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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 6 of 52

Illegal Operation Orange Woman Sent to Gaol ORANGE

National Advocate · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

A sentence of 15 months light labor was imposed on Mrs. Elsie [?]whay at the Orange Quarter sessions today for havintg [?]egally used an…

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Orange Woman Gets 15 Months’ Gaol. Judge Emphasises Seriousness of Crime

Leader · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, at the Orange Quarter Sessions, Judge Shortland sentenced Mrs. Elsie Evelvn Bowhay to 16 months’…

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Yass Murder Dramatic Turn Grazier Committed for Trial YASS

National Advocate · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

A [?] inquest [?] Faulcer [?]…

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The Yass Murder. Alleged Burial Confession. “Did It to Protect Little Fellow.” YASS

Leader · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

There was a dramatic turn at the inquest into the death of Ida May Faulder (36). also known as Ida Davis to-day, when a state…

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Public Nuisances Two Men Gaoled Cases at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 1

William Birth (53) laborer and William Cavanagh 148) laborer, appeared in the Bathurst Police Court yesterday morning charged with…

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Land Agents Exorbitant Fees Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

Throughout the State various land agents are "racketeering" at the expense of landholders by charging exorbitant fees for advice…

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Assault on Girl Acquitted at Orange ORANGE

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 1

Alfred Ernest Barratt (21) was acquitted in the Orange Quarter Sessions, which commenced today, on a charge of carnally knowing a girl under the…

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Sydney Assault Evidence of Tram Argument SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

Included in wet over 100 people so far interviewed by the police following the death of William Coleman (44) a hotel cook, following an…

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Big Assault Expected German Blow at Egypt Developing Ominous Air Concentrations in Crete and Italy London

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

Concentrations of German air power in Italy and Crete suggest that Hitler is going to make a lightning move against the near East before he starts his big spring offensive in Russia…

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Alleged Dubbo Theft Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

In the Dubbo Police Court to-morrow, Edward John Gore of Dubbo, will appear before Mr. D. F. Parker. P.M., on a charge alleging…

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Land Agents Exorbitant Fees Charged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 6

THROUGHOUT the State various land agents are "racketeering" at the expense of landholders by charging…

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CLASH Police and Military SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 8

WHILE neither military authorities nor police have yet issued official statements, there is a serious…

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Police and Military Believed Difference Over Beach Shooting Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 1

While neither the army authorities nor the police have yet issued official statements on the controversy that has developed since three…

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Clues to City Bashing May Be in Letter. Police Seek Soldiers After Ex-R N. Man’s Death. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 1

Valuable information has been obtained by police from an anonymous letter from a witness of the brutal attack by…

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Militiaman Charged

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 2

Jack Leslie Wratherburn, a military-man was remanded at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday morning, to repear next Monday, February [?]6…

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Eviction Order Against Bathurst Railway Man Trouble Over Bathroom Case at Bathurst Fair Rents Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 1

An eviction order of warrant to issue from February l6, 1942. to March 12. 1942, and to lay in office until February 28, 1942. was…

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Brutal Murder Cold-blooded Disposal of Body Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

Clothed only in a grey check shirt and white singlet, the body of a onelegged man bound with wire and shrouded in a white sheet, was found…

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Rylstone Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

THE following cases were dealt with by Mr. Pickup, P.M., at the Rylstone Court on Thursday last: Leonard Thomas Large, laborer,…

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Webber Commitied Upon Assault Charge

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

John William Webber, 39, at Lithgow police court on Tuesday, was committed for trial at Bathurst Quarter Sessions on April 21 on a…

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