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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 13 of 90

Got Prisoner's £150. Allegation at Central Court. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

An allegation that Chif[?]rd Robert Hagan, 37, sales[?], had o[?] £150 by ta[?]se prete[?]es [?] La[?]e Edward Wilson, p[?] at Long Day…

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Liquor at Dances Alleged Growing Evidence Minister Defends Police SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Liquor at dancer was becoming a growing evil, said the Minuter for Justice (Mr. Martin). When addressing a deputation representing the New…

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Alleged Murder of Infant Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

Bail of £200 was allowed Mavis Lillian Croft (22), when she was remanded at the Parramalla police court today on a charge of having…

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Hotel Yard Murder Ryan Remanded SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 1

T[?]mothy R[?]n 44, laborer appeared in Redfern police Court to-day on a charge of having, on February 8. murdered Eric Carlson. a seaman…

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Bathurst Gaol No Alteration Likely Opposition By Medical Men SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

It is not considered likely that the proposal to transform Bathurst Gaol into an institution entirely for prisoners convicted of sex offences will…

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Double Murder Two Sisters the Victims Shocking Case at Tamworth TAMWORTH

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

A double murder was revealed in the Tamworth district to-day, when the bodies of Mrs. Ross Dickson, 24. of Congie station. Tamworth. and her…

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Daring Theft £180 in Handbag SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

WHILE Mrs Elson, wife of the licensee of the Lord Nelson Hotel, Argyle street, was in a tram waiting shed a man jumped from…

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Molong Wool Pool Business Man Charged. Alleged Misappropriation

Leader · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

Allegations that R. S. Gee. who conducted the Molong wool pool, had fraudulently omitted to account to several persons for the…

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Man Before Court

National Advocate · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Fabian Fogarty, 32, [?]d in Tamworth Court to-day [?]ged with having at Congi Station near Woolbrook on February 10 mur[?]…

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River Tragedy Two Sisters Murdered a Man Charged WALCHA

National Advocate · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

D[?]ectives at dawn to-day commencing a scientific search for clues before they permitted the removal of the bod[?]s of the two sisters who were…

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Dual Murder Another Northern Tragedy Young Wife and Sister Killed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 4

Mrs. Edna Dixon, wife of a boundary rider on Congai Station, eight miles from Woolbrook, in the Tamworth district, and her sister…

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Wholesale Thieving Band of Cunning Youngsters What Police Discovered

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 6

THE disappearance of goods from shops in Narromine has puzzled business people for some weeks. Concern increased…

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£2 a Week Court Dress Workers LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

For making Court dresses selling at from 30 to 40 guineas, young girl workers in London are paid from 35- to £2 a week…

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On Banks of River. Two Sisters Dead. Repeating Rifle Found. Murder Charge Against Man SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Following the discovery on the banks of the Macdonald River, near Walcha, on Friday, of the bodies of two women,…

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Police Sergeant Convicted as Drunken Driver A Lenient Magistrate SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

The hearing concluded at the Central Police Court to-day in the case in which Percy Abraham Weldemier a police sergeant was charged with…

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20 Years Gaol German Spy In France BORDEAUX

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Eric Otto Mendt, a naval engineer, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for espionage on behalf of Germany…

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Nine Months Gaol Assaulted a School Girl SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Sentence of nine months imprisonment was imposed on Stanley Raynold Swincer (26), a motor mechanic, at the Quarter Sessions to-day. He…

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S.P. RAID Two Bathurstians Charged a Question of Law

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

The question of whether a bet could legally be made before the bookmaker received the money and completed the transaction personally was raised in…

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Bookmaker "Broke" Appearance Before Bankruptcy Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Examined before the Registrar-in-Bankruptey to-day, Ernest Leggo, certified bankrupt, admitted that between May and November last year he had…

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Flour Tax Legality to Be Tested Appeal to High Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

The High Court of Australia is to decide whether legislation imposing a Flour Tax was beyond the powers of the Federal Parliament…

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