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

Courts & crime, 1948

1,666 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 84

Police Propose "War" On Sunday Shooters

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Police intend taking action against persons found discharging or carrying firearms on Sundays. This warning was issued to-day by Sgt. A. E. Sheldrick, officer in charge of Lithgow police station, when he declared that arrests would…

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Police Seize Munitions Haul Disguised As Machinery

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday: American police in Jersey City near New York, have seized a large quantity of ammunition and military equipment…

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Fined for Stealing

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 2

Jack Dehmey (28), laborer, last employed as a hotel useful at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, was fined £5 on each of two stealing charges by Mr. DasH,…

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Chemist Allowed Bond Theft of Drugs

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A chemist said at Central Court because of overwork and study…

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Theft of Party Money Man Allowed Bail

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: An ex-Army officer, who had been honorary secretory of the Marrickville RSL Club for eight months was given a…

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Postman to Face Murder Charge

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 3

GOSFORD, Monday: When Robert John Murray (31), postal official, of Hardy's Bay, appears at Gosford Court on Friday he will be charged…

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Mental Patients Death Police Investigation

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 4

At the Morriss[?] Mental Hospital on New Year’s night, a patient in the women’s we[?] Esther Young 54, was killed when a fierce…

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Drunken Driving Charge Capertee Man Fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

A man, whose solicitor claimed that he stopped his car when he realised that he was unfit to drive it, was filled £10 on a drunken driving charge,…

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Trunk Murder Case Steward Remanded

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Arthur Andrew Beach, 47, ship's steward, who has been charged with the murder of Annie Kathleen Sturrock in the…

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Prison Orchestra for Bathurst Gaol? Concert Parties Planned

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

Endeavors by prisoners at Bathurst Gaol to form an orchestra may lead to the broadcasting of prison concerts within two years…

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Big Court List

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

There will be an all day session of the Bathurst court next Friday because of the large number of cades listed. A Court House official said…

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Women As Traffic Police City Innovation

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: As soon as uniforms are available, two women police will be given a trial on traffic duty in the city…

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Police Hunt for Hotel Bandits Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

Police are. conducting an underworld comb out in search of the three men who staged an armed holdup at the Hotel Arcadia…

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Bathurst Court List 1053 Cases Last Year

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

A total of 1053 cases were listed for the Bathurst lower court in 1947. The present S.M., Mr. Dash, attended almost all of 105 sittings held…

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Speed-up in Divorce Court City Cases

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Divorce Court today, Mr. Acting Justice Rainbow beard undefended divorce cases at the ra[?] of one every nine minutes…

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Bandits Steal Ca[?] Stage Hold-up Police S[?] City SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

Three around [?]gagged the c[?]er of [?] stole the [?] is to stage [?] at the…

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Oberon Police Court

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

At the Oberon Police Court, Thomas O'Keefe was fined £l/10/-, in default three days' hard labor, for stealing one pair of sheets from the…

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Car Accident Now Six Months Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Arrested at the Lithgow hospital after he had been admitted for treatment following a road accident on January 3, Phillip Charles…

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Appeal To Gaol Escapee SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

A broadcast appeal to Crofton Edward Barnes, 26-year-old Long Bay gaol escapee, to give himself up, was made by the State…

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Crowd Control Arrangements Comment by Bathurst Police

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

Rope barriers used to fence off portion of Russell St. during the recent New Year's Eve festivities at King's Parade, were not as, effective as…

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