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

Courts & crime, 1943

1,046 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 53

Gaol Break Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 1

Frederick Townsend and Francis T. Smith escaped from the Guyra Lockup. Townsend was caught after a chase; Smith is still free…

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Three Months' Gaol Bathurst. Bus Driver to Appeal Petrol Stealing Charge

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 1

A sentence of three months hard labor was imposed on Clarrie Whitton (25) a bus driver at the Bathurst Court yesterday on a charge of…

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Assault Costs Man £54

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 2

At the Oberon police court before Mr. Bromhead, S.m. Michael Cammon Hogan sued William Alan Inglis for unlawful assault. Defendant was…

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Dubbo Assault Case No Bill Filed

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 4

DUBBO, Monday: When Joseph Charles' McArthur (36) was bound over for a second trial by Judge Shortland at Dubbo when the jury…

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Lithgow Police Court Tuesday, March 30 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.m.) Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

Robert Flanagan Was fined 15-, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness, UNREGISTERED DOG…

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Oberon Court Unclean Premises

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

An officer of the Board of Health, Inspector Frank Blake, took proceedings at Oberon police court against Peter Capsanis for having kept…

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Statement on India Amery's Attack on [?] Congress Police Un[?]

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday In a [?]…

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Orange Taxman Before Court. Operated Unlicensed Public Vehicle

Leader · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 4

Edward William Crampton, of Orange, pleaded guilty at Bathurst police court on Monday to operating a public motor vehicle without a license…

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Orange Court. (Before Mr. Donaldoon, P.M.)Traffic Offence

Leader · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 4

A young man, who runs a dairy farms for his mother, faced a charge at the Orange Court on Monday of driving a motor vehicle whilst [?]…

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Divorce Court Fiction Petitioner to Be Charged [?]

National Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: After he had discussed the petition of Thomas Kells, of Randwick for dissolution of his [?]…

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Assault on Child Coal In Sink

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

At the Lithgow Police Court yesterday, Vera Elizabeth Gough proceeded against Jack Kelly on a charge of assaulting her child…

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Jockey Charged Following Street Accident, SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 1

John Martin Coutts, a jockey, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having driven a motor car under the influence of liquor…

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Mudgee Council Vandalism Causes Grave Concern Police Assistance Sought Bacon Curing and Dehydration

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 14

Vandalism in the public parks of Mudgee was deplored by aldermen at the council meeting on Monday evening last, and it was resolved to seek the co-operation of the police authorities in tracking down the offenders…

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Aerial Police Suggested After The War Disarmament on Land and Sea New York

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

Mr. Herbert Hoover, former U.S. President to-day told the American United Press that the united nations, after the war, should strip the Axis'…

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Police Make Arrests Missing Commonwealth Property Bathurst Residents and Soldiers Charged

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Inquiries conducted at Bathurst during the best two days by Sydney detectives and Bathurst police in connection with missing…

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Supplied Liquor to Aborigine Dubbo Man Goes To Gaol

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

Joseph Henry Cummings (62) was fined £5, in default 10 days' gaol, when he appeared before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in…

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International Air Police Force. United Nations Should Organise. New York

Leader · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Herbert Hoover, former U.S. President. to-day told the American United Press that th[?] United Nations after the war should strip [?]…

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Rommel's Retreat Is Murder For His Troops All Armies Report Progress Gap Between British and Americans Narrows Enemy Stand At Gabes Expected Mainly Positional Warfare in Russia

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

It is expected that Rommel will make a stand in Gabes Gap. The fighting will undoubtedly be terrific, but after his defeat here, it is likely that the most stubborn resistance will have been broken. The rest of the…

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Mudgee Police Court A Light List

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 8

At the Mudgee Police Court this morning, before Mr. Pickup, P.M., Hilton Delaney, of the Railway Hotel, was fined £3 on a charge of…

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