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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 18 of 81

Four Men for Trial Bathurst Tobacco Theft Case

National Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

Four local residents were committed for trial at the Bathurst Court yesterday on a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Police Transfer Plans

National Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday: Negotiations are proceeding with senior NSW police officers for their transfer to the Commonwealth Investigation Service. This…

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Screen's Bad Man Charged with Drunkenness Los Angeles

National Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 2

The screen's and man, Lawrence Tierney, had better not be had any more, or else. That was the edict of Judge Cecil…

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Gang Murder Man Shot Dead at Chippendale

National Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Miles "Face" McKeown, an underworld character, was found dead, slumped in a sedan car which crashed into the…

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Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 3

At the Mudgee Police Court this morning, Harry Godfrey Phillips and Arthur Phillips were charged with having goods in custody. The…

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Lithgow Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 2

Four men who failed to appear before Mr. R. Palmer, C.M., in the Lithgow police court this morning to answer charges of drunkenness,…

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NZ Murder Appeal Case

National Advocate · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 4

AUCKLAND. N.Z., Sunday: The New Zealand Court of Appeal yesterday unanimously dismissedi an application by Eric Maree, former musician, for…

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Police As Barrowmen

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 4

Unlicensed barrowmen operated in Main-street on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and did a very brisk trade without fear of police…

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Polish Terrorists Murder Red Soldiers LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

Polish terrorists shot nine members of the Red Army, whom they dragged from a train at Czastarcy, a small station near Lodz, says the…

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Naval Rating Drowned Companions Questioned by Police

National Advocate · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Sunday: As the liner Arawe was ranting off from Prince's Pier shortly after 11 p.m last night for New Zealand, an unidentified naval…

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Receiving and Stealing Charges Two Men Fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 1

At the Bathurst Court yesterday Frederick seaman (63) a laborer of Bathurst Common was fined £10 on a charge at receiving a tent and tent fly…

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City Murder Arrest Expected

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Two gaol ward[?] McKcown who is serving a sentence in Long Bay Goal, to the formal today of Miles Henry…

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Kiosk Murder Trial Postponed Sydney

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 1

A rearrangement of the criminal list has been made, and Douglas Ronald Morris, 25, journalist, charged with the kiosk…

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Underworld Murder Still Unsolved Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

An appeal to any member of the public likely to be able to assist them to come forward and do so in strict confidence was issued to-day…

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Hunt for Killer McKEOWN Murder Case

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police now believe that when Myles Henry McKeuwn was shot dead in the driver's seat of a car at Chippendale, someone else…

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Brewery Dispute Before Court

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Tooth's Brewery dispute came before Judge OMara in the Federal Arbitration Court today. The unions concerned and the…

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Anti-t.b. Appeal the Bathurst Appeal Police and Publicans in Conference

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 2

The members of the Bathurst ranch of the ULVA and police held a meeting in the Royal Hotel yesterday to discuss means of raising funds for…

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Illegal Cigarettes Sir Herbert Olney Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The chairman of the Zoological Board (Sir Herbert Olney) was charged at a Customs inquiry today with the…

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Show Society's Ex-treasurer Charged with Misappropriation

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

After sitting throughout yesterday to hear a charge of fraudulent misappropriation' preferred against Charles Beverley Golden (29), of…

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Lithgow Police Reunite a Family

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

Besides the maintenance of law and order, and routine investigations necessary for the apprehension of wanted persons, Lithgow police are often called upon to render services to the public which vary considerably from the ordinary course of their duty…

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