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

Courts & crime, 1935

1,592 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 80

Supreme Court Trouble Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

The inquiry into the training and management of the gelding, Supreme Court, was completed to-day by the A.J.C. stipendiary stewards. It is…

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Saar Trouble Police Break Up Catholic Meeting Saarbrucken

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

The calm which has hitherto prevailed in the Saar, was broken today at Pliesscastel when an interior meeting of the Catholic Front was…

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Now a Madman Man Who Shot Russian Shopkeeper Police Allegations SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Police believe that they are aware of the identity of the man who shot Paul Drasdorf (45) a Russian shopkeeper in his shop at Waverley on…

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Darlington Tragedy Charge of Murder SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Leslie Joel (41), a hotelkeeper, Was remanded at Redfern court to-day until January 11 on £200 bail on a charge of having feloniously and…

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Gulgong Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 12

BEFORE Mr. J. F. Hale, J.P., at the Gulgomg Police Court recently Harold J. Priddis was charged with being found drunk in…

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Two Murder Charges Two Men Charged Darlington Stabbing Affray SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A sequel to the murder of a woman at Darlington and the assault of another at Waverley last night was provided when two men were…

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Lenient View Festive Season Police Court Cases

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

A LENIENT view was taken by the bench (Mr. H. A. Porter, J.P.) in dealing with cases which came forward at…

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Murder of Girl Victorian Police Conduct Fruitless Search Melbourne, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

Police parties, assisted by black-trackers, have commenced to search the country near Tarwin Lower for the murderer of Ethel Belshaw (12),…

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Capertee New Police Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 14

THE surveyors were in Captures recently and measured a site for the police station which is to be erected in the near future…

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Brutal Murder Child's Body Found Shocking Crime

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

ETHEL Belshaw (12) was brutally murdered on Tuesday in the scrub at Inverloch, a well-known holiday resort in Victoria. The…

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"Fight Took Place" Police Allegation

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 12

GEORGE Sullivan was before Mr F. J. Hale, J.P., at the Gulgong Police Court on New Year's Day charged with being found drunk in…

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Good Haul Of Stolen Goods Smart Police Work Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

DETECTIVES yesterday arrested a man and recovered stolen property valued at about £800, including a string…

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Police Court. Remanded on Thaft Charge

Leader · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

Charged that on or about October 24. 1924. at Coot[?] he old ste[?] a leather o[?]cet va[?]ned at £3 the [?]perty of [?]aid F[?]. John…

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Fiendish Murder Police Baffled Some Puzzling Features MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

Police are temporarily baffled in their investigations into the death of Ethel Belshaw aged 12 who[?] body was found in the…

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Month's Gaol Assaulted a Constable Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

Sentence of one month's gaol was imposed on Thomas O'Shannessy (41) and Francis O'Byrne (30) at the Central Police Court today on…

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[?] C[?] Court C[?]

Leader · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

A special court was [?] at the Orange Court on Monday, [?] W. Patt[?] J. P., [?] to hear a [?]…

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Two Years' Gaol Car Stealer Sentenced Christmas Eve Excitement SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 3

A sentence of two years' gaol was imposed on Claries Griffiths in the Newtown Court to-day as the result of an unusual duo of auto crashes…

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Theft From Motor Car

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. Douglas, of Eugowra, sustained a serious loss during the time, he had parked his car in William-street, Bathurst, for about an hour…

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Drunken Brawl Christmas Day Shooting Laborer Committed for Murder Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

A statement in which Cyril Pearson (28) a laborer, charged with murder, is alleged to have admitted securing his gun when…

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Burglary

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

SOME of the light fingered gentry gained an entrance to the M.M. Company's premises in Church street last week, but they evidently…

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