree Police Court last Tuesday, when Mr. A. K. Loftus, P.M., was…

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"Reds" Cheer Basic Wage Variations Scenes in Arbitration Court Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

The full Arbitration Court sitting in Melbourne today on the variation in the Basic wage, while refusing to alter the basic…

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Police Court Claim for Wages

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

Before Mr. A. K. Loftus, P.M., at the Small Debts Court, Narrabri on January 19, Ken Hughes and Son failed to substantiate a claim for…

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Horse-stealing Charge

North West Champion · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

At Moree Police Court on Thursday last, Mr. A. K. Loftus, P.M., imposed a fine of £3, in default 21 days' ga[?] Roy Kerr, for stealing on or a[?]…

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Gindi Police Court. Fully Using Black Mark

North West Champion · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 3

Mungindi Police Court on January [?] 1931, Clarenceley, labourer, of Mungindi, [?] appeared before Messrs…

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Mel. Murder Mystery Inqst. MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

The inquest concerning the death of Mary Dean, 25, teacher, who was found murdered on November 12 of last year, opened in Melbourne…

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Moree Police Court. (Before Mr. P. G. Pocock, C.p.s.)

North West Champion · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 4

In spite of the scarcity of cash, many of the town's residents are still able to obtain enough money to purchase the wherewithal to become…

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District Court. Opens This [?]

North West Champion · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

The District [?] catta pr[?] not been sit[?]…

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District Court. Monday, February, 2, 1931. (Before His Honor Judge Mocatta)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

The District Court opened at the Court House this (Monday) morning, before His Honor, Judge Mocatta, when the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Strikers Stone Police and Men!

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

Serious disturbances are threatened as a result of the attitude of striking shearers towards the Sydney shearers who are being…

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Assault on a Woman. Case Dismissed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 4

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. K. Loftus, P.M., John Duggan was charged with unlawfully assaulting Mary Davis…

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District Court. (Before His Honor Judge Mocatta)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by His Honor, Judge Mocatta, at the District Court Sittings at Moree this week, in addition to those published in…

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Police Court

North West Champion · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 1

On the 19th of January at the Mun- (N.S.W. Police Court, before [?] K. Loftus, P.M., the following ca[?] were dealt with:—…

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Moree Police Court

North West Champion · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 1

At Moree Police Court on Friday morning John Bowman, 50, appeared before Mr. F. G. Pocock, C.P.S., and was fined 10/-, in default three days'…

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Divorce Court (Before Judge Mocatta)

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 1

Declaring it would be in the interest of both parties to have the marriage annulled, His Honour in Narrabri District Court on Friday, on the…

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Posed As Doctor Bogus Advertisements Police Make Arrest Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 1

Allegedly representing, himself as a doctor, a man arrested by a Sydney detective yesterday is said to have imposed on a number of city and…

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District Court Claims Fail Point of Law Decides Issue Ken Hughes & SON v. MRS M. A. PERKINS

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 2

A point of law arising out of neglect of the parties to have plans and specifications for the extras to be building approved by the Norrabri…

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Bank Property Clerk Charged with Stealing Sydney, Thursday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Francis Gregory O'Sullivan, 25, clerk in the Government Savings Bank, was committed for trial from the Central Court, charged with…

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