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South Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

174 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 9

The Murder of Marcia Morrow Roy Chase (Published by Special Arrangement)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 4

"Where's the telephone?" asked O'Sullivan." "Back-stage, in a little passage! just off the wings."…

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Another Burglary

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 2

After a lapse of a couple of months or so Bega’s burglar got to work again last night, the till in the office of Mr E. W. Whalan’s garage in Carp Street…

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Nowra Police Court

The South Coast Register · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

The [?] charged the [?] by his false representation he was induced to deliver to he defendant an Essex car. The…

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Police Court Wednesday, August 19. (Before Mr. Chapman, S.M.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 4

Gordon A. Doust was charged with that he did on or between the twenty-sixth and twenty-eighth day of March, 1931, at Sydney and Yalwal, did…

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Dog And Goat Act. How a Dog Was Killed. Police Court Proceedings

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

Persons that value their canine pets had better place collars on their dogs with a name engraved thereon, reports the "Illawarra Mercury." This…

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Court Held in Open Air

The South Coast Register · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 5

An unusual procedure was adopted by Judge Sheridan at the Quarter Sessions at Wollongong on Wednesday in an action in which…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, August 19

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 4

Mr. Manion appeared for claimant (Norma Burke). Mr. Oliver for judgment creditor (Clifford Oswald Hamey)…

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Small Debts Court A Nowra Case

The South Coast Register · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

As an en[?] of a Writ of Exe[?] issued by C.O. Hamey against P Burke certain goods were claimed [?] his wife on an inter-pleader…

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The Murder of Marcia Morrow . (Published by Special Arrangement). Chapter Viii. Her True Colors

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 4

For a long time while O'Sullivan sat alone in his office, puffing at a pipe which he did not know he had never lit, thinking hard over that…

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Small Debts Court Wednesday, August 19. (Before Mr. Chapman, S.M.)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 1

Hamey v. Burke. Mr. Oliver for complainant; Mr. Manion for defendant. There was a cross case between the parties…

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The Recent Burglary. Boy Found to toe Culprit

The Bega District News · Monday 24 August 1931 · page 2

Bega police, under Inspector McIntosh, are to be commended for the prompt manner in which they cleared up the robbery on Wednesday night…

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What The Movies Missed. Open Air Court at Gerringong

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 2

A splendid film picture was missed on Wednesday, last week, when Judge Sheridan presided over a District Court held in the open air at…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, August 27. (Before Mr. Arkill, L.M.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 4

Charles Cox, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Milton, made application for improvements to the hotel, viz., enlarge kitchen, erect two…

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The Murder of Marcia Morrow (Published by Special Arrangement)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 4

It took O'Sullivan aud the others just five minutes to reach Walla Flats, a thin, old-fashioned three storied building squeezed between a…

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A Blank Cheque Court Sequel

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 5

At the Albion Park Police Court, last week, before Mr. Chapman, S.M., the Central Illawarra. Council sued Ameera Box, storekeeper, Albion…

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A Dangerous Practice. Police Take Action

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 3

Many boys indulge in the dangerou practice of throwing a piece of wire over the electric light wires with the of seeing sparks when contact is…

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Inspector M. B. Crozier Exemplary Police Officer Farewell at Glen Innes (From the “Examiner.”)

The South Coast Register · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 5

Prior to the departure of Inspector Crozier from Glen Innes a public gathering was held in the council chambers, Glen Innes, when…

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The Murder of Marcia Morrow (Published by Special Arrangement)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 4

The first suit case contained only clothing most of it discarded, but saved for the rainy day that the "profession" knows so well the second…

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Local Court

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 2

Bega Court has been unusually busy of late, and scarcely a day passes without a ease. There will be a substantial list of business for the Police…

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Mining Warden's Court. Thursday, September 10. (Before Mr. Graham. M.W.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 5

Robert Wilkinson made claim against the Southern Gold Mines, Limited, for £45 wages owing; Gordon Doust against the same Company for wages…

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