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

Courts & crime, 1944

1,049 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 53

Hun Horror Mass Murder of 12,000 Poles Huge Common Grave

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 7

A special Soviet Commission investigating the murder of Polish war prisoners by the Germans has reported that…

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Warships, Planes Blast Marshalls Non-stop Assault Continued

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

PEARL HARBOR, Monday: A force of American warships bombarded the Marshall Islands which for the past three weeks have been attacked…

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Futile Court London

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

Without giving any details of the actual penalty, the German news agency's special correspondent says that an Italian tribunal has sentenced…

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Want New Award Mental Nurses' Strike Threat Court to Hear Claim

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Mental hospital employees will seek before Mr. Justice Webb, of the industrial Court, on February 7 to vary an award which…

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Grocer Sent to Gaol

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: For haying received 1823 trackers of razor blades knowing them to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained Arthur Woolley…

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Young Soldier's Bad Record Two dears' Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

James Albert Rutherford (19), a soldier, received sentences of two years' hard labor on several breaking and entering charges and 12 months'…

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Commanders Charged. Laying Down of Arms. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

A German newsagency’s special correspondent [?] that an Italian tribunal has sentenced three generals and four admirals on a charge of…

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Ban on Police Workers at Cannery

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

The ancient and vexed question as to whether a tomato is classed as a fruit or vegetable is involved in certain representations mode following…

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Theft of £170 Former Farm Registrar Bound Over Case at Bathurst Sessions

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

Percy Aubrey Hayler (48) a former employee at Bathurst Experiment Farm, was bound over for four years at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions…

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Two Years' Gaol Young Soldier's Bad Record Thefts in Lithgow and Forbes

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

James Albert Battoerford, 19, a soldier, received sentences of two rears' bard labor on several breaking and entering charges…

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Judge Reduces Sentences Lithgow Man's Appeal at Bathurst Sessions Sequel to Tyre Theft Conviction

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

Edward Arnold Bates, 28, a mine worker of Lithgow appealed at the Bathurst Quarter Session yesterday against cumulative sentences of 12…

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Graziers at Court Unusual Case at Oberon

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

OBERON, Monday: At the Oberon police court before the SM, a complaint was lodRed by William Thomas Cosgrove, grazier, of Porter's Retreat,…

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Theft of Dead Airmen's Property

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday [?] dead RAA[?] during the journey [?]…

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Long Bond in Lieu of Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

Sentenced to a month's gaol by Mr. R. Soiling, P.M., when they appeared at the Lithgow police court on December 28 last on charges of being…

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Verdict of Murder and Suicide

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: At the inquest today into the death of a young widow and a middle aged factory cleaner who were found shot in an…

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Men Sent to Gaol Refused to Accept Work

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Gorton Bruce Kenny aud John Eckett, who were convicted at the special Federal court today on a charge or having refused…

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Assault on Wife Station Employee Bound Over Case at Bathurst Quarter Sessions

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

William james Josephs Bonfield (32), a station worker of Wyagdon was convicted at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of…

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W.A. POLICE Join the A.L.P. PERTH

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

The West Australian Police Union has decided to affiliate with the Australian Labor Party…

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Newnes Theft Charge Fails

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

After a brief retirement, a jury of 12 at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Joseph Allen…

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Wholesale Thefts Five Men Charged

National Advocate · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Five men, two or them soldiers, pleaded not guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions today to a charge of having stolen…

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