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

Courts & crime, 1941

964 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 49

Twelve Months Gaol for Two Young Bathurst Men for Night Assault on Married Woman

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 1

Though acquitted of charges of assault with intent to rape, two young Bathurst men, Edward Alexander Dwyer and William Charles Cunningham, were sentenced at Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday, to 12 months…

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Show Woman Charged

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 2

Rose Kingsley (42) a show woman appeared at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday on a charge of offensive behavior in Rankin Street…

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Orange Court List. Monday. (Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M.) “Never be Suppressed.”

Leader · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 4

“It was one of those [?] raids, against a practise winch is Australian [?] and which will never be suppressed,” said Mr A. R. Campbell,…

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Potts Acquitted of Wife Murder

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

AFTER a retirement of 40 minutes, a Supreme Court Jury found Harvey Oliver Potts (45) not guilty of murdering his…

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Wellington Tragedy Potts Acuitted of Murder; Wounding Charge Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

It took the jury only half an hovy this morning to reach a verdict of not guilty in the rase in which Harvey Oliver Potts (43) was…

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Mayor Calls Police to Intervene

Leader · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 2

Probably the most [?] known in the [?] Council chambers was witnessed last week at a special meeting of the…

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Promotion To Inspector-- Lithgow Police Head

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 1

Sergt. H. H. Buchan officer in charge of police in Lithgow, has been promoted to the rank of inspector. The appointment, which date from April 1, appeared in the Government Gazette of April 24…

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Story to Police. Attackers Spoke German. SYDNEY [?]

Leader · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 3

A remarkable story that two men who attacked him had spoken German, was told to the police last night by Frederic McGorory…

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Busloads of Police. On Way Home from Cowra

Leader · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 2

Two [?] of police, about [?] men, arrived in Orange yesterday, on route to Sydney. They are [?] of a force or more than…

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Magistrate Says Bathurst Taxi-driver Negligent: Court Sequel to Serious Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 1

Whoever was responsible for a serious accident at the intersect on of Russell and Rankin streets on the afternoon of December 7, 1940, in which a motor cyclist was badly injured, James Norton, woll-known…

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Wrestler Charged with Using Dumbbell As Weapon

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—John [?] and John Levey, better known at John Morrow, well-known professional wrestlers, appeared in the Central…

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Bathurst Court Show Woman Got Drunk During the Adjournment

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 1

When Rose [?] (12), show woman, appeared before the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, at 1[?] a.m. charged with offer[?]…

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Charges Dismissed Soldiers in Court "Already Punished," Said Magistrate

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 4

When Sapper Lance Elliott arid Cpl. John Thompson appeared at Lithgow court yesterday to answer charges of breaches of the traffic regulations,…

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Lithgow Police Court Tuesday, April 29 (Before C. Pickup, P.m.) Tenancy Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 3

The P.M. dismissed the application of G. H. Piggott v. Leonard Lithgow Burns, agent for the estate of E. A. Odes, for a further postponement of…

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Police Station’s Frozen Assets

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

The clatter of typewriters can be heard incessantly at the Lithgow [?] station, but the fart t that a vast amount of correspondence and form…

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Police Choir Second Visit To Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 3

Lithgow branch of the Red Cross Society is making plans through Mr. H. Knight, M.L.A., for a visit to Lithgow of the N.S.W. Police Choir…

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Traffic Offence Lithgow Defendant At Bathurst Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 6

Most of the time of Monday's Bathurst court sitting was occupied with the hearing of traffic cases. Mervyn George Duff, of Lithgow,…

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Drove While Drunk Licence Cancelled Hearing at Lithgow Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

When he was convicted at Lithgow court yesterday on a charge of driving a motor car on the Great Western Highway…

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"Please Explain" Police Invitation Car Owners Who Parked in Main-street

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

A number of Lithgow district residents have been invited by the Superintendent of Traffic (Supt. T. Hooper) to state why their…

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