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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,690 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 85

Police Miss Burglars

Leader · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

During recent months a flying gang of motor thieves has operated successfully at Paterson, Stroud Road, Bulahdelah, Gloucester. Taree On…

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Scaled Water Pipe for £5 and Some Stamps Impudent Lithgow Burglary

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

An impudent burglary was perpetrated at the rear of Rudland's billiard room during Wednesday night, but although the intruders went to a deal of…

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Joke on the Police

Leader · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

A resident of Coonamble, who is also a landholder, is rather sorry now that he endeavoured to make a member of the town’s police force [?]ook…

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Parramatta Gaol "Riot" Warder Fractures Hand Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

It now transpires that during the gaol disturbance at Parramatta on Wednesday Warder Coghlan received a fractured hand while dealing with…

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Police Inquiry. Constable Dismissed. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Following the departmental inquiry, Constable Arthur Edmunds has been dismissed from the police force, and…

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Murder Charge at Grenfell. Well-Known Farmer’s Death

Leader · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Grenfell was thrown [?] a state of [?]on Wednesday, when a report gained currency that Mr. Donald Crawford, a well-known local farm…

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Starved Her Dogs Magistrate's Extreme Leniency to Woman Dog "Farmer" Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

There was an unusual case before the Liverpool Court to-day, when Mrs. Agnes Campbell Cowie was fined £3, with £4 costs, for having…

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Mary Dean's Murder No Bill Filed Against Graham Solicitor's Tilt at Detectives Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

The Crown Law Department has decided to enter a nolle prosequi in the case of Allen Graham, engineer, who was committed by the Coroner, Mr…

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Brutal Murder Woman Chopped with Axe Tragedy at Cessnock Alleged Murderer's Ghastly Attempt at Suicide CESSNOCK

National Advocate · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

AS THE result of frightful injuries about her neck and forehead, which she received allegedly with an axe on the Nulkaba road about…

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FINED £50 Alderman's Hard Lot a Magistrate's Regret Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 5

Mr. McMahon S.M., expressed regret at the Central Summons Court when he imposed a fine of £50 on Robert Ernest Wilson, an alderman of…

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Quarter Sessions Cases at Dubbo Gaol Breaker Sentenced

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 5

There was a lengthy list of cases at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions, over which Judge Thomson presided Henry Joseph Coulston, was…

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Engineer Charged with Murder of Comrade Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 1

Ernest Sinclair Oldfield (24), an assistant engineer, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having murdered Richard…

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Bathurstian Charged

Leader · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 2

Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, S.M.. at the Central Police Court Sydney, Edgar Allan Cornell was charged with having attempted to steal a cheque…

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Lovers Quarrel Orange Girl Slashed with Razor Fiance Charged with Attempted Murder Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 2

AS a result, it is alleged, of a lover's quarrel, Patricia Kelly, of Darlinghurst, and whose father lives in Orange, is now in St. Vincent's…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 1

William Bennett (29), a storeman, was remanded at the Central Court to -day on a charge of having wounded Patricia Kelly with intent to…

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O'connell Defeat Police

National Advocate · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 3

In a social match at O'Connell yesterday, the Bathurst Police team were defeated by the local team by 12 sets to 2. The visitors made a promising…

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Motor Car Driver Is Charged with Manslaughter Man Killed at Watson's Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 1

At the Central Police Court this morning Richard Jack Johnson (23), a traveller, was charged with having feloniously slain David Ross Todd at…

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A Horse Box Horse Trainer Fined Case at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 1

Charged at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. S. Bromhead S.M., with having on February 23, attempted to travel in a railway…

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Fatal Stabbing Engineer Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. McMahon, S.M., Ernest Sinclair Oldfield, (24), assistant engineer, was charged with having…

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