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South Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Human Mind Unpredictable Says Retiring Magistrate

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 1

At the end of 20 years’ service as a magistrate—though in that time he encountered men and women of practically all types and classes…

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£40 Fine Imposed by Magistrate

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 4

John Cox, aged 50 years, who saw five years service in the first World War, and has been five years in the Services during the…

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Committed to Wollongong Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 6

At Nowra Police Court, last week, before Mr. Scroope, P.M., Samuel Wallace Solomon and Jean Brown, aboriginals, were charged with…

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Nowra Police Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 2

At the Police Court, Nowra, on Monday afternoon, before Mr. C. W. Owen, J.P., William Walter White, who had been arrested on…

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Kangaroo Valley Police Court (Before Mr. Scroope, P.M.)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 5

Roy William May was fined 10/-on each of two charges of cruelty to animals, and a total of £1 costs. Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Berry Police Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 1

At the Berry Police Court, on Wednesday last, two local Justices of the Peace, Messrs. C. Johnston and J. O. Leary, fined a man £5, in…

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Gaoled for Assault and Robbery

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 1

At the Wollongong Quarter Sessions, last week, before Judge Nield, Jean Melinda Brown (28), a half-caste, and Samuel Wallace…

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Three Years Gaol “Horrible and Disgusting Crime”

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 1

An ex-alderman of the Berry Municipal Council, and the Chief N.E.S. Warden at Berry, was sentenced to three years’ gaol at the…

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Goods Without Price in Australia Case at Moss Vale Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 3

The contentions of Mr. S. G. Webb. K.C., that goods which are not on legal sale in Australia could not have a value in that country;…

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Assault & Robbery Man Gets Four Years

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 August 1945 · page 1

The sequel to a case of alleged assault and robbery at Nowra recently, when a man named Daniel Thomas Quinn was admitted to the…

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Nowra Police Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 6

At the Police Court, yesterday before Mr. A. S. Thornton, the following cases were disposed of:— A case against Samuel Solomon…

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Court News

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 6

At the Noura Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Thornton, P.M., the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Local and General Police Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 2

Erie Smith was fined by Mr. Thornton, S.M.. at the Berry police court yesterday £15 on a charge of betting.—At the Revision Court,…

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A Smart Capture. Berry Police “On the Job”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 4

Reports of robberies having taken place along the must, al Wollongong and other places down to Berry were uncollated among the…

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Nowra Police Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 9

At the Nowra Police Court, on Wednesday last, before Mr. C. W. Owen, J.P., James Oliver Gentles (laborer, 23), Raymond Henry Egan…

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Nowra Police Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 9

At the Police Court, yesterday before Mr. Thornton, P.M., the following cases were disposed of:— Arthur William Alcorn (for whom…

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Stealing From the Empire Hotel

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 7

At the Nowra Police Court, on Thursday, before Messrs. C. W. Owen and W. Dalton, JSP., Raymond Henry Egan, 19, laborer…

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Terara Farmers in Equity Court

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 1

Mr. Trevor Lamond, of Terara, share farmer to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Calcraft, of Terara, recently applied to the Equity Court for, and…

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Convicted on Stealing Charge

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 October 1945 · page 6

At the Nowra Police Court, last week, Henry Gill pleaded not guilty to a charge of (1) having goods in custody; (2) with stealing three…

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Yesterday’s Court Cases

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 2

At the Nowra Police Court, yesterday. before Mr. S. A. Thornton, the following cases were disposed of:—…

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