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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 17 of 81

Drunken Driver State's Worst Record Heavy Fine and Gaol

National Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Ernest Hyde alias Ernest Bede Cotter(46) who in 1940 was fined [?] and disqualified from holding a driving licence for…

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Warning by Police on False Cheques

Central Western Daily · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 1

[?] people are warners by the Orange police that cheer have been numerous cases reported from Country towns all over the…

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Milkman's Widow Successful Court Claim SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 1

Zoning had kept down operative costs of Sydney milkmen and its abolition would but down the profits considerably, it was stated in the City…

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Police on Strike More Trouble in India New Delhi

National Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 4

It was reported tonight that a hunger strike, started by police who are demanding increased wages and allowances, spread today from Old…

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Attempted Beer Theft Much Sweat Wasted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 12

Water and beer featured in a stoppage of the signal apparatus on the railway line in the Linden area on Friday morning…

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Sentenced to Death Forbes Farmer Sensational Development

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 11

William Robert Bathgate, fanner, 47, of [?]s, was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of an…

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Police Force of 2,000,000 for Peace New York

Central Western Daily · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

The New York Times learns that preliminary discussions of the U.N.O. Military Staff Committee has indicated…

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Navy Deserter Pleads Guilty To Stealing

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

A deserter from the Royal Navy, Edward Eevennett, was fined £20, in default 40 days’ hard labor, and ordered to pay compensation, at the Orange Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing £15 and a suit of clothes from a house in East…

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Theft From George's Plain's Post Office

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

During the week end a thief or thieves broke into George's Plains post office and stole money, tobacco and cigarettes of a total value of £16…

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Theft of Clothing Three Men Charged

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: William James Gibb, MLC, organiser of the Clothing Trades Union, had to have stolen clothes exhibits at the Central Court…

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Tobacco Stealing Charges

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

The cases against four local residents who were charged with stealing tobacco from the Bathurst goods shed recently is listed for hearing at the…

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Customs Act Zoo Board Chairman Charged

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Sir Herbert Olney, chairman of the Zoological Board of Victoria, will appear before the Public Customs Inquiry tomorrow…

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Killed 600 Patients Two German Women Sentenced to Death

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: Two German women who were attendants in a Nazi asylum one nursing home have been sentenced to death by a Berlin court…

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Lithgow Police Go Underground

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Although not affiliated with the French Maquis, two police officers, Det. Sgt. E. E. Mabbutt and Plainclothes Constable W. F. Clement…

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Theft Of Wheat Bags Nargong Farmer Charged

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

Arthur Alexander Death, farmer, of Nargong, was charged in the Cowra Police Court at last sitting with having stolen 275 wheat bags, the…

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Alleged Assault on Child

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

Hamlet Charles Wallace (32), assistant stationmaster at Bell, who appeared before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., on a charge of…

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Brewery Dispute Court Hearing Next

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Strikers at Tooth's Brewery today at a mass meeting agreed to the unions involved in the dispute making a join application…

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To Enlarge High Court Federal Labor Decision

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Federal Labor Caucus today agreed to legislation to enlarge the High Court. It is understood that the legislation…

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"Provocation Brings Man Before Court Cowra Beer In Short Supply

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

Reginald Cecil Walsh, charged in the Cowra Police Court a few days ago with having been found drunk in Kendal Street, pleaded guilty "under…

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Federal Parliament Referendum Bills Introduced Proposed Additional High Court Opposition Criticism Canberra

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 4

Before the end of this year the electors of Australia will be asked to vote on the granting of three extra powers to the Federal Parliament…

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