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

Courts & crime, 1937

1,774 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 89

Alleged Stealing at Dubbo Man On £50 Bail DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 5

At the police court this morning, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Stanley Herbert Field, 32, was charged with stealing 16 pairs of socks and one…

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From Court Gallery. Bench Decision Criticised. Man Ejected

Leader · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 3

A [?] that F[?] of [?] a [?] in a…

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May Return Duke of Windsor For England Court Rumors Circulate LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 1

Court quarters report that the Duke of Windsor has spoken several times of returning to England in August…

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Flour Tangle Result of High Court Judgement £1,000,000 Illegally Collected SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 5

Here than £1,000,000 has been illegally collected by the State Government by means of the Flour Acquisition Act, according to the judgment…

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Sensational Move Road Transport Commissioner Relieved of Duty Decision By Executive Council Sequel In Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 1

A sensation occurred today when it was announced that the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) was today suspended…

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Wireless in Gaol Discovery at Pentridge Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 4

The Under-secretary for Justice (Mr R. L. Chapman) revealed to-day that the authorities at Pentridge Gaol recently discovered five wireless sets…

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Alleged Assault Charge Against Father Ryan Case Dismissed Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 2

At the Central Summons Court to-day an information against Father Michael Ryan, parish priest [?] St. Peters Church. Surry Hills, was…

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Big Money a Police Record

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 15

SPEAKING at the big carnival in Sydney on Saturday the Deputy Commissioner Mr. T. J. Lynch, said that in the last ten years the…

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City "Riot" Hoax Eighteen Police Raced To "Scene" LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 4

When Glasgow police headquarters received a telephone call from a public kiosk to say there was a street riot in progress, within seven…

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Narromine Grazier Application in Divorce Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 5

An application was made to Mr. Justice Boyce, in the Divorce Court to-day by a Narromine grassier. Herbert Henry Woods, for restitution [?]…

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Money Claimed Mudgee Farmers At Court a Matter of Horses

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 13

CHARLES Desmond Wilson farmer of Oakfield, Mudgee claimed 17 from Albert Bynes farmer of Melrose…

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Grave Charge Made Against Doctor Compensation Court Sensation SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 5

Curing the hearing of an [?] before the Workers' [?] Commission to-day. Dr H [?] Foley, of Glebe, denied [?]…

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Seamen's Union Position of Johnson Equity Court May Decide Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 4

The Equity Court may have to decide whether Mr. Jacob Johnson is to fill the vacant position of general secretary of the Seamen's Union…

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Grab and Run Sydney Hotel Incident a Daring Theft Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 5

In a daring robbery, a man last night snatched £20 from a Queensland visitor in a crowded city bar. The man, with wonderful Speed,…

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Trip in a Car Girl Alleges Assault Fruiterer for Trial Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 5

Allegations that she had been assaulted after having been taken by car to Avaich were made by an 18 year old girt at North Sydney Court…

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Attack on Girl King’s Plains Sensation. Youth in Court

Leader · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 4

Awakened by the screams of his 14-year-old daughter, a well-known resident of King’s Plains rushed to her…

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Woman Defendant Ofefr of Marriage in Court Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 2

There was a stir in central court to-day when a man stood up in the body of the court and declared that he was willing to marry the woman defendant…

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24 Arrested. Police Raid. Alleged Gaming House

Leader · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

A bookmaker, dark, agent, tailor, billiard marker, pensioner and several laborers got the shock of their lives on…

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Street Shooting 30 Months' Gaol Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 4

A sentence of two and a half years' gaol was imposed on John Joseph Abrahams, 28, a weed turner, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when a jury…

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Mrs. Simpson Police Seize Photograph at Dance Incident at Cannes London

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

The negative of a photograph showing Mrs. Simpson dancing with Nicholas Zoographos, "the baccarat king," went into the dust-bin at the Cannes…

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