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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

62 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 4

Theft of Tyres

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. warns motornsts against adopting a complacent view of their ability to replace their present tyre equipment, and…

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Workers' Compensation Court

North West Champion · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 8

The Workers' Compensation Commission will sit in Moree on Thursday next, May 13, at 2 p.m., His Honor Judge Perdriau presiding. Set down…

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Preparations for Final Assault

North West Champion · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The unprecedented activity of the Allied airforces operating from Britain and elsewhere last…

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Alleged Stealing Charge. Information Dismissed

North West Champion · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 4

At the Mungindi police court last week, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Thomas Eric Webb was charged with having…

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Angledool Court Case

North West Champion · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 6

At Angledool police court, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., William Arthur Bettridge, of Gunnedah, an organiser for the Australian…

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Workers' Compensation Court. Connell v. Webeck and Wilde

North West Champion · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 4

A Workers' Compensation Court was held at the Moree courthouse on Thursday last, His Honor Judge Perdriau presiding…

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Missing Motor Parts Cases Before Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 3

Before the Police Magistrate Mr. S. A. Thornton), at the Narrabri Policet Court, Reuben Smith (22) was charged…

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Gaol System Criticised

North West Champion · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 6

Mr. E. A. Mahony, S.M., who retired on Thursday after 16 years on the Bench, stated that many young girl vagrants who were sent to gaol…

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Sentenced to Death. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 1

Herbert George Ott (31), sheetmetal worker was found guilty in the Central Criminal Court of the murder of his wife, Doris May Ott (26)…

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In Full Swing Air Assault On Sicily LONDON, Wednes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 1

The Allied air assault on Sicily was launched in full force yesterday. Throughout the daylight hours…

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Carney and Grigg Appeals. Against Dismissal From Police Force. Mr. Harold Munro's "Appearances." SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 24 June 1943 · page 1

The hearing of the appeals by Constables Carney and Grigg against their dismissal from the Police Force continues to…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 6

Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. S. A. Thornton, at the Narrabri Police Court, Thomas Richart Roy' Watts (39), was…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 1

An order that all papers in the case should be forwarded to the Crown solicitor was made by the State Full Court when it, today,…

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Board Concerned Removal of Police Officer From Baan Baa

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 4

The Narrabri P.P. Board on Saturday decided to support a pretest by the Baan Baa Branch of the Fanners &…

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Breaking, Entering and Stealing. Setting Fire to Matter

North West Champion · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions, before His Honor Judge Storkey, V.C., Ernest Charles Rose (18) pleaded guilty to two charges, one of breaking and…

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Alleged Stealing

North West Champion · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 3

Harold James Sidebottom, for whom Mr. F. C. Webb appeared, pleaded not guilty at the Moree police court to a charge of having stolen a bicycle…

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Assault and Behaviour

North West Champion · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 5

At the local police court, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Herbert Maurice Smith, for whom Mr. F. C. Webb appeared, pleaded guilty to…

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Preventing Tyre Theft

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. engineers advise motorists 'to train dogs to look after their cars in order to prevent tyre thefts. Many owners…

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Stole Shotgun. Wednesday's Court

North West Champion · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 2

Royce Baker, labourer, was fined £3, ordered to pay £9 compensation and ordered to return a shotgun to its owner, when he…

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Social Evening Police Officers Departure From Baan Baa

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 5

Last Saturday night in the Baan Baa Literary Institute Mall, Constable Rippon and Mrs Rippon were entertained at a…

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