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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 19 of 94

Woman in Court Wanted no Publicity Alleged Victim of Serious Offence SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

[?] Sydney business woman, Sybil Whiteford, the allied victim of a serious offence, appealed to the Paddington Court to-day for the…

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Suspected Person Dubbo Man Charged Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

Before Mr. E. J. Etherton C.M. in the Dubbo police court yesterday, George Henry Burton, 25. well known young Dubboite was charged with…

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Police to the Fore

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

THE police authorities were again in control of the traffic arrangements for the show and, as usual, performed their duty with…

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Fiendish Murder Shot, Stabbed, Battered And Suffocated

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

A fiendish murder was discovered yesterday afternoon by neighbors who entered the home of Jules Armour Maltby, 43, of Parle Parade,…

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Medlow Murder Young Challenges Jurors SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 2

Roland Stewart Young (24) challenged 10 jurors at the Central Criminal Court to-day, where he was arraigned on a charge of having…

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Brutal Murder Man Shot and Stabbed SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

A FIENDISH murder, perpetrated at Pagewood on Saturday night was revealed to-day when the body of…

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Alleged Theft of Fowls Man Shot 45 Pellets in His Body Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

For some time past there have been extensive thefts of fowls among poultry raisers in the Manly district, and some breeders suffered substantial…

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Brutal Murder Tragedy at Pagewood Man Bound and Stabbed Hunt For Murderer SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

A widespread search is being made for a man believed to have perpetrated a cold blooded murder at Pagewood last night and then to have stolen a…

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Truth Beats Fiction Lithgow Resident Watches at Work Forcible Entry Into Own House Two Suspects Trailed and Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

Behind the arrest late on Friday afternoon of two men, who were charged at Lithgow police station, with breaking, entering…

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Rose Bay Shooting a Woman Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

When Norma Woods, 28, a domes tic appeared at. the Paddington Police Court to-day charged with having shot at Harold Findlay with…

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Pagewood Murder Injured Motorist Found Near Bega Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

Suffering concussion and with both arms fractured a youth aged 21 was found alongside an overturned car near Bega. He is now in Bega…

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Lithgow Stealing Man Sentenced In Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 2

Pleas of guilty were recorded at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday in the case of Rodney Graham, to indictments charging breaking and…

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Man Charged Maltby Murder Recovered From Accident Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 2

Eric Gregory Chatfield 20 a ship's steward, appeared at the Bega Court today and was charged with the murder of Jules Armour Maltby at…

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Ship's Steward Arrested For Pagewood Murder. BEGA

Leader · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 6

Eric Gregory Outfield, 20, ship's steward, appeared at the police court to-day, charged with having murdered…

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Crowd Laughed Triple Execution U.S. Gaol Warden's Indignation Moundsville. West Virginia

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

The triple execution of kidnappers proved to be the most astonishing in America's history. The gallows collapsed as the first…

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Alleged "Ring In." At Country Sports Meeting. Sequel in Orange Court

Leader · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

Allegations that be attempted to "ring in" a horse for a match race at a charity sports meeting recently held at Springside,…

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Child Murder Elderly Man Charged Sagacity of Police Alsatian Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

Alfred Spicer (65), a gardener, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Marcia Hayes, aged 6, whose body was…

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Station Murder Three Youths Charged MAITLAND, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

The shooting of Cyril Clive Maher, night officer at the Farley railway station, on March 8, was investigated by the Coroner to-day. Three youths,…

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Stealing Charge

National Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 2

Charges with having stolen a quantity of beans to the value of 10-from George Chen Ming at Kelso on Tuesday last, Oswald Townsend (20)…

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Alleged Assault

National Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 2

Robert Lloyd (37) was charged before Mr. P. W. Kelly J.P. at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday morning, with using indecent language in a…

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