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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 10

R. Smibert pleaded not guilty when charged with negligent driving on March 12. Constable R. F. Robertson…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 3

Application for an adjournment in a case in which George Laing proceeded against another person…

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Police Seek Owners of Lost Property

North West Champion · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

Moree police would like to find the owners of the following lost property: Lady's suit coat containing…

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Goaled for Stealing

Manilla Express · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

In the Manilla Court of Petty Session on Wednesday Laurence L. Carter of Manilla was sentenced to two…

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Revision Court

Manilla Express · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 2

A Revision Court in connection with the Municipal and Shire Rolls was held in the Court House on…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 4

Several traffic offences were listed for hearing at the Police Court on Wednesday, when Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.,…

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U.S. Kidnap Case Ends With Discovery Of Child's Body Two Charged with Brutal Murder

North West Champion · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.—The mystery of Bobby Greenlease kidnap case involving payment of £268,000, ended in heartbreak yesterday with the discovery of the child's body in a…

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Two Remanded on Assault Charge

North West Champion · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 6

Two men were remanded to February 15, 1964, by Mr. C. K. Ward S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday…

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£15 Fine for Unlawful Assault

North West Champion · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 5

James Field (45) of no fixed place of abode, was fined a total of £15 by Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday. Field pleaded guilty to…

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Police Constable Farewelled

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 8

At the conclusion of business at the Police Court sitting on Thursday, the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. C. K. Ward,…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 5

At the Police Court on Thursday, it was necessary for the magistrate to adjourn one case part-heard…

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Assault Charges

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 13

The part-heard case in which G. Laing charged S. Roe (described in the charge as "Rowe") was concluded…

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Not Guilty of Stealing Distillate

North West Champion · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 12

Without calling on the defence, a Moree Quarter Sessions jury this week found Geoffrey James Gall not guilty on two charges of stealing. Gall had pleaded not guilty…

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18 Months Imprisonment for Stealing Whisky

North West Champion · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 5

"I don't like people who come to this Court and throw the blame for their dereliction on perfectly decent police officers," said his Honour, Judge P. V. Storkey V.C., at Moree…

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Mungindi Grazier Not Guilty of Sheep Stealing

North West Champion · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 7

Mungindi grazier, George Anderson Ledingha[?], was found not guilty on seven counts of stealing at Moree Quarter Sessions on Monday. Ledingham was charged with…

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Police Probe Alleged Poisoning SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 1

A C.I.B. detective left Sydney today to investigate a suspected plot to murder a family with…

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Police Searched for One Body: Found Three Brisbane

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 1

Police searching the Brisbane River for the body of a man believed to have drowned, have found three bodies during the dragging operations…

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Bond for Stealing

North West Champion · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

Adrian Charles Gibson (21) of the camping reserve, Moree, was ordered to enter a bond of £20 to be of good behaviour for…

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Many Exhibits at Murder Inquest Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

Detectives today brought into the Coroner's Court a basket, box and two big parcels as exhibits, when…

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Charged With Double Murder Sydney, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 1

A 36-years-old man was today charged with having murdered his wife and son at their home in Terrace…

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