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

Courts & crime, 1933

1,940 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 97

Cattle Stealing

Leader · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

Thirty years ago cattle stealing in this State was met by look terms of imprisonment, years before that in Britain, a cattle stealer was deported…

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Dual Murder Bessie O'Connor Tragedy Craig Is Now Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

Eric Roland Craig, aged 25 years, a salesman, who has been charged with the murder of May Miller in Queen's Park, on December 9, was…

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Park Horror Murder of Miss O'connor Craig Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

With dramatic suddenness, detectives brought Eric Roland Craig to the dock of No. 1 Central Police Court to-day, where he was charged that on or…

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Police Fail Police Objections Overruled. Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 4

At a special sitting of the State Licensing Court held in the Dubbo Court House yesterday morning with State Licensing Magistrates, Messrs…

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Left Gaol, Then Arrested Lithgow Crime Recalled Jeweller's Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

Arrested as he walked from the portals of Goulburn gaol on Friday after serving a lengthy sentence, Albert Swain (33) was charged in…

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Old Man Ill-treated. Young Men Charged. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

John Wardle, 74 was discovered sitting in wooden box in the backyard of a house at St. Peter’s yesterday morning in a parlous state…

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Court's Power Tenancy Application Refused

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

When Oscar Clive Prior of Bombira applied at the Mudgee Court to-day that the date for putting the landlord, Edward Webb, into…

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Moratorium Case Settled Out of Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 8

When the case in which Bennet and wood applied to exercise powers of reposession over Ethel Maud Callaghan of Mudgee in respect of…

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Nazis Demonstrate Police Machine Guns on Guard Commemorating Comrade's Death Berlin

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

Ten thousand Nazis shivered in the bitter cold and falling snow awaiting a great demonstration in Buelow Square in memory of the Nazi…

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Terrific Explosion General Store Damaged Cullen Bullen Scene Man Before Court

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

A terrific explosion at the main premises and bulk store of Mr. G. H. Gorrie, of Cullen Bullen, early on Saturday morning, did…

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Chief Court Business

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

The Bathurst Police Court list for this morning is not as lengthy as was first expected. The main cases are those in which two men are…

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Crime in the West Only One Murder Case In 1932 Serious Offiences Increase Minor Cases Drop Complete Comparative Statistics Released in Bathurst

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

CRIME in Bathurst Police District, which is expansive and far flung, extending to far away Mount Hope in the West and Lithgow in…

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Human Sympathies of Bench Save Young Men from Gaol Short Sentences Suspended Magistrate Advice

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

A sympathetic attitude was shown by Mr. A. W. Reed, relieving magistrate at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, in a…

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Assault and Robbery. Summer Street Affray

Leader · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

A disturbance that occurred in Summer Street on Saturday night, had a request in the Orange Court, on Monday, when Edward George…

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Licensing Court

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

There was a brief sitting of the Licensing Court in Bathurst yesterday Inspector Daley, Licensing Inspector, presented his quarterly report which…

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The Park Murder. Craig Committed for Trial. SYDNEY, Tuesday

Leader · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of May Miller, at Waverley, last month, was concluded today, when the Coroner committed Eric Roland…

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Theft at Oil Depot Two Men Face Charge Alleged Confessions by Accused Both Committed for Trial

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

Outcome of a robbery at Bathurst Depot of the Atlantic Oil Company last Xmas Eve when a quantity of petrol and oil was stolen was the…

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Rum Runners. New Supreme Court Ruling. WASHINGTON

Leader · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

The Supreme Court here has ruled that British or Canadian rum running vessels cannot legally be boarded. searched or [?]ed by coast guards…

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Park Horror May Miller's Death Craig Committed for Trial "Fiendish Murder," Says Coroner SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

EXPRESSING th opinion that it wad a "most fiendish murder," the City (Sir. Farrington) to-day found that Iris Marriott,…

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Passed Police Exam

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 9

Ronald Conliffe, son of Mr and Mrs. John Concliffe, of Cobbora, has passed the examination for entrance to the police force. We have no…

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