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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

170 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 6 of 9

A Tin of Fish. Defendant Sentenced

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 3

Thomas Clifton was charged at the local Police Court on [?] before Mr. Hardwick, P.M., with having a tin of fish in his possession which…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 8. (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 2

Edward Ernest Purtell was charged with having driven a mater car with-out a registered number plate attached. The defendant pleaadd guilty, and…

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Court House Hotel

Manilla Express · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 2

Considerate alterations have been made to the bar of the Court House Hotel. A parlor has been dispensed with and the bar…

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Stealing Charge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 2

Peter Moree appeared at the local Police Court this (Monday) morning before Mr. R. C. Sheridan, J.P., on a charge of having stolen n grey mare,…

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[?]Ed Stock Stealing

Manilla Express · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 1

A [?] that sheep had been [?]en damage done to property, by people camping on a stock route at Upper Manilla,…

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Sequel to Police Chase Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

Four youths, Arthur Joseph Wilson, 18, labourer, John Carl Farrell, 19, labourer, Ernest Buckley, 18, painter, and Cecil John Lord, 19, labourer,…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 1

Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M. at Narrabri Police Court on Monday last Albert Lidson, aged 42 years, failed to answer a charge of being found…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. Information Dismissed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 1

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., Peter Moore was charged with the having, in April or May last, stolen one grey…

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Strange Stories Abduction and Assault Seekers of Notoriety

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 6

What strange urge lies behind the fantastic stories of imagined assault, told so often to police officers by hysterical girls and women?…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Moree Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 4

As a result of police investigations of sheep losses in Moree district, believed to have been occasioned by alleged Sheep stealing, a number of…

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Alleged Murder Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court today, Irene Marden, 19, was charged with having murdered her two-weeks-old baby boy by throwing him from a…

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Young Girl Acquitted Murder of Infant Child

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 2

Cheers from the public, who crowded the Charleville court on Wednesday, greeted the verdict of not guilty in the case in which Thelma. Clare…

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Contempt Charges Full Court Hearing

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 3

In the Full Court' to-day Mr. Windeyer, K.C., resumed his argument, on behalf of Mr. Clive Evatt, barrister-at-law, who has been called…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 6

The following cases were heard before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M. at Narrabri Police Court on Monday last. Despasturing on Stock Route…

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Burglary to Goondiwind[?]

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 2

On Thursday night last thieves entered the railway station at Goondiwindl through a window and two safes were blown. The larger, containing…

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Stealing Harness

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 2

John Clyde Tribe was sentenced at the Moree Police Court to 21 days' hard labor and ordered to pay £4 4s 2d costs, in default a further nine days'…

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Suspend Arbitration Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 3

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly Mr J. Bayley, a former member of the House of Representatives, urged the clesing of the Arbiration Court for…

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Local and General. Revision Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 2

An open court, for the purpose of revising the lists of electors of Boomi and Boolooroo Shires will be held at the Moree Court House, on Tuesday,…

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Police Court. Uncovered Trenches

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 5

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Hardwick. P.M., Walter J. Riddle, sanitary contractor, was proceeded against by the moree…

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Sheep stealing Defendant Convicted

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., Charles Edgar Brazier was proceeded against on a charge of having stolen 14…

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