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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 2 of 85

Stolen Furs 6 Months' Gaol Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

James Meller (33) arid Richard Beale (40) laborers were each sentenced at the Central Police Court to-day to six months goal for having stolen two fox…

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Burglary at Haberfield Early Morning Chase. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

Detective Browning, noticing that the front window of s house at Haberfield was open early this morning. [?] and found a large bundle of…

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Workers' Army The Creed of the Communist Evidence at Central Police Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

Statements were mads at the Police Court to-day that Senator Roe with "other active comrades" had been present "at a meeting, at the Trades…

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Alleged Railway Frauds Well Known Merchant Charged Large Sums Involved Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

At me Central Police Court to-day, Hyman Silk (40), a merchant, end David Cassim (42), a salesman, were remanded for a week on a charge of…

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Rudolph Valentino's Estate £360 Set Aside for Police Tips

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. S. George Ullman, executor of the £160,000 estate of Mr. Rudolph Valentino, the noted actor, who died in August, 1926, has presented to the…

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Upper House Appeal to High Court To be Heard on Friday SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

The application of the New South Wales Government for leave to appeal from the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in…

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Eviction of Tenants a Magistrate's Ruling

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 2

At the Redfern Court yesterday the presiding magistrate gave an important decision regarding eviction warrants. Briefly, he held that if tenants…

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Surf Sheds Thefts a Youth Sentenced Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Percy John Francis (28) carpenter) was sentence dto six months' gaol at the Paddington Police Court to-day on five charges of theft from, the…

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Landlord and Tenant Magistrate Defeats Amending Act Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

At the Redfern Police Court to-day a Magistrate made an order for the Mr. Camphin S.M. held that where repossession of premises an…

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Brutal Redfern Assault for Small Shop's Takings Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Catherine Townsend was the the victim of a brutal assault in Cleveland-street, Redfern, late last night…

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Arrested Missing Postmaster Located Charged With Embezzlement lEADVILLE

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 2

FRANK SPEUHAN, the postmaster hero who has been missing since Monday last, was located to-day on the Coolah Creek, about two miles…

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Alexndria Murder Youth Commited for Trial Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 2

Cyril Reginald Bell (20) was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day at the inquest concerning the death by shooting of John Edward…

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No Presentation New Police Rule. [?] From Accepting Gifts

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 10

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Mar[?] Gosling) has gazetted a new police rule, and members of the force are now debarred from accepting…

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£200 Recovered Police Raid at Narrabeen Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Police last night recovered over '£200 worth of alleged stolen property in a house at Narrabeen, and arrested two women…

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Denied Report of Another High Court Appointment Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 2

The report that Mr. Justice Dixon was to be appointed Chief Justice of the High Court was denied by the Acting Prime finister (Mr. Fenton)…

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Woman Vagrant Suitor in Court Magistrate Bars Marriage Grafton

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

A young man, whose name was not disclosed, appeared at the Grafton Police Court and intimated his willingness to mary Eva Zanda, a young…

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Insulted a Constable Local Butcher Angry Case at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

An argument between Constable Wilding and William Kenerson, the well known butcher and sportsman of Keppel Street, led to the latter's…

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Mudgee Police Station

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works has advised Mr. W. F. Dunn. M.L.A. that he has now approved of the additions, alterations and repairs to the Police…

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Threat to Shoot Police Pimps

Leader · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

Con Nesbltt, of Goulburn, who was arrested on a charge of allowing his premises to be used for the purposes of betting on New Year’s Day,…

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Brutal Murder Terrible Moorland Tragedy Girl Foully Done to Death London

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Evelyn Foster, a pretty brunette, aged twenty-eight, the daughter of a garage proprietor, was found dying beside her blazing car on a lonely moor…

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