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

Courts & crime, 1939

1,788 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 90

Italian Shot Queensland Murder Case Another Italian Arrested MACKAY

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 2

A post mortem examination showing that Domenico Palumba, married, 38. had been shot twice in the body, client and face, the…

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In Palestine Police Superintendent Killed An Arab Ambush JERUSALEM

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 2

Arabs ambushed alone the Nablus-Jerusalem road during the night fired on a car in which were Sir Charles Tegart, Police Chief of Palestine;…

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Murder Charge Italian Remanded Police Experts' Search For Evidence BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Michele Fresina 40 an Italian was remanded to January 10 at the Mackay Police Court to-day on a charge of having wilfully…

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"Stealing" Players Football Club Protests LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Solugh F.C. officials are up in arms. They demand that scouts of professional clubs lay off stealing the best amateur players from the game…

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Farmers Dispute Sequel in Murder Charge Narrandera Case NARRANDERA

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Ernest Hugh. 44, a dairy farmer, was remand at a special sitting of the Narrandera Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered his…

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Retired Boxer Vain Police Search Young Man on Assault Charge Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

Hamilton Gibb, 2G. was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of maliciously inflicting grevious bodily harm upon Clifford John…

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Unique Court Exhibits

Leader · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Stacked against the wall of the Atherton Courthouse (Q.) at Xmastime, the 28 dozen Inducements to headaches enclosed in 24 brown paper…

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Search for Missing Man. Police Dog Aids. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

A [?] was sent to Ca[?]den to—day to help in the [?] [?] Allen 30, who has been reported missing…

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Lithgow's Population Is on the Increase Police Figures for 1938

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Population figures for 1938, compiled by Const. P. J. Sweeney, show that the number of people living in Lithgow…

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Police Dog's Search For Missing Farm Worker Mysterious Absence SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

A police Alsatian dog was sent to Camden to-day to help in the search for Phillip Allen, 30, who had been reported missing, Police and civilians…

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"Scraps" for Dinner. Irate Husband Beats Wife. Sequel in Court

Leader · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

When James William Alderton, 25, under the influence of liquor, arrived home on New Year's Day. he objected to the…

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Brutal Murder Girl Stabbed 17 Times Young Man Charged Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Evidence of terrible wounds suffered by a girl in a tent at Seaforth was given at the Mackay Court to-day when Mervyn August Leach, 24, a…

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Attempted Murder

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

PEOPLE are bring killed and maimed every week through the foolhardy fiction of some such stupid, obstinate "road hogs."…

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"Metho" Drinker To Gaol For Month

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, John Creagh, alias Patrick O'Connor, appeared before Lithgow court without hat or…

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Stevens Charged Going to Rack and Ruin "PENMAN", Casino, writes.—

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

Some 50 drainage and bridge workers have been sacked from the railways in the Grafton area, the pleasing that the work has cut out…

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Woman's Declaration Doesn't Believe in Bible Surprise in Lithgow Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

"I don't believe in Bibles," said a female witness at the coroner's court in Lithgow to-day, when she was asked to take the oath…

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Remarkable Decision in Murder Case

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 5

A man acquitted of murder may to liable for damages for the "unlawful dlling" of the victim…

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Smart Work Blayney Police Make Arrest

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 6

As a result of smart work by Sergt. Shipway, of Blayney, a man was arrested this afternoon and subsequently charged with driving a car without…

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Seventeen Stabs. Murder of Girl. Man Committed for Trial. BRISBANE

Leader · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

The hearing of a charge against Mervyn Augustus Leach, 24, of having wilfully murdered Dorothy Elsie Duncan a[?] Seaforth, near Mackay on…

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Six Days' Cycling Result Disputed Cyclists in Court Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

Litigation has followed the running of the six days' cycle race and Mr. Justice Boyce in the Equity Court this afternoon granted the…

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