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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 7 of 81

Busy Court Day

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Not by choice but by compulsion it was a case of "shut up shop" at Bathurst C.P.S. office yesterday morning. With sittings being held at the same…

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Man Committed for Trial on Murder Charge Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Edward James White, 65, of Darlinghurst, was committed for trial by the City coroner today on a charge of having murdered…

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Traffic Act Breaches Cases at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

At the Bathurst court yesterday, Joseph Sidney Coomer, a slaughterman of Lithgow, was fined £1 with 8 court costs on a charge of negligent…

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40 Hour Week Quickest Route Through Court Mr. Chifley Outspoken ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

It was his belief that the quickest way to obtain a 40 hour week was for trade union movements to go to court, the Prime Minister. Mr…

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Assault Charges Fail Fracas on Capertee Railway Station Bathurst Quarter Sessions Case

National Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 1

Sequel to an incident on Capertee railway station on the night of August 9, involving a public constable and a publican on one side and two Glen…

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Sydney Police Assn. Cricket Team for Orange

Central Western Daily · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

A cricket team representing the Metropolitan Police Association will visit Orange on February 4…

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Mutiny, Murder and Mystery Form Plot of “Johnny Angel”

Central Western Daily · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

Mutiny and mass murder on the high seas motivate the action in RKO Radio’s new and gripping “Johnny Angel.” starring…

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Bathurst Cycle Cases Sentences Reduced Case at Bathurst Appeal Court

National Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 1

Appeals by Harry Carter (37), second hand dealer of Bathurst, and William Charles Bourke (29), laborer, [?] Bathurst, against cumulative…

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Nine Months for Burglary

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

Arrested while attempting to rob the till at Capellino's main-street bicycle shop last November, William Alfred Morris, 26, of McKellar's…

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Austrian Traitor Sentenced

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: In Vienna the last man tried by handing Austria over in the Nazis before the war has been sentence to the imprisenment…

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Magistrate Pays Fine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 8

At the Bathurst Court last Friday, Corn well Stewart (18), a laborer, was fined 1/- for travelling on the railway between…

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Missing Beer Theft from Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

At the Mudgee Police Court this morning, before Mr. Hart, P.M., Arthur Jones, senior porter at the Mudgee goods shed, pleaded guilty…

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Sensational Theft Council Car Stolen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 7

When Lithgow's assistant health inspector (Mr. Steward) approached the Health Department car parked outside the…

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Missing Beer Theft from Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

At the Mudgee Police Court this morning, before Mr. Hart, P.M., Arthur Jones, senior porter at the Mudgee goods shed, pleaded guilty…

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Acquitted on Capertee Assault Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

Sequel to a fracas on Capertee railway station on the night of August 9, involving the local police constable and the publican on one side…

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Bathurst Gaol Allegations by Dismissed Warder S.P. Betting in the Chapel

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

More than 100 crystal radio sets tuned into 2BS, Bathurst; scores of prisoners crowded into the gaol chapel on Saturday afternoons…

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Capertee Affray Mudgee Show Notes Charges of Assault What Happened at the Railway Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 7

Sequel to a fracas on Capertee, Railway Station on the night of August 9, involving the local police constable and the The sheep section is, perhaps, one of the most important sections at the show. Last year the quality of the exhibits received special…

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Bathurst Gaol Ex-Warder's Allegations Reply to Governor

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

Ex-Warder William Henry Davies, who made the sensational allegations with regard to wholesale betting by prisoners in Bathurst Gaol and also…

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Shocking Crime Thieves Murder Boy LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

Thieves who broke into a home in Liverpool last night hanged a boy of 11 who disturbed them. He was left to mind the house while his parents…

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Prisoner’s Escape in City Court Foiled Sydney

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

In a desperate bid to escape from the Central Police Court today, Bichard William Bernard, 25, laborer, fought off…

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