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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 19 of 88

Tennis Court at De La Salle Will Be Welcome

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

De La Salle teachers and students are looking forward to some very enjoyable tennis next season, whom the recently…

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Agent on Wife Assault Charge

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday.: Police in Central Court today expressed fears that Arthur Edward Michael Walker, 35. state agent charged with assaulting…

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Brisbane Murder Case Allegation of Concocted Notes

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Bronia Mary Armstrong was the type of girl who loved life and never thought for a moment of committing suicide, the…

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Nine Months' Gaol In Railway Stealing Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

Opposing an application for a four years good behaviour bond on behalf of Charles Claude Simmons (47), a former railway examiner, who appeared in the Lithgow police court yesterday on six counts of stealing, Sgt. H. Taylor, police prosecutor, said the Railway…

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Wedding Celebrant Fined on Charge Of Assault

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

Wedding celebrations are usually associated with merriment and exhibitions of goodwill on the part of guests, while when the time comes to…

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Guilty of Murder Life Sentence in Brisbane Case

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown this afternoon was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor for…

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Policeman's Appeal Against Murder Conviction Rejected Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal by former policeman, William Joseph Cable, 32, against his…

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Police Investigate Woman's Allegation Of Man's Attack

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 1

Allegations made by a 19-year-old ex-W.A.A.A.F. that she was accosted by a strange man, in Amiens-street, Littleton, who,…

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Challenge to Judge High Court to Decide

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: The summons issued by the Printing Industry Employees Union and about 50 other trade unions seeking to determine…

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Young Wife’s Poignant Story in Coroner’s Court

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

Dramatic story of how a young wife knocked a spoon of sugar and strychine crystals from her husband’s…

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Picked Peas at Spring Hill Man Before Cowra Court

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 3

Before Cowra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday was Reginald Alger, of Spring Hill, who was charged with being drunk and not…

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Defendant In Stealing Charge Collapses In Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 2

Trevor Gerard Delaney, 24, former postman, collapsed in Lithgow police court on Tuesday when he was committed by Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., for trial at Bathurst Quarter Sessions on April 22, on two charges of…

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Windsor Murder Evidence at Inquest

National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The skull of a man found battered to death on a bank of Hawkesbury River at Windsor on Sunday. February 23, had a…

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Boys Convicted for Murder of Assistant Master London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 1

At the conclusion of the trial of boys, who were charged with the murder of the assistant master at Stan[?]on Farm Approved School for…

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Full Court Rejects Cable’s Appeal

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Full Court of Criminal Appeal today rejected an appeal by William Joseph Cable, 32,…

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Disturbance in Court Two Toughs Play Up

National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two men and cuffed together, caused a stir in Redfern Court today when they faced stealing charges…

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Boys Guilty of Murder

National Advocate · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday: Four of the ten boys charged, with having murdered an assistant master at Camden Farm School have been found…

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Tenancy Cases at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

At the Bathurst Court yesterday Mr. Dash, S.M., refused an application for an ejectment order by Allan Joseph Casey, against Mrs. Mary Ann…

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Saturday Night Police Patrol for Cudal Sequel To Boree Shire Council's Request

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 3

Following a request by Boree Shire Council, Constable W. Iverach, of Manildra, has been instructed to carry out a patrol…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

National Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Following an alleged shooting affray last night, Arthur John Sutherlands (37), was charged with having attempted to kill…

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