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Courts & crime, 1926

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Police Court Wednesday, October 20. Before Mr. Scott, S.M.

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 6

Thomas Godfrey Harvey, of Sydney, pleaded guilty to driving a motor car on the wrong side of the street. Mr. Manion appeared for defendant who was…

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Back To Shoalhaven. Carnival Week. [?]ocessions A Gigantic Success. [?]Is Throng the Streets Day and Night [?]Nd Frolic. " MARBELLOUS " Fined by the Court Injustice. Sports Largely Attended. Packed Houses at the Play. Large Numbers of Old Shoalhaveners Join in the Celebrations. Decorations a Credit to the Town and District

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 1

[?]as had been the success of [?]ng day of the Back to Shoalhaven [?]eek in the big, united reli[?]vice held in the Nowra…

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Yesterday's Police Court. (Before Messrs. King and Caleraft, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 2

Henry James Spicer (for whom Mr. Marriott appeared) pleaded guilty to behaving in an indecent manner in Junction-street on the night of the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, October 20. Before Mr. Scott, S.M.

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 1

Thomas Godfrey Harvey, of Sydney, pleaded guilty to driving a motor car on the wrong side of the street. Mr. Manion appeared for defendant who was…

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At Nowra Police Court

The South Coast Register · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

Cyril J. Heatley pleaded guilty to carrying bread uncovered on top of the cart. Mr. Marriott, who appeared for Healthy, said the driver was…

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Nowra Police Court (Before Mr. W. Scott, S.m.)

The South Coast Register · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

When John Wells and Henry Jas, Spicer [?]into Nowra for “Black to Shoalhaven ”week, they evidently came on business [?]…

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U.s.a. in Murder Grip

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 November 1926 · page 5

"Just now," writes Newman, from Chicago, in the "Sunday Times" (London), "there is rushing through America a wave of crime due to the…

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Solictor Charged. Alleged Misappropriation of Trust

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 8

Edward John Road was charged at the Braid wood Police Court on Tuesday last week, before Mr. Adams, P.M., with having between…

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Police Court. Wednesday, November 17 (Before Mr. W. Scott, S.M.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 5

Alfred McMillan was charged with drunkenness on the 20th October. Constable Sattler stated that defendant was riding an entire on the date…

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Industrial Court

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 5

Before Mr. Scott, S.M, on Wednesday, George Rowland, inspector, proceeded against Albert Kelley for breaches of the Industrial Award…

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Bankruptcy Court. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 4

The examination in bankruptcy of William Charles Parkes was heard be fore Mr. W. Scott, S.M. Mrs. Wiley was the only petitioner represented, by…

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Police Court. Wednesday, November 17. (Before Mr. W. Scott, S.M.)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 4

Alfred McMillan was charged with drunkenness on the 2Oth October. Comfortable Sattler staled that defendant was [?] an entire on the date…

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Industrial Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 4

Before Mr. Scott, S.M , on Wednesday, George Rowland, inspector, proceeded against Albert Kelley for branches of the Industrial Award…

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Bankruptcy Court. WEDNESDAY. Nov. 17

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 1

The examination in bankruptcy of William Charles Parkes was heard before Mr. W. Scott, S.M. Mrs. Wiley was the only petitioner represented, by…

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Nowra Police Court Cases a Zig-zag Course and Its Sequel

The South Coast Register · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 2

At the Nowra Police Court Inst week, before Mr. Scott, S.M., Mr Manion appeared for Alfred McMillan, who Constable Sattler told the…

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Monday’s Court

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 2

Before the formal business of the Court commenced, Mr Forrest, recently appointed as Police Magistrate for the distract, was welcomed…

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Kiama Police Court

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 7

On Wednesday last, before Mr. Scott, S.M., Henry Walter Crisp was charged under the Crimes Act with larceny as a public servant,…

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Local Court

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

Af the local court on Tuesday before Mr. Forrest, P.M., George F. Summerell sued Edward Stephen Heffernan for the sum of £40 wages due…

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The Polite Court

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 8

The following cases were dealt with at the Kiama Police Court on Wednesday of last week:— Martin O’Keefe was fined 5/and…

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Magistrate On Unions

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 4

In the Toowoomba Police Court last week a local drapery establishment was penalised because four of its employees were not members of…

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