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

Courts & crime, 1945

994 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 50

Alleged Murder Mother - Brother Shot Auckland (N.z.), Thurs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

A 13-year-old boy, Noel Ingram Brookes, was yesterday committed for trial on charges of murd[?]ing his mother, Ethel…

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Telegrams in Brief Soldier Charged with Double Murder

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Francis Alexander Walls (46), a solder, who has been charged with murder, was today remanded to appear on May 3, when the…

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Gaol for Carrying Submachine Machine Gun

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: For being armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun on March 10. with intent to steal Frederick Ellis Dallanger (19) and…

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Nine Months' Gaol Shooting of Pilot Officer

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Quarter Sessions today sentence of nine months' imprisonment was passed on Mervyn Fletcher Acheson (23),…

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Police Conference Decisions

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: At the Police Association conference today, it was decided not to ask for shoes and the open-neck type of tunics for summer…

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Police Recommend Drastic Measures

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The NSW Police Association's conference will ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to introduce a national security…

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Sydney Gangsters Police Ready to Meet Them

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: If gangsters started a tommygun war in Sydney. the N.S.W. police force was ready to meet them, a high police official said…

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Stealing Charge

National Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

A girl aged 19 years, was arrested in Bathurst yesterday by constables McKechnie and MacDonald and charged with stealing to worth of jewellery…

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Lodge "Beano" Leads to Court Appearance

National Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

On a charge of evading rall fare for a trip between Sydney and Kelso five men were each fined 11 at the Bathurst court yesterday and also ordered…

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Escapees From Bathurst Gaol Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

Two prisoners who were among a party of 10 taken out for work on the farm at Bathurst Gaol this afternoon made a daring escape…

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Police Make Raid

Leader · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

The police made a raid on a building in Peisley Street on Saturday night, and as a result 41 men were rounded up and taken to the station…

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Daring Escape From Bathurst Gaol Manhunt for Two Prisoners

National Advocate · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 1

Two prisoners made a daring escape from Bathurst Gaol yesterday afternoon and up till a late hour last night they had not been recaptured, although a wide manhunt was conducted…

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Theft From Factory

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

Reginald Reuben Vincent (52). laborer was convicted at the Bathurst Court yesterday on a charge of stealing at Bathurst between April 11…

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Armed Assault Young Man Gaoled

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Francis Joseph Maher (22), of Leeton was sentenced in the Quarter sessions today to three years gaol for assaulting a woman…

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Forged Will Man and Wife Charged

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A man and his wife pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Count oday to a charge of having forged a will. The Crown…

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Gaol Escapees Caught Arrests Made at Wyagdon Extra Sentences Imposed

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

Raymond Leonard Cussen (20) and Frank Edward Tavlor (21) who escaped from outside Bathurst Gaol on Sunday afternoon were captured at…

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"Killer" Caldwell Court Martial Adjourns

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: The court martial of Ground Captain Clive (Killers Caldwell. which opened today was adjourned to enable counsel to…

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Lithgow Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

The following cases were heard before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M., at the Lithgow police court yesterday: CASE ADJOURNED…

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Car Stealer Sentenced

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday before Judge Shortland, Leslie Albert Williams (34), of Dubbo. was sentenced to nine months…

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Wattle Flat Stealing Charge

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

Alexander Perin (22). of Wattle Flat, was ordered to enter into a bond of self and £50 to be of good behavior for four years, by Judge Shortland…

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