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

Courts & crime, 1942

1,031 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 52

Alleged [?]Each of Regulation 10 Company May As Charged Newcastle [?]

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 6

[?] today sent a telegram to the [?] to take action [?]…

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Copied Movie Court Methods SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 1

Judge Studdert said in a Sydney court today that a considerable number of children did not know the nature of an cath…

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Slit Trenches at the Court House

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 2

A portion of the garden confronting the Bathurst Court House has be[?] marked for the digging of slit trenches. A section of the plan…

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Court Cases

National Advocate · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

The police reported a quiet weekend in Bathurst as far as cases of drunkenness or unruly behavior were concerned, but a number of summons…

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Gaol for Girl ‘Conchies’ One Had Refused 21 War Jobs. LONDON

Leader · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 1

The first North-West Tribunal for women conscientious objectors, held at Manchester, sent two girls to gaol…

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Alleged Theft From Lithgow Boarding House a Friend Is Charged and Discharged

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 2

A case in which there was considerable cross-examination was heard at Lithgow police court yesterday when Jas. Bede Renshaw, 27, turner…

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Chose Gaol, But Soon Changed Mind

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 3

Found guilty in an assault charge, a defendant at the Lithgow police court elected to take out the 12 days' imprisonment instead of paying the…

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Lithgow Police Court Tuesday, April 28, 1942 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.m.) Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 2

John Alexander Willis and Leslie Davis pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and were fined 5- or the rising…

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Police Court Sanitary Contractor Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 6

Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., at the Portland police court on Monday, Charles Ramsay, representing the Blaxland Shire Council, proceeded…

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Woman's Death Son Committed on Murder Charge Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 2

On charges of having murdered his mother on April 9, having [?]ly sett fire to a shop and dwelling of Anthony Skekos, at Woy-Woy on April…

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Fair Rents Court An Application Is Adjourned

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 6

Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., at Portland on Monday, an application by Duncan McDiarmid, an employee at the SAF, to have the rental of…

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Military Service Claims for Exemption Several Heard in Closed Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 3

A number of applications for exemption from military service were heard at the Lithgow police court by Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., on Tuesday…

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Munition Worker Charged

Leader · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 2

At the Orange Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. [?] magistrate George [?] worker…

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Military Man Assaults Police

Leader · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

Norman Bruce Birks, a member of the Militia forces, was in an intoxicated and noisy frame of mind when accosted by Sergeant Steele and…

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Bound Over for Five Years £2000 Theft Charge SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

Michael James Shaman, 39. who pleaded guilty in the Quarter Sessions today to theft of £2000 was released on a bond of £100 to be of…

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"Cat" and 7 YEARS Brutal Assault During Brown Out MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

Leslie Stephens, a textile worker, married, of Coburg, was sentenced to seven years hard labor and 15 strokes of the birch by Mr. Justice O'Bryan…

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Sunday Liquor Trading South Coast Revelations Magistrate Takes Lenient View WOLLONGONG

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

Hotel licensees in industrial districts have been [?]er the impression that they can serve shiftworkers on Sunday[?] said Mr. A. G…

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Probate Problem Court the Best Judge SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) commenting today on the position in which the dependents of missing soldiers, sailors and airmen…

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