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

Courts & crime, 1934

1,819 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 91

THAT £6000 Prize Bathurst Gaol Prisoner's Claim The Real Facts

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

Whether Ronnie Reynolds better known as "Darkie", and otherwise as Ronnie Renshaw, the prison[?] in Bathurst Gaol, has won an [?] State…

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Irish Free State Commandant Cronin's Trial Sentenced [?] Three Months London Dec. 29

National Advocate · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

The trial was concluded to-day by the Irish Free State Military Tribunal of Commandant Cronin on charges of uttering seditious words by alleging…

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Police Promotions

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

Const. H. R. Saxon, of Cullen Bullen, appears in the latest list of promotions issued by the Police Department. He has been promoted to the…

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Main-street Sensation Visiting Motorist Pursued by Police and Charged with Drunkenness Takes Pledge of Abstinence

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

After a short chase down Main-street yesterday in a car Constables Oldfield and Graham arrested a visiting motorist and…

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Portland Police Court Friday, December 29 (Before N. L. C. Sheridan, P.m.) Obscene Language

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

Anthony Matulovitch, on a charge of using obscene language at Cullen Bullen on December 9, was fined £1, with costs 8-…

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Fewer Offences Lithgow's Good Record Annual Police Report

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

There was a marked decrease in crime figures in Lithgow last year compared with those of 1932. The total number of offences for the…

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Wagga River Murder WAGGA, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

Detectives McRae and Crosbie, who have been investigating the river murder for the past week, are leaving here shortly for an unknown…

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Huge Fraud Alleged French Bank Director Charged PARIS

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

The police declare that Tissier, the director of the Banque Credit Municipal Bayonne, who has been charged with issuing false bonds to the extent…

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Inciting to Murder Charge Against O'Duffy Military Tribunal Adjourns Hearing Dublin

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

At the opening of the military tribunal to-day, at which General O'Duffy was present, attended by Commandant Cronin, the former's…

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Gulgong Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 12

BEFORE Messrs R. Laing and F. J. Hale, J's.P., at the Gulgong Police Court. Edward O'Glynn was charged with being found drunk in…

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Police Promotions

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

SERGEANTS J. C. Mullet (Rylstone), W. C. Barry (Coonabarabran) and Constable H. R. Saxon (Cullen Bullen) have received very…

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Modern Magistrate Charge of Indecency Dismissed Melbourne Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

The question of whether a female clad in a br[?]ere and shorts can be charged with indecency arose at the Melbourne Court to-day when a…

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Not a Trickster Compensation for Gaol Sentence LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

One of the most remarkable cases involving mistaken identity has resulted in a man receiving a verdict for £200 compensation for wrongful…

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French Rail Disaster Officials Charged with Negligence Paris

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

As a sequel to the railway disaster at Lagny, in which 200 persons were killed and 300 injured, charges of imprudence in efficiency, negligence and…

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Police Allege Fraud London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Alleged to have been engaged in a so-called marriage "racket" by means of which he secured money from a number of women by false pretences,…

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Police Work Observation or Participation? Sly Grog Traps

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

"One, two, three glasses of ale Good; at last sufficient evidence has been obtained to convict the 'sly grog'-seller," says the plainclothes…

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Theft of Ancient Idol Mysterious Deaths of Alleged Culprits Terror-stricken Accomplices Return Image Calcutta

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

The theft of the ancient idol of Siva, the Hindu goddess of destruction, from the Temple of Avantshi, near Tirupur (South India) had a…

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General O'duffy Inciting to Murder De Valera a Serious Charge DUBLIN

National Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

At the opening of the Military Tribunal to-day at which General O'Duffy was present, attended by Commander Cronin, General O'Duffy's counsel…

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News in Brief Our Meat Exports Britain's Drought, Wool's Buoyancy, Picture Progress, Smart Police Work, Etc

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

Australian meat authorities are not alarmed at the prospect of Britain asking for a drastic reduction in beef imports. The reductions, they state,…

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Alleged Stealing

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

A young man named Richard Morris was charged at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday that on or about December 12 he stole one…

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