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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 2 of 88

Big Court List for January 16

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

A lengthy sitting of the Bathurst Court is expected on January 16. Included in the cases listed are 30 liquor cases, including perrons found…

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Dunedoo Police Court Assault Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 20

At the Dunedoo Police Court on Monday, 16th December, before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., Francis W. Isaacs. of Dunedoo, proceeded against…

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Lithgow Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Following are some of the, cases dealt with before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., in Lithgow police court yesterday morning:--…

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Police Court Sequel To Car Crash

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

A sequel to a collision between a motor lorry and a parlor coach on the Great Western Highway, Hartley, in which a woman was fatally…

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Police Transfers

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Bathurst police have been notified of the following transfers in the district: Constable J. V. Mugridge, from No. 1 Division, Sydney, to Trunkey…

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Request to Police

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

When entertainments are held in future in the vicinity of King's Parade, the local police will be asked to have men on the spot to prevent acts…

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Gaol for Hotel Brawl Hour to Clear Debris

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday; Two men were sentenced to three months' gaol by Mr. Grugeon, SM, at Central Court today, for wrecking…

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Fined at Gulgong Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 16

At the last sitting of the Gulgong Police Court, fines of 10/- and 8/- court costs were imposed on the following for failure to register…

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General News District Court

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

The next sitting of the District. Court at Bathurst is listed for Thursday, January 30…

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Retired Police Officer Dies Under Anaesthetic

Central Western Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

A retired police officer, who married an Orange native when attending a garage at Belmore on December 17 last…

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Peruvian Cabinet Resigns After Editor's Murder Lima (Peru)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

All the city's banks, stores and business establishments closed, yesterday as a demonstration of mourning and protest as thousands…

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Burglar Leaps Forty Feet Escapes Police Cordon

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: A roof to roof leap 40 feet above the ground was made by a cat burglar who escaped from a police cordon at Potts Point…

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Mulley Hold-up. Police Arrest Sleeping Man Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 4

Sydney police, investigating the Mulley hold-up, made a dramatic dawn arrest of a sleeping man in a…

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Alleged Customs Offence Factory Owner Charged

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Among goods which Customs officers seized in a Sydney factory were 79,000 sewing machine needles, it was stated in the…

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Police Patrols Cut Down Accident Toll

Central Western Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 6

Coincidence of low road accident holiday toll low road presence holiday toll low road presence on the main roads of the on the main roads of the greatest number of police traffic greatest number of police traffic…

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Busy all the time at Orange Court House

Central Western Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Notwithstanding the large increase in business at the Orange Court House, there has been no increase in staff, which still works under war-time conditions, without payment for overtime. Increase in business at the…

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Three Remanded in Mulley Case One Defendant Refused Bail Police Allege Confessions Made SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Charged with armed robbery at the home of Jockey Mulley, two young men were remanded at Central Court today, one on £1000 ball and the…

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Alleged Stealing

National Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Two men were arrested in Bathurst on Saturday night and charged on two counts of stealing articles from motor vehicles. Constables Field and…

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Girl Charged

National Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

A girl aged about 15 years, was detained by Bathurst police on Saturday and charged with being a neglected child. It is alleged that…

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The Brisbane Murder Brisbane, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Reginald Spence Wingfield Brown, 49, was remanded until January 20 at the Brisbane police court to-day on a charge of having murdered…

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