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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 5 of 14

Moree Police Court Pillow Cases in Possession

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 6

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Gibson. JP., John Johnson appeared on a charge of having two pillow cases in his possession which may…

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Dubbo Search Murder Suspected SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

A message from Dubbo states the police and civilians are engaged in an intensive search for the bodies of two men, Thomas…

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Police Court. Offensive Behaviour

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 3

At the local police court this morning, before Mr. J. Gibson, J.P., Charles Welsh, also known as Frederick Welsh., pleaded guilty to a charge of having behaved in…

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Divorce Court Three Cases Heard Decision Deferred in One Action

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 2

Two applications for an order for restitution of conjugal rights, and one divorce pice, were dealt with at a sitting of…

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Police Court Municipal Valuation Appeals

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

In addition to ordinary Police Court matters the Quarterly Licensing Court and a Municipal Valuation Court occupied the…

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Alleged Assault Man Seriously Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

A brawl among a number of aborigines occurred on Easter Monday afternoon at the Aborigines Mission Station near Boggabilla, as a result of which…

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

North West Champion · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 6

At Moree Police Court on Tuesday morning the Moree Municipal Council proceeded against Phillip William Jeffree for depositing waste material…

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Moree Police Court. Tuesday. April 18. Before Mr. S. A. Thornton. P.m.) Breaches of P.P. ACT

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

O. Johnston was proceeded against by the Moree P.P. Board, for whom Mr. Brindley appeared, on two charges of having failed to travel sheep the…

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P. Board Problems Police Reports Adopted

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 3

The deputy chairman, Dir. S. Eather, presided at the monthly meeting of the Narrabri P. P. Board: Complaining that promises…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Failure to attach a duty stamp to a receipt issued to the Forestry Commission proved expensive for Hyde Bros, at the Police…

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Rector on Trial Assault Charge SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

When the case of Rev. Herbert Stanley Cocks, charged with having Indecently assaulted a boy in the Sydney Domain Baths, resumed at…

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Land Court

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

In connection with the conflicting applications for permissive occupancy of an area of land at Moree, the Moree Land Board Court…

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Alleged Murder. Inquiry Into Melbourne Tragedy. Melbourne

North West Champion · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2

At an inquest concerning the death of Richard McAlister, 38, who was murdered in his motor van on January 13 last, Miss Elizabeth Swale, who…

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Police Court Property Stolen From Hotel

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2

The second case of stealing property from an hotel within a few weeks was heard at the Police Court on Monday…

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

North West Champion · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

At Moree Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., Alexander McIntosh pleaded guilty to a charge of being an unlicensed driver of a…

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Car Driver Charged Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

At the Manly Police Court to-day, Ernest Ferguson Stephens, 32, farmer, was remanded on a charge of having at North…

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Late Wires Irish Soldiers Sentenced London, Wednesday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

Without retiring, the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the Hammersmith bridge expiation case, and William Browne, 22…

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Alleged Assault. Occasioning Bodily Harm. Defendants Committed for Trial

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., five defendants were committed to stand their trial at the Moree Quarter Sessions to be held on May 9 next…

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Committed for Trial. Five Aborigines on Assault Charge. Boggabilla Case

North West Champion · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 3

At Moree Police Court on Tuesday five aborigines, Walter Thomas Binge, George Binge, diaries Gilbert Binge, Thomas Binge and George Dotti were…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 2. (Before Mr. H. Hawkins. P.m.) Breaches of P.P. ACT

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

The Moree P. P. Board, for whom Mr. Brindley appeared, proceeded against C. Johnston on five charges of having failed to travel sheep the required…

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