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

Courts & crime, 1946

1,617 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 81

Caldwell Court Martial for Friday Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

Messrs. J. E. Cassidy, KC, and J. W. Bavin, formerly RAAF legal officer at Eastern Area Headquarters, will appear for Group Captain…

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Jail for Assault on Police

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

Two soldier brothers were yesterday charged at the Millthorpe Police Court with assaulting Constable Qulalivan at Millthorpe on…

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Murder of POW's Jap Sentenced to Death

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Messages received here start that Sergeant Hositani has been found guilty at a labuan military court of murdering [?] unknown…

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Traitor's Friends Are Charged London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

Five men who allegedly conspired with John Amery to assist the enemy by joining the "British Free Corps in Germany were charged at…

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Bookmaker Is Castigated By Magistrate BATHURST

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

“You should be very proud of yourself—a young fellow of your physique attacking an old man. declared Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at…

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New Racket at Cowra Mandurama Sergeant Charged 2/-

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

One gentleman at the Cowra races had a new routine for making money, and all went well until he inadvertently picked on a plain clothes police…

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Kiosk Murder Man Questioned Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

Police are to-day questioning a man in respect to the murder of Mrs. Jean Wicks, [?]5 of Macleay-street, Pott's Point, whose body was…

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Bound Over Well-known Bathurst Bookmaker Unlawful Assault on Father

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

A suspended sentence of three months hard labor was imposed at the Bathurst court yesterday on Reginald George Woods (29),…

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Fined for Not Destroying Rabbits "Not Fair To Neighbors," Says Magistrate

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

"Other people are managing to destroy rabbits, and it's not fair to your neighbors not to destroy them on your own property," said Magistrate…

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Another City Murder Woman Found Dead in Kiosk

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday the [?] of Mr. [?] [?]…

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Telephone Trouble Interesting Court Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 11

An [?] Small [?] Court at Du[?] last [?] attached considerable afternoon…

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Nuremberg Trials Order by Hitler Produced in Court

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

NUREMBERG, Wednesday: Among documents read at the resumption of the Nuremberg trials today was an order from Hitler in 1943 ordering…

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Illegal Use of Motor Vehicles Soldiers' Christmas Week Capers Prove Costly Cases at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

The taking of a motor cycle of Ptc. Geollrey Scott Sandlands [?] of Bathurst racecourse without and consent of the owner, proved…

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Police Question Eight on City Kiosk Murder Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Police today questioned eight men on the murder of Mrs. Jean Wicks, 45, who was battered to death in her tobacco kiosk in York Street last night. The names of the men were found on slips of papers…

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Cullen Tragedy Man Charged with Manslaughter

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Det. Sgt. E. E. Mabbutt and Plainclothes Const. W. J. Heron left for Cullen Bullen this afternoon to arrest a man on a charge, of manslaughter…

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Kiosk Murder Case Eight Men Questioned

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thursday: The man-hunt continued today for the murderer of Mrs. Jean Wicks (15), [?] battered body, with a…

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The Kiosk Murder. Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Police have found no clue to the murderer of Mrs. Jean Wicks, 45 whose body was found in a York-street tobacco kiosk on Wednesday…

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Fined for Not Destroying Rabbits "Not Fair To Neighbors," Says Magistrate

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

"Other people are managing to destroy rabbits, and it's not fair to your neighbors not to destroy them on your own property," said Magistrate…

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Japs Afraid of Secret Police Tokio

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

General Macarthur has made his first report on the two months’ occupation of Japan by the U.S. He said that Japan is still afraid…

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Caldwell Court Martial Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Group Captain Clive R. ("Killer") Caldwell, Australian air ace, appeared before a general court martial at Bradfield Park to-day on four…

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