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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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Moree Police Court (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M.)

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

The usual Court of Petty Sessions was held at the Moree Police Court on Tuesday, Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M., presiding…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 5. (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

G. A. T. Welsh pleaded guilty to having failed to return a traffic license and was fined 2-6, with 5-6 costs…

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Small Debts Court. Damages Claim

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

At the local Small Debts Court on Tuesday, before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M., Henry Francis Brown proceeded against Thomas Harris, claiming damages for…

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St. George Tragedy. Mullen Sentenced to Ten Years

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

At Brisbane on Thursday last, Harold Thomas Mullen, who, on the previous Friday, at Goondiwindi, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Ernest…

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Shooting of Dog Law of Justification Court Answers Stated Case

Manilla Express · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

One of the questions raised by an appeal before the Court of Criminal Appeal was whether the killing of a dog, pursuant to…

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Court House Hotel Modernising Improvements

Manilla Express · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2

The contractor, Mr. W. Mason, for improvements and renovations to the Court House Hotel, is expected to reach Manilla this…

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Police Baffled by Art. Theft Was Aeroplane Used?

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 3

It is believed that the thieves who stole pictures valued at £100,000 from Chilham Castle, Canterbury, the residence of Sir Edmund and Lady Davis,…

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Boy Sentenced Adelaide. Thursday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

At the Mount Gambier Circuit Court, Ronald Albert Sharpe, 16, a Slate boy, was sentenced to death for the murder of Miss Catherine…

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Adelaide Murder. Adelaide

North West Champion · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 4

At Mount Gambier Circuit Court Ronald Albert Sharpe, 16, State boy, was sentenced to death for the murder of Miss Catherine Theresa Bradley, aged…

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Theft of Pictures. Scotland Yard Baffled

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 1

It is believed that the thieves who stole pictures valued at £100.000 from Chilham Castle, Canterbury, he resdence of Sir Edmund and Lady Davis,…

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Drinking After Hours Magistrate's Aim "Make It Expensive"

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 4

"I intend to make after-hours drinking expensive. There is too much of it," said Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, in dealing…

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Police Methods. Judge's Condemnation

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court, Sydney, last year. Judge Thomson said that police constables had not the right to trap a man of good…

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Police Courtesy Squad. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

The police courtesy squad officially commenced duty to-day, when they set out on foot and motor cycles, watching for breaches of the traffic regulations,…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

As a result of giving a lift from Wee Waa to Narrabri to two persons, Denis John Lowder was fined £1 with 6/6 costs, in default three days' hard…

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Moree Police Court (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M.)

North West Champion · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 1

At Moree Police Court on Tuesday, John Thomas Daley pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping premises open for the sale of liquor in prohibited hours…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 3. (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

Elizabeth D. Wilson and William Donald Nevins were proceeded against for having committed breaches of the Motor Traffic Act. The defendants pleaded…

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Body in Suitcase Brutal Murder

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.) Sunday From an unemployment levy book found in the coat pocket of a man whose body was found in a suitcase…

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STOLEN? Police Commissioner's Car SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 1

An official car used by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J. Mackay. was stolen outside a house at Killara last night, while…

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New Zealand Murder. Victim Identified. Christchurch (N.z.)

North West Champion · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

There seems little doubt that the victim of the murder revealed on Saturday, when a dismembered body was found in a suitcase in the water at…

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Showground Theft

North West Champion · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 5

Messrs. Fitzgerald Bros, reported to the police yesterday that thieves had stolen about £15 worth of electrical fittings belonging to their amplifying…

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