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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 10 of 80

New Kind of "Theft" Dog in the Thick of It What a Puncture Did

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 10

HE was no ordinary dog, the little pet "pom" of this story. Let other canines chase motor cars and get all dusty if they…

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Compromise Verdict Portland Case At District Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

By consent a verdict was awarded the plaintiff, Mrs. Carter, of Portland, in an action brought in the Lithgow District' Court' against the public…

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Brutal Murder Caretaker's Neck Broken £5,000 Worth of Diamonds Missing PERTH

National Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

A brutal murder. the motive of which was robbery occurred last night. The victim was Edgar Arthur Whitfield. 50. caretaker for Caras Bros…

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Youth Before Court Intent tO Steal Alleged Lewis Street Shop Case Treated as First Offender

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 16

BEFORE Mr W. F. Britx, P.M., at the Mudgee Police Court on Monday, Allan Keith Paine (26), laborer, of Mudgee South,…

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Five Years' Gaol

Leader · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

John Kingeley Clarkon the man who cached a number of forged the [?] on the business people of Young intently, was sentenced at the…

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Kidnapper Sentenced. Meisner Gets 15 Years. LONDON

Leader · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

An [?] m[?] states that [?] of the kidnapping of John I[?] a millionaire brewer. last August David M[?] a [?]…

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Pepper Again Brutal Assault and Robbery Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

George Lazenby, 27, of Buckingham Street, city, who was attacked by thugs in Rowe Street, last night and robbed alter one of the attackers had…

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15 YEARS Kidnapper Sentenced Wealthy Brewer Kidnapped Toronto

National Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

When Mr. John Labatt, a wealthy brewer of London (Ontario), was kidnapped last July from his own motor car, he was held in an obscure…

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Poisoned Porridge. Young Married Man Charged. SYDNEY. Thursday

Leader · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Henry [?] Keene [?] was charged at the police court to-day [?] having [?] administr[?] [?] to Ceell Ulrick[?]…

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Brutal Murder No Arrest Yet Perth

National Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

The police are inquiring into the death of Edgar Whitfield, who was murdered last night, and the theft of £4,500 worth of diamonds from…

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Rowdy Meeting Dubbo Football League Threat to Call Police Dubbo

National Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 3

What must constitute the noisiest meeting ever held in Dubbo, took place at the Town Hall to-night, when more than 100 alleged football…

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Pay or Gaol Conciliation Commissioner Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 4

By rder of Judge Woinarski to-day, the conciliation Commissioner (Mr. coneybeer) was ordered to pay £15/8/6 and £5/5/ casts to the…

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Slang in Court. Magistrtae's Perplexity

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Clarke, P.M., received a lesson in Australian slang in Melbourne one day last week when a youth who had been fined for riding a motor…

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Bankrupts Quick Getaway Court to Central Australia Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

This morning Clifford Lee Brun-Brown was being examined in the Bankruptcy Court, and this afternoon he was driving his motor lorry along…

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Gaol for Vagrancy Coonamble Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 8

AN unusual case was heard at the Coonamble court recently, when a well-known man, Leonard Gaynon, pleaded not guilty to a charge…

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Intent to Murder Sydney. This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

Charles Saunders (69) was charged at Redfern court to-day with having feloniously administered poison to Alice Richards at Redfern on January…

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New Police Commissioner Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

IT is officially announced that the metropolitan superintendent of police, W. J. McKay, will be appointed to the post of Commissioner…

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P.M.'s OBJECTION To Common Court Practice

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

THE practice of offenders sending their friends to court to appear for them which is common in Mudgee as most other towns…

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