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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 17 of 91

Gaol Escapees One Recaptured MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

After being as liberty for two days, William Bentley, who, with Raymond Brown, escaped from the Beechworth gaol, was recaptured without trouble in…

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Rocks Car Crash Case at Bathurst Police Court Orange Hotelkeeper Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 2

Arising out of an accident on the Rocks Hill, Orange Road, on Sunday January 7 last through two cars colliding Carl Albert Ernest Muller,…

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Three Young Men a Series of Crime Cases at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

An orgy of crore indulged in by a young man and two youths of late to Bathurst led to their appearance at the local Police Court yesterday when…

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Pillaga Murder Nott and a Woman Burren Junction

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 2

There were further developments in police Investigations into the disappearance of George Washington Nott. to-day when police obtained…

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Stavisky Scandal Murder of Judge Prince Action Against Premier Paris Sunday

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 3

A sensation has been caused in Paris by the announcement that the relatives of Judge Albert Prince, whose mangled body was found on the…

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Body in River The Wagga Murder Evidence at the Inquest Wagga

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 2

Giving evidence into the inquiry which was resumed to-day, into the death of Percy Edward Smith, Mrs. Susan Hannah Pearce, of Wagga,…

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Language, Not Drink Curious Mistake at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, Clifford Prosser, a well known young Bathurst man pleaded not guilty to using indecent language…

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Valueless Cheques. Gaol for Woolclasser. SYDNEY, Tusday

Leader · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

Arthur Edward Alderson (21), a woolclasser, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions today to two charges or false pretences, relating to…

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Court Cases Adjourned

Leader · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

So long did the hearing of a [?] claim last In the Industrial Magistrate’s Court al Orange, on Monday, that six other cause had to be stood…

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Small Debts Court

Leader · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 4

An application was made to the Orange Court on Monday for time to pay a debt of [?] to Drs. A.E. and C. [?] on whose behalf [?]…

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River Murder a Detectives Evidence Wagga

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

Police today gave evidence at the inquest into the death of :Percy Smith, whose body was found in the Murrmbidgee River near Wagga on…

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Pillaga Murder Woman Suffers Relapse Burren Junction

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

The condition of the woman who is in Tamworth Hospital under police guard following her alleged statement regarding the killing of George Wash…

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Uncovered Bread Unusual case at Dubbo E. Bathurstian charged DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 3

Interesting evidence was given in the police Court to-day when the health inspector proceeded against Albert Winslett, a local baker, and…

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Nott Murder Case Coronial Inquiry Postponed Tamworth, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 1

A coronial inquiry will be held on George Washington Nott, the charred remains of whom are believed to have been discovered by the police…

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Police Commissioner. Should Come from the Ranks. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

At a meeting of the C.I.B. branch of the Police Association, this morning, resolutions were paused re-[?] those of some years ago supporting…

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Morey for Trial Wagga Murder Case Fingerprints Furnish Dead Man's' Identification Wagga, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 1

Edward Henry Morey was committed for trial on a charge of murder to-day at the conclusion of the inquest in connection with…

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Minus His Coat Incident at Dubbo Court Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 3

When Jame Laughton entered the Dubbo Police Court to-day to answer a charge of droving sheep without a permit, he was coatless and his lack…

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Drove at Fast Rate Fine of £5 at Lithgow Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 2

Wm. Elwyn McCombie, a farmer, of Molong, was fined £5 with 8- costs at Lithgow court to-day on a charge of driving a car in a dangerous…

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Lithgow Police Court Wednesday, February 28 (Before W. F. Britz, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 4

Norman Stanley Baker appeared on charges of being found drunk and using indecent language in Railway parade on February 24. He pleaded…

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Church Street Uproar Doors Kicked, Glass Smashed Two Men Charged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 15

THE noise of doom being kicked and tho crash of glass being shuttered awakened the echoes of Church street…

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