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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

274 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 14

Police Commissioner in Launch Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

Police Commissioner Mackay and two friends had narrow escapes from drowning last night. It appears they were returning from Berowra in Mr…

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Jew Sentenced to Death. London

North West Champion · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

The "Times" Berlin correspondent states that the Hamburg People's Court has sentenced the Jewish lawyer, Michaelis, to death for high…

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Police Must Be Drivers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4

Traffic police in Gernrode, a small town in the German Harz area, are inclined to understand the feelings of motorists. This has come about because…

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Police Patrol Car. For North and North-West

North West Champion · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4

The police patrol car, to serve the North and North-West district from its headquarters at Glen Innes, has left Sydney. The car, which is…

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Kerbside Pumps Dangerous, Says Police

Manilla Express · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

Three kerbside petrol pumps in Bradley Street, Guyra, were singled for removal on the grounds that they were dangerous to…

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Charged with Murder. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

An inquest on Eric Arthur Carlson, 50, seaman, whose body was found in a blood-stained lavatory of the Glengarry Castle Hotel, was opened…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. S. Thornton, who has been appointed to succced Mr. V. H. Wells, presided at a very brief Kitting of the Police Court on…

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Magistrate Welcomed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

Prior to the commencement of the business of the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday a welcome was extended to the new Magistrate. Mr. F. A. Thornton,…

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Housebreaker Charged SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

At the Quartet Sessions today, Stanley Rae, 28. clerk, pleaded guilty of a charge of housebreaking in Elizabeth Bay…

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Moree Police Court (Before Mr. F. A. Thornton, P. M.)

North West Champion · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

John Blake was charged before Mr. F. A. Thornton, P.M., on Tuesday with having supplied liquor to a person having an admixture of…

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Assault and Insulting Words. Defendant Convicted

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 6

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. P. A. Thornton, P.M., Percival Kirk Shaw proceeded against Leslie Baker on charges of assault and using…

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Moree Police Court. Tuesday, March 7. (Before Mr. F. A. Thornton, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

John C. Blake, for whom Mr. F. C. Webb appeared, was proceeded against for having been found drunk and for supplying a person having an admixture…

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Taree Murder Charge Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 2

Justice Maxwell in the Criminal Court to-day refused applications for the separate trials of Harold Percy Smith, 33, and Matilda Ann Edwards,…

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Signs for Police Cars

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 3

Police cars on traffic patrol work in the London area will soon be fitted will fixed illuminated signs. This, says a London morning journal, should do…

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McKAY in Sydney? Police Search SYDNEY, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 1

The possibility that Gordon Robert McKay is in Sydney is not being over-looked by the police and an intensive search is being conducted for him…

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Police Patrol

Manilla Express · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

On Thursday last at the invitation of Sgt. Dick a number of Aldermen and townspeople met at Manilla Police Station to welcome…

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Two Charged with Constable's Murder. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 2

Acting-City Coroner Wood to-day opened an inquiry into the death of Lionel George Guise, 23, police constable, who died on February 26,…

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Police Patrol. Traffic and Courtesy Work

North West Champion · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Ezzy) and a number of citizens, including representatives of public bodies and local businesses, were invited to…

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Latest Telegraphic and Cable News Taree Murder Charge. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Conflicting statements, alleged to have been made by the two accused, were referred to at Central Criminal Court to-day at the trial of Harold…

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Police Patrol Reasons for Establishment in North-west

North West Champion · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 1

The principal reasons for the establishment of the police patrol truck in the north-west were outlined last Thursday by Constable…

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