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

Courts & crime, 1940

1,204 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 61

Miss Eadith Ray Funeral at Rydal Police Seek Evidence of Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

The funeral of Miss Eadith Ray (16), who died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Bathurst, on Friday, took place at Rydal on Saturday afternoon…

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Latest War News Allied Might Huns' Policy of Murder Churchill's Rebuke to Neutrals LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1

THE First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) last night made an exceedingly frank broadcast in a review of the war…

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Terrorised Women Bearded Vagrant at Vittoria Caused Fires, Say Police Three Months Gaol

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

A vagrant wearing a long black beard, who terrorised women in the Vittoria district, near Bathurst, and round whose camps a number…

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Father's Death Son Sentenced to Two Years Shooting Followed Card Game MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

Sixteen years [?] Keith Barker today was sentenced in the Central Criminal Court to two years'…

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Cafe Murder "Underworld Crime," Says Prosecutor Suggestion About Witnesses SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Describing a city cafe murder as an unwarranted crime, the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. McKean, K.C., suggested in the Central Criminal…

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Czech Unrest Police Comb Prague Search For Youths Gestapo Men Murdered PRAGUE

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

In foiled attempts to catch a young Czech student believed to have been responsible for numbers of the Ges[?] recently, the Nazis have rounded…

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DEMANDED £50 Widow's Allegation Man Charged with Murder Mention of Divorce Proceedings SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 1

In the City Coroner's Court to-day a widow described how a man had allegedly demanded £50 to drop divorce proceedings naming…

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Cafe Murder Life Sentence for Clerk Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 1

Leslie Ernest Kennedy (27) clerk, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to penal servitude for life at the Central Criminal Court today…

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Demand on Dead Man. Woman's Amazing Story. Murder Suspect at Inquest SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 2

In the City Coroner's Court to-day, a widow described how a man had allegedly demanded £50 to drop…

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Orange Court List. Monday [?] A Donaldson, [?] six months for Boxer

Leader · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 3

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Warden's Court. Mining Near Wheat Stack.(Monday: Mr. Donaldson, P.M.)

Leader · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

A representative of the Wheat Pool Board, which plans to store six million bags of wheat at Spring Hill, opposed an…

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Widow's Appeal Upheld by High Court Shunter's Death Compensation Reduced SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

The High Court of Australia to-day, by a majority of three to in upheld the appeal by Mrs. Helen Dwyer against a judgment…

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Third Murder Charge Father Again in Court Second Son Dead Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 1

Gustav August Martin (52). fireman, appeared at the Ipswich Court to-day on a charge of murder. He is now charged with having…

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Hotel Burglary Three Men Committed and One on Receiving Charge

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 6

At the Portland police court on Tuesday morning Everitt Leslie Griffith, Patrick Joseph McHugh and Charles Leslie Mason were committed…

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Stock Stealing On the Railways Details Regarding Losses

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 7

AT the recent conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales it was resolved: "That the Executive Committee stress to…

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More Power Wanted Police and Liquor Act SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 5

THE annual report of the Commissioner of Police recommends amendments of the liquor laws so as to give…

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Eternal Triangle Old Man Charged With Attempted Murder SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

The shooting affray in Woolloomooloo last night had its aftermath at the Central police court to- day, when Esau Henry Carson (69), a…

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Police Promotions Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2

The following police promotions have been notified: Constables to be firstclass: C. W. Haskew (Orange); F. J. H. Martin (Warren): P. J. Sweeney…

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Jannali Murder Evidence at Inquest SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

Evidence of how Arthur Charles Lampshire allegedly had pleaded with another man not to shoot him as he was lying on his back, was given in the…

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“Tapped Line” Talk. Evidence at Coroner’s Court. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2

Evidence of how Arthur Charles Lampshire allegedly had been slain while lying on hit back and pleading with another man not to…

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