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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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In the Supreme Court of

Manilla Express · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

New South Wales Probate Jurisdiction. In the Will of Margaret Bowman late of Manilla in the State of New South Wales…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 7

At the Police Court, Narrabri, on Monday, before Messrs P. H. Hulbert and F. Freak, J's. P., John Henry Robinson was charged with being…

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Moree Police Court. Tuesday, August 8 (Before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 1

Edward Henry Turnbull was charged with being drunk, with having driven a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, and with not having…

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Tenterfield Murder. Kelly to Be Hanged

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 5

The case of John Trevor Kelly, who was found guilty of the murder of Miss Marjorie Constance Sommerland, at Tenterfield, and was sentenced to…

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Charge of Fraud Two Face Murder Charge SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 1

When Charles James Bendrodt, 48 manager, and James Ross Clarke, 50 manager appeared before the Central court today on a charge of having…

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Two Dead in Hut Police Discovery in N.Z. AUCKLAND

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 1

The dead bodies of two brothers, George Edison Bell, 41, and Harold Hume Bell, 34, were found in a locked hut on a farm near Waimate,…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Prominent Sydney Business Men Before the Court. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 1

When Charles James Bendrodt, 48, manager, and James Clarke, 50, manager, appeared before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of…

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Sheep Stealing. G. R. Wright Sentenced

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 2

We have been informed by the local police that George Ramsay Wright. who was committed for trial at the local Police Court recently on two…

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Police Inspector Drowned in Brisbane Waters. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 1

Police Inspector Alexander C. Muir, 59, was drowned in Brisbane waters yesterday, when a 16-foot launch, in which he was returning from a…

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Coroner's Court. Poisoning and Drowning End Lives

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 2

On the Saturday afternoon, the Coroner, Mr. J. M. de Leper-vanche presided at two inquests; on into the death of…

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Moree Cafe Proprietor Sued. £257 Wages Allegedly Due. Industrial Court

North West Champion · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 1

The hearing commenced at Moree Industrial Court of a case in which a Greek restaurant employee, Stephen John Ergon, is suing a cafe…

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"Bagging" Country Motorists. Police Stoutly Deny Suggestion. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 1

Police officers stoutly deny the suggestion made at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference that young constables patrolling country roads…

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New Turn In Woolcott Forbes Case. Four Prominent Men Arrested. M.L.A. Charged with Alleged Conspiracy. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 1

Following investigations into the activities of the Scottish Loan and Finance Co. Ltd., the Sydney police late last night arrested four prominent City men and charges of conspiracy, are being preferred against them…

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Alleged Assault. Incident at Terry Hie Hie

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 2

Alfred Roberts appeared before Moree police Court this morning on a charge of unlawfully assaulting John Stacey, thereby…

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Moree Police Court

North West Champion · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 1

Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., presided in the Police Court on Tuesday. Alexander H. McCoy was fined 2/6 for having failed to return a motor…

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New Serial Story Murder That Baffled Experts

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 7

One of the maxims of Detective-Inspector Hopton, of Scotland Yard, was that a theory which involves the possibility of a ghost having…

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Heavy Fines for Ineffective Brakes Traffic Cases At Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 1

Both owners and drivers of motor vehicles of which the brakes were not in a thoroughly serviceable condition were tined…

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Traffic Breaches Cases at Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 4

Broaches of traffic regulations again received the Magistrate's attention at Monday's sitting of the Police Court…

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Habitual Criminal Recaptured by Police. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 6

Clive Joseph Bourke, an habitual criminal who escaped from the Prime Henry Hospital on July 18, was recaptured at Waverley…

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Local Police Promotion. Moree Constable Made Third-class Sergeant. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, has approved the promotion of first-class constable Carmichael, of Moree, to the rank of third-class…

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