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

Courts & crime, 1938

1,867 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 94

Kandos Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

AT the Kandos Police Court, on Thursday last, before Mr Pickup, P.M., of Mudgee, the following cases were heard:—…

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Brutal Assault Italian Sailors Involved MELBOURNE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

FEARING that there might be a clash between demonstrators and the crew of the Italian cruiser Rlamondo…

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Escaped in Nude After Stealing Boat DUBBO

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

After stealing a boat two small boys the eldest aged about 14, cruised tip and down the Macquarie River until two familiar figures appeared on the…

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Lithgow Assault Man Bound Over at Bathurst Sessions

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

Charged with assaulting John Robert Clarence Constable, licensee of the Lansdowne Hotel, Lithgow, on December 18,…

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Nine Months' Gaol Judge's Comment on Young Man

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

Nine months imprisonment with hard labor was the sentence imposed by his Honor Judge Barton in the Quarter Sessions at Bathurst…

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Lithgow Police Court Wednesday, February 16 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.m.) Straying Stock

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Frank Boyce and R. Hutchinson were each fined 10-, on charges of allowing stock to stray in the public streets of Lithgow. Hutchinson was…

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Next Court Sitting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 8

The next bi-monthly visit of the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. Pickup, to Dunedoo will be on Friday, February 25…

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Oberon Court House

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

Mr. Gas Kelly. M.L.A. for Bathurst, has received the following from the Acting Under Secretary for Justice: "Dear Sir: In reply to your…

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Hotel Assault Man Pleads Not Guilty Barman's Injuries SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

At the Quarter Sessions to-day John Joseph Finnie, 32, laborer pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted Gerald Patrick Reilly [?]…

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Decorations at Court House

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

The Attorney General advises Mr. Gus Kelly. M.L.A. as follows: "Dear Sir: In reply to your representations in relation to the request of the…

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Trouble on Cruiser Assault Claimed Against Italian Others Suspected Also Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Police action will not be taken following an allegation by Oplavid Frigo Orlando, an Italian taxi driver, that he was battered on the head with a…

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Divorce Court a Blighting Shadow

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 12

THE Rev. John Toohey, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on Sunday night, said that the effects of the present growing neo…

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Hartley Court House Once Sold for £25 But Still Property of People

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

Thus the "Mercury's" Hartley correspondent in the issue of Friday, February 2, 1894: -- "That venerable and well-known…

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Youths Sentenced Gilgandra Robberies "Foolish Life," Says Judge

National Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

After deferring sentence from the previous day in order to consider a plea for leniency. His Honor, Jud barton, yesterday sentenced Frank…

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Truck Murder Trial on Monday MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 3

The trial of four men Matthew [?]rands O'Keefe, 37. William Grahame, 30. Harold John Reevem and Roy McFarlane. 32, who are charged…

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Bet When "Broke" Lithgow Business Man Charged [?]Unuscal Case at Bathurst Quarter Sessions

National Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 3

When the case in which John Shoppard Sutton, a Lithgow business men was charged with having contributed to his bankruptcy by…

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Doctor Fined Police Case Proved Cut Corner in Car

National Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

Hearing evidence in the case which Dr. Arthur Edward Harrison Salter had pleaded not guilty to police charge of cutting a corner at…

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"Labor Daily" Bailiff's Hand Stayed Application to Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5

The statement Dial the financial position of the "Labor Daily Ltd. was "precarious" and that the company had been only kept going by Mr. J…

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Metal Trades More Apprentices Wanted Application to Court Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 6

A variation in the Metal Trades Award to permit the engagement of apprentices. in order to provide a wider scope for employment of…

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Cassilis Case Alleged Theft of Mother's Property

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 4

ON Saturday, February 12th, Thomas Gordon Shearer, of Cassills, was arrested and charged with being found drunk in…

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