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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,759 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 88

Police Court Claim For Overtime

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

At the Mudgee Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Hart, P.M., John Joseph Hutchinson, a former chef at the Hotel Mudgee, claimed…

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Boys Responsible For Theft Of Explosives

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

At the C.P.C. Company's quarry last week, during a brief period that some detonators and fuses were left unguarded, it was reported that some unauthorised person had taken about a couple of dozen of these dangerous articles away…

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Coolah Police Court (Before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.m.) Offensive Behavior

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 19

At the February sitting of the goolice court, the adjourned cases against Ronald Cook and David Corn[?] on charges of behaving in…

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Husband Remanded on Murder Charge

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Wednesday. charged with the attempted murder of his wife. Authorn McGregor Williamson (36). laborer. of Ballarat. was…

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Police Visitor Ill

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

Sergeant First Class Pomroy, of Police Headquarters, who came to Bathurst in connection with the promotion examinations, was yesterday…

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Court Day Changed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 19

A further change has been made in the regular sittings of the Coolah Police Court. The police magistrate will now visit Coolah…

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General News Bathurst Licensing Court

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

Bathurst Licensing Court, which will commence at 9 a.m. today, will be presided over by Mr. J. B. Scobie. Chairman of the Licensing Bench…

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Luxury Home Builders To Explain to Court

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday: A city businesswoman will be prosecuted for allegedly building a large luxury home without a permit, it was officially…

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Motorist Charged

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

A man was arrested in George St. yesterday by Constables Field and Sharkey and churned with driving a motor vehicle while under the…

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Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

Bathurst Police Court will sit today whim a number of cases are set down for hearing. They include tenancy, straying stock, motor traffic cases, and…

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Brisbane Murder Case Evidence About Guinea Pig Tests

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Experiments made with the brains of guinea pigs proved that a woman could not have died from ethyl chloride, a doctor told…

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Murder Suspect Found Hanged In Cell MELBOURNE, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 1

Chan Kwan, 31, one of the two Chinese charged with the murder of Yeung Shing and wounding of Albert Sydney Pack, 46, in a taxi on…

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Bathurst Licensing Court Complaints About Hotel Facilities

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 1

The lack of hotel accommodation in Bathurst was the subject of comment at Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday by the licensing…

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Wine and Spirit License Granted to Western Stores Interesting Evidence at Bathurst Court Liquor Famine in Bathurst District

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5

After a keen battle and after lengthy evidence had been taken, Western Stores and Edgley's Ltd. Bathurst branch, was granted a Wine and Spirit license, under the new Liquor Act, by Mr. J. B…

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False Murder Confession “Made for Swank”

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.— The report of Mr. J. C. Jolly, K.C., to Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, into the confession made in gaol by David John Ware to the murder of Olive Balchin on a Manchester…

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U.S. Miners Lose Court Case

National Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday: The United States Supreme Court yesterday upheld convictions for contempt court against the United Mine…

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Contempt of Court Rule Against Lewis Is Upheld Washington

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

The Supreme Court upheld the contempt of court convictions against John L. Lewis and the United Mineworkers but…

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Marriage Notice Echo of Cornock Murder Trial

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday. - Gilbert Kenneth Bedford, a cripple, who was a witness at the trial in which Mrs…

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A Big Business Murder In U.S.A

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 6

It teems that one is lucky to be alive in America. An average day in the United States last year produced 36…

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