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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 14 of 81

Assistant C.p.s. Farewelled at Court House

Central Western Daily · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 1

Mr. A. Burns, Assistant C.P.S., was farewelled at the Court House yesterday afternoon by court officials,…

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Gardener Stabbed Police Received Mystery Call

National Advocate · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Early this morning William Patrick Tuddle. 35. market gardener, of French's Forest was found lying near the Harbor Bridge pylon in…

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Police Chase at Bathurst Two Arrests Made

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 8

Two Bathurst police sergeants had a hectic chase last week when they attempted to arrest two soldiers suspected…

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Thumbed Ride in Police Car--Went To Lock-Up--Not Sydney

Central Western Daily · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

Five youths who hailed the police car on the Guyong-Shadforth road yesterday received little assistance in their pleas for a “ride to Sydney,” for within a short…

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Charged On Forbes Murder After 10 Years SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 1

The shooting of a man and a woman at Forbes more [?] was described in the Central…

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Daring Theft at Theatre Royal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

While members of the refreshment room staff were busily engaged coping with an overflowing, crowd of customers during the interval at the…

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Four Arrests' Made Sequel to Bathurst Tobacco Theft

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Four men were arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the recent theft of a quantity of tobacco from the Bathurst goods…

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Forbes Murder Trial Allegations by Crown Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

A story of all feeling between a Forbes farmer and a man he is alleged to have murdered more than 10 years ago, was given in the…

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Check on Court Reports Amendment to Act SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 1

An amendment to the Obscene and indecent Publication Act was introduced in Parliament by the Chief Secretary (Mr Baddeley) this…

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Four Years'gaol Ex-soldier Sentenced

National Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

KEMPSEY. Wednesday: Frank Brownie, ex-serviceman, pleaded guilty to charges of maliciously wounding Thelma Jean Piggot and Edward…

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Police Access to Arbitration Court

National Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Wednesday: NSW police force will be given the right of access to the Arbitration Court for the determination of wages and…

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Police May Approach Arbitration Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

The N.S.W. Police Force would be given the right of access to the Arbitration Court for determination of wages and conditions…

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Arrest in Bathurst Tobacco Theft

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

Railway detectives at Bathurst, after five days of intensive investigation, on Tuesday arrested two railway employees and two laborers…

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Tobacco Theft Cases Four Men Remanded

National Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

Remands until March 28 were granted at the Bathurst court yesterday when four men were charged in connection with the recent…

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Taxi-driver Alleges Assault by Two Men

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Two young men, William Bowman and Horace Weekes, were remanded at the Orange Police Court yesterday on a…

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Federal Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

A Federal Court sat in Mudgee yesterday to deal with a charge against two local business firms for a single offence each under the…

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U.S. Corporations Charged with Conspiracies New York

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

The Federal Grand Jury indicated seven Corporation and 245 10-divisions charged with conspiracies relating to everdrawing of…

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Attempted Murder Charge Women's Story of Struggle ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

Police say that jealousy was the motive behind the alleged attempt to murder a young woman at Everard Park last night…

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Hitch-Hiker “Lifted” By Police Car

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

For the second time b three days the Orange police car was hailed and asked for a lift by the very for whom the police were searching. Edward Troth, of no known abode, made this disastrous…

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Forbes Murder Trial

National Advocate · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fear of the then coroner at Forbes was the cause of a witness in a double shooting case at Forbes withholding vital…

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