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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Theft of Shire Petrol

North West Champion · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 7

Thieves stole stores to the value of 213 from Boolooroo Shire Council last year. Share Engineer, Mr. E…

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Police Search For Missing Mail-bag Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

Police said today that 40 registered letters and 10 registered packages were also in the…

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Electrical Engineer Charged with Stealing

North West Champion · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

John Julius Haver (43), radio engineer of Moree, was ordered into a bond of £20 to be of good behaviour for a…

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Suspended Sentence For Stealing From Theatre

North West Champion · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

For stealing £20 from Hoyts' Capitol Theatre on January 21, Rowley Nicholls, of no fixed place of abode, was sentenced to three months imprisonment at Moree Petty Sessions, sentence…

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Police Seek Owner of Cycle

North West Champion · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 4

Moree police are seeking the owner of a Malvern Star, two star, red racing type cycle with silver wheels, believed to…

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Month's Gaol for Vagrant

North West Champion · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

John Bartman was sentenced to imprisonment for one month by Mr. W. P. McCall J.P. at Moree Petty Sessions…

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Police Officer's Novel Hobby

North West Champion · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

Sergeant W. S. Forrest, of Moree Police, has a novel hobby, He is engaged in collecting…

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Police Court Ejectment Order Refused

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 7

An application by Mrs. H. J. Carrington for an ejectment order against P. C Robbins, tenant of 112 Balonne…

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Police Court Fair Rents Board

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 12

Eight applications were listed for hearing at Thursday's sitting of the Pair Rents Board…

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Police Court Unregistered Vehicle Brings fine

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

Driving an uninsured vehicle on a public road could be a serious matter, said the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. C. K…

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Compensation Court for Moree

North West Champion · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

A Workers' Compensation Court will sit at Moree onm Thursday, March 12. His Honour, Judge A…

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Horse Owner May be Charged SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

High police officials today recommended that a charge be laid against C. Neville…

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Police to Report On Shooting SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

A report is being prepared by detectives on the shooting of a well-known criminal…

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Police Station at East Moree

North West Champion · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 7

Moree Council will again press for the establishment of a police station at East Moree. At a meeting on Monday night…

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Sydney Police Seek Vic. Man Wanted for Questioning Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

Sydney police last night raided well-known criminal haunts in a hunt for the killer of a man in Mebourne on Tuesday night. The man they wish to interview is…

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Gaol for Vehicle Theft

North West Champion · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

Robert Nean, of no fixed place of abode, was sentenced to two months imprisonment with, hard labour, at Moree Petty Sessions…

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Fined for Stealing

North West Champion · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

John Henry Hillier was fined £7 on each of four charges at Moree Petty Sessions. They were:…

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Gaol Playground to Lonely Tot

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 4

An eight-year-old girl burglar in Akron, Ohio, gave herself up to the police recently because she wanted to go to…

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Gunnedah Court Kept Busy

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

During the past seven years there has been an increase of over 300 per cent in the number of both charge and…

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Man Charged with Malicious Wounding

North West Champion · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

Moree Police have charged a railway fettler with maliciously wounding an aborigine at Garah at the week-end…

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