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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Six Months for Stealing Watch

North West Champion · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 10

Hamilton Gordon Bowles, alias Leslie John Hayes was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour by Mr. N. C. Hawes, S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Police Search for Four Bodgies Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

Police are searching for four bodgie-type youths who last night attacked two men and a young girl…

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Man Charged with Cutting Hair

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 5

Police on Monday charged a man with having assaulted a six-year-old girl by cutting off several locks of her hair…

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Six Months Gaol For Assaulting Female

North West Champion · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2

Geoffrey Earl Dillon was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour by Mr. N. C Hawes, S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Man Charged with Murder

North West Champion · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 1

A man who is in a serious condition in Collarenebri Hospital is under police guard following his alleged statement…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 10

At the Police Court on Wednesday P. C. Hall pleaded guilty to having been found drunk on two separate occasions on…

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Saffron in Court Sydney, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 1

Abraham Gilbert Saffron today appeared at the Central Criminal Court on four charges of giving false…

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Three Months for "Despicable Theft"

North West Champion · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

For what was described by Mr. N. C Hawes S.M., as a despicable theft, William Henry Reeves was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour at Moree Petty Sessions…

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Four Months Gaol For Vagrant

North West Champion · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 8

Francis C. Waters pleaded guilty at Moree Petty Sessions on Monday to charges of trespassing in the…

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Police Chief Visits Broken Hill Broken Hill

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 1

The N.S.W. Deputy Police Commissioner, Supt. Lawrence, is expected in Broken Hill shortly after…

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Moree Magistrate Farewelled

North West Champion · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 1

Tributes to the efficiency of Mr. N. C. Hawes, S.M. were paid at Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday morning by members of the legal profession, police and Court House staff…

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Fined £10 for Stealing

North West Champion · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 4

Charles Neville Stewart pleaded guilty at Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday to two charges of stealing…

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Gaol Sentence For Man Who Stole From Sick Employer

North West Champion · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 1

A man who stole from his employer while the latter was in hospital was given a term of imprisonment by Mr. N. C. Hawes, S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions last week…

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Ran From Police Once Too Often

North West Champion · Wednesday 31 December 1952 · page 1

A man who was warned at Moree Petty Sessions not to run away when being questioned by police, was again brought before Messrs A. W. Swaddlng and W. McCall, J's. P., charged with…

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