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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 2 of 49

Youth Charged With Violent Robbery

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Alleged to be one of four men who entered a Randwick shop on Friday and assaulted and robbed the occupants…

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Police Court Bathurst Lorry Driver Unlucky Says the S.M.

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 3

Arthur Bruge Morris, Bathurst carrier, was unlucky when his lorry stopped by the police on the Great Western Highway near…

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"Could Do Just As Much Damage." Says Magistrate

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

"An unemployed man riding an unlighted cycle after dark can do as much damage as a man who is in work," said Mr. W. S. Bromhead,…

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Mining Warden's Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

Two applications before the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court yesterday, involving well known Bathurst men, were adjourned by consent. John Phillip…

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Bathurst Assault Wife Kissed Him Good-bye: and Was Gone

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1

When James Wanless Johnson left home for work one morning in December last, his wife. Marjorie E. Johnson, kissed him…

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Bathurst Police Truck Driver Is Man of Parts

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1

First Class Constable John Bradley Hunter, of Bathurst Police road patrol is a man of parts. He was questioned in a traffic case…

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Lithgow Police Court Tuesday, January 14 (Before N. L. Sheridan, P.m.) Preservative Used

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 3

Sutton's Butchery Pty. Ltd., was fined £3, costs 8- for selling adulterated meat. A plea of guilty was entered on their behalf…

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Husband Charged with False Pretences Sold Home and Furniture

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 2

After hearing a charge of false pretences against Claude Reginald Bourke at Lithgow court yesterday Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, P.M., bound…

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Lithgow Police Make Great Liquor Haul And Two Arrests

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 2

Smart work by Lithgow police yesterday resulted in the arrest of two men who later appeared before the court and were remanded on a number of charges. The police learned that liquor was…

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Cabinet Refuses Legal Adviser for Police Dept. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. A. Mair) stated tonight that the Cabinet had decided against attaching to the staff of the Police Department a…

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West Dubbo Row Ends in Court Counter Charges DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 5

The outcome of a disturbance at West Dubbo last. Thursday morning [?] the appearance in theseveral residents of that suburb in the Dubbo…

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Orange Court List. Monday (Before Mr. R. Donaldson. P.M.). “Mystery Man” Fined

Leader · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 4

A mystery [?] so far as the [?] court is [?] George Rankin was [?] with [?] and 5 [?] uses on a charge…

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Three Arrests Follow Bathurst Man's Burglary Complaint

National Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

Within a few hours of receiving a complaint that premises in Howick Street had been entered and some goods stolen, Detective…

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Joy in Murder

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

THE statement of a Nazi bomber pilot to Berlin's radio audience recently is a sample of the strange mentality of…

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Police Pay Surprise Visit to Newnes

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

According to a police report, a party of police from Bathurst visited Newnes on Saturday night and arrested two men, who are to appear at…

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Dubbo Ambulance Benefits From Court Case DUBBO

National Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Dubbo ambulance will benefit to the extent of £1[?]6 from a disturbance at West Dubbo last Thursday, as result of which several residents…

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Lithgow Police Non Plussed In Unusual Situation

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 5

A hive of bees settled in one of the four plane trees in Lithgow court house grounds yesterday morning but within half an hour they were…

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“Riot in the Park.” Informer Told Police

Leader · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2

“There’s a riot in a park along the Bathurst Road. You’d better do something about it,” excitedly declared a man who went to the…

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Big Court List on

National Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 2

The list at Bathurst Court of Petty Sessions on Monday is a formidable one. The Police Court, Small Debts Court and Wardens Court all have a…

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Systematic Overtime Condemned By Full Court

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 2

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission has decided that required production in a Newcastle factory supplying munitions could best be…

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