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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 4 of 94

Kinglake Murder. Four Men for Trial. 100 Witnesses at Inquest. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

Four men were committed for trial by the Coroner to-day after the inquiry into the death of John Thomas C[?]y, truck driver,…

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Police to Act Blue Mountains Fruit Machines Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 1

So popular were fruit machines and poker machines and similar devices in the Blue Mountains boarding houses during the holidays that local…

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Hotelkeeper's Plight As Told to P.m. Walked Over and Remembered No More Man Committed for Assault

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

Evan McIntosh McLean wag this morning committed by Mr. C. Pickup, F.M., for trial at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on a charge of assault…

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“Pyja[?] Inquest A[?]ry. Case Has Cost £10,000 Alleged Murder in 1934. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

It was announced by the police Department to-day that the [?]t of the Albury “Py[?] Girl,” whose body…

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Dog Poisoner Over 30 Animals Destroyed at Grafton Police Action Urged Grafton

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

A dog poisoner is carrying out his brutal and inhuman work in Grafton with a thoroughness worthy of a much better cause and also deserving…

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Assault on Girl Death Sentence Commuted, SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 3

Sentence of death, which was passed on Victor Emanuel Wilson. who was convicted of a capital offence on a little girl at Carrington recently was…

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Murdered His Benefactor Yugo Slav Charged Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

The hearing of murder and attempted murder charges against the YugoSlavian. Bozo Gavrilovich was resumed at the Mossman Police…

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Appointed to Police Force

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 14

Mr Cecil Randell and Mr Jas. Stretton have been successful in gaining admission to the N.S.W. police force. It is understood that…

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Death of Police Chief PERTH

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

THE coroner committed Mrs. Margaret Louise Dunlop, an elderly woman, for trial on a charge of having unlawfully killed…

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Police Fight Flames Bush Fire Near Dunedoo Cypress Pine Destroyed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 11

Dunedoo police received an urgent call on Friday night, with a request for 100 volunteers to fight a five-mile front bush fire at…

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Wallerawang Police Court Tuesday, January 11 (Before C. Pickup, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

William Herbert Mason appeared on summons on a charge of taking protected animals, to wit, opossums. He was fined £1, with 8- costs, in…

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Communists and Police Clash at Lisbon LISBON

National Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1

A number of Communists were arrested after a revolver buttle at their headquarters, where the police found a plant to turn out leaflets inciting…

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"Cannot Enforce Law" Police May Only Take Names Or Make Arrests LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1

Police officers cannot enforce the law, but can only take names or arrest lawbreakers. This was the dictum of Mr. Claude…

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Two Boys Shot Italian Charged LEETON

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

Alleged to have fired a shot gun at boys in his garden. Michele Ciavarella. an Italian, appeared in the Police Court on a charge of shooting…

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Poison in Fish a Woman Charged BRISBANE

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

When Annie Jensen, 60, appeared Boonah Court to-day on a charge having feloniously attempted to her husband. the police alleged…

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Court Statistics Big Hotel Revenue 251 Drunks for 1937 DUBBO

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

Statistics for the Dubbo C.P.S. Office show that 1937 was a busy and certainly financial year for the court, although crime was below its usual…

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Medlow Murder Young Man Charged KATOOMBA

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Roland Stewart Young, 24, appeared before Mr. Findlay, J. P., at the Katoomba court yesterday, to answer a charge of having murdered June…

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Child's Murder Sad Sydney Case Man Is Charged Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

The inquest was opened to -day at Windsor concerning the death of Marcia Hayes, aged 6, whose body was found in a bag in the fernery at…

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Alleged Assault Unconscious for 14 Days

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

DETECTIVE J. A. Burke, of Dubbo, is Investigating allegations that Stanley White (31), barber, of Coonamble, was…

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Girl's Murder Evidence at Inquest SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

THE inquest opened at Windsor to-day concerning the death of Marthia Hayes, aged six years, whose body was…

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