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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 17 of 94

Kandos Police Court Backyard Squabble

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 6

At the Kandos police court on Thursday before Mr. Pickup, P.M, Mrs. Dorothy May Odgers proceeded against Stanley Windle for assault,…

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Bottles of Beer Stealing Charges

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

IN the Mudgee Police Court last Thursday, Daniel Collins and Bertram Williams were charged before Mr. F. Cooke, J.P., and Mr…

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Dubbo Accidents From Hospital to Gaol Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 6

Cecil Hull. 38. was picked up by the ambulance in Wingewarra Street after a disturbance there last night, with a large wound extending about there…

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Alleged Murder Body Found AUCKLAND

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

THE decomposed body of Robert Fitzroy Spenslay, an elderly farmer, of Swanson, was discovered beneath a small pile of hay near…

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Stocking Murder Arrest of Roberts Ordered SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

On the application of the Crown Prosecutor at the Central Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Maxwell ordered the issue of a Bench warrant…

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Western Shooting Husband Shot in Leg Wife Charged at Dubbo Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

Between nine and ten o'clock tills morning it is alleged that an altercation occurred between a man and his wife at Gwabegar with the result that…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Identification of Body Description of Ex-Employee Identical Dubbo Development

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

POLICE believe that a well-known Dubbo resident might be able to solve the mystery of the identity of the Albury…

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Warwick Farm Races Hamurah Wins Denham Court Handicap Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 6

Florida, who was a comparative outsider for the Warwick March Handicap, literally bolted in. He had the field strung out over a…

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Grand Hotel, Bathurst Late Richard Kenna's 70 Years Old Will Appeal to Court Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Recently the licensing authorities served notice on the trustees of the KEnna Estate requiring an expenditure of £30,000 on rebuilding the…

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Decaying Bones Fine at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

[?] the Bathurst Police Court yesterday. Frederick Duneen, of Wil[?] Street who through his solicitor. M. R. H. Browning, pleased not…

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General News Alleged Indecent Assault

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

Joseph Knight. 62. who wAs remanded from last week on a charge of indecent assault on two girls. appeared in the Bathurst court…

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Gaol Escapee Shot by Police Dies in Hospital Sensational End to Man Hunt Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

Following a sensational gun duel at point blank range at a week-end cottage Adrian William Jones (21) a carpenter fell to the floor with a bullet…

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Warren Assault Accused Remanded Dubbo

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

Richard Darcey, 30, a half caste, appeared before Judge Barton at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions this morning charged with having assaulted…

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Darwin Assault Packsaddle Committed for Trial DARWIN

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

The aborigine "Packsaddle," was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having attempted to commit a capital offence on two white women on…

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Hotel Dispute Bathurst Employee Claims Assault Licensee's Wife Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

A dispute between Mrs. W. H. Whitmarsh, wife of the licensee of the Farmers' Arms Hotel, and Mrs Prank Ryan, an employee, was the…

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Man Discharged Alleged Assault on River Bank Night-long Party on Christmas Eve

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

Evidence of a drinking party on the bank of the Macquarie River which began on Christmas eve and ended in broad daylight on Christmas Day…

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"Celebrating" Car Driver Fined £10 in Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

A farmer, aged 32, Cecil Reedy, who pleaded guilty to being under the influence of liquor when driving his car into Bathurst, had sold he…

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Alleged Assault Sequel to Bathurst Visit Lithgow Man Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

A visit to Bathurst on Saturday night had its sequel at Lithgow court yesterday, when Frank Barrington Freeman, a married man residing at…

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Killing of Miss Everett. Roberts Charged with Murder SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

Leonard William Roberts, 3¼ was charged at the Newcastle Police Court to-day with having feloniously and Maliciously murdered Dorothy Everett…

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Lithgow Police Court Wednesday, March 16 (Before the P.m.) Licensee's Ignorance

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 1

Three residents of Marrangaroo, John Lucas, Albert Noonan and Patrick Francis Connell, were convicted of being found on the premises of the…

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