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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 9 of 81

Coats Off Curious Court Incident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

Last week the "Guardian" referred to the stuffy, uncomfortable condition's preaviling during the Quarter Sessions sitting in Mudgee,…

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Homma Sentenced to Death Manila

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

General Homma, former Japanese commander in the Philippines, was found guilty in Manila today of war crimes, and was sentenced to death…

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Illegal Betting Man Fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

John Parker, 30, was fined £20 at the Bathurst court yesterday on a charge of being in Seymour Street on Saturday for the purpose of betting…

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Lithgow Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

The following cases were heard before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., in the Lithgow Police Court, yesterday:-- GOOD STORY,…

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Gaol Inquiry Sequel to Ex-warder's Allegations

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

The "Advocate's" Sydney correspondent advised last night that it was understood a departmental inquiry would be held at Bathurst Gaol…

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The Kiosk Murder Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Following the introduction of tobacco rationing about three years ago, Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, whose battered body was found in a…

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Alleged Attempt to Steal Ring Two Men Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Two men, alleged to have stolen a valuable ring this morning from a jeweller's shop, were arrested less than 30 minutes later…

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Rioting in Calcutta Police Fire on Crowd CALCUTTA

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Serious rioting occurred in Calcutta this, morning. The police opened fire and used, tear-gas, and up to midnight, four persons had been…

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Police Hide in Truck Alleged Railway Thieves Trapped Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Police investigations into the theft of railway goods between Sydney and Brisbane led last night to the arrest at gun point of two men…

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Gunpoint Arrest Will Clear Up Thefts, Police Allege Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Police investigations into thefts from goods trains between Sydney and Brisbans led to the arrest at gunpoint last night of two men who, it is alleged, had thrown £250 worth of footwear and drapery from a goods train at Denistone, a…

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Alleged Railway Theft Two Men Remanded

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Charged today a Ryde Police Court with stealing four cartons of footwear and one carton of drapery valued at £250 the…

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The Kiosk Murder Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

Women, some of whom had waited two hours for the doors to open, again rushed for seats in the tiny public gallery at the City Coroner's…

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Murder of Child Mother's Terrible Admission

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Mrs. B. Catal[?]notto (25), of Brooklyn, has allegedly confessed to beating her two year old daughter, Marie, to death…

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Jealousy Suggested As Motive At Kiosk Murder Inquest SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

On the morning of January 2 Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, 45, left her home in Macleay Street, Potts Point, carrying £200 or more in a wallet that she used for S.P. betting. That night her bettered body, with a rope round her…

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Kiosk Murder Inquest Opens Evidence of Victim's S.P. activities

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: On the morning of January 2, Mrs. Jean Wicks (45), left her house in Macleay Street, Potts Point, carrying…

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Dykes Breaker to Face Dutch Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

Five SS officers were sentenced to death by hanging for the [?] of unknown RAF airmen at [?] in November, 1944,…

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Escape Plan Foiled Darlinghurst Court Incident Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

Investigating a rasping sound coming from a cell containing several prisoners at Darlinghurst Police Court today, a constable found one…

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Railway Theft Three Months Gaol Bathurst Railway Man Sentenced

National Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

Rejecting an appeal for lenience the SM (Mr. Soiling) at Bathurst Court yesterday sentenced a railway employee, Ernest John Harri…

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Death of Infant Boy Sentenced on Slaying Charge

National Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Thursday: At the Assembly Quarter sessions today Reginald William Kevin McGuire (16) was september to 12 months for having…

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Sensational Kiosk Murder Evidence SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

Evidence by scientific experts was given to-day at the Coroner's Court when the inquest continued into the death of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, who…

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