Man Sentenced to Gaol Asked Detective For Sixpence
An Orange man who approached a plain clothes detective, and asked him for ?] sentenced to one month hard labor [?]…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,666 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 84
Sobbed Bitterly During Murder Inquest
SYDNEY. Friday.âA man charged with the murder of a woman in what is known as the trunk murder,â sobbed…
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DUBLIN Friday: An inquest has revealed that the bullet which killed Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly during Wednesday's manhunt for…
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GUNNEDAH, Friday: All stocks of a medicine in Gunnedah Hospital have been seized by the police and will be sent to the Government…
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Wallace McKinnon. 43, laborer, was sentenced in seven days' gaol at Bathurst Court on Saturday on a charge of begging aims. The police said he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Battered to Death Camperdown Murder Sydney
A middle aged woman was found lying dead with her head battered, in at her home off Ferris Lane, Camperdown, this morning. She was Mrs. Maude Bachtold, Relieved to be…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.âA defence counsel charged in the City today that 18-year-old twins. [?] of raping a…
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A 21-year-old man was arrested in a bickers camp near Waterfall today and charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Maude Bechtold, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder Of Mother SYDNEY, This Afternoon
At the Central Court to-day George Paul Bechpold, 21, a railway employee, was remanded without bail until February 4 on a charge…
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Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. F. Scott, who may succeed the late Mr. W. J. MacKay, as…
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SYDNEY. Sunday. â Arrested near Waterfall today, after an intense manhunt, a 21-year-old railway employee, George Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Base Restored at Singapore Police Station Of The Far East (From Roy McCartney, AAP-Reuter Correspondent)
SINGAPORE, Monday,â£26,000,000 worth of steel, concrete and machineryâthe great Singapore naval base at Seletar has been almost restored and is working at 80 or 90 per cent, of its pre-war planned capacity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Months On Stealing Charges
Although he was released on a bond last year for his association in robberies at Finley's Furniture Arcade and Bracey's Pty. Ltd., a…
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George Paul Mechtold (21), railway employee, appeared at Central Court today on a charge of having murdered his mother, Maude Bechtold, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Seize Gold Smuggling Plan Revealed
LONDON, Tuesday: Scotland Yard detectives and Customs investigators seized a large quantity of gold and foreign currency which International…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Actors Seek New Award Arbitration Court Evidence
SYDNEY, Tuesday: It was stated in the Fedaral Arbitration Court to-day that some actors and actresses employed by the Minerva Theatre at…
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About a dozen cases are listed for to-day's sitting or the Bathurst Police Court. These include: One charge of supplying meat without, coupons; five…
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A man was committed for trial to-day at the Central Court on a charge of stealing wool valued at £1,100…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. â A man was committed for trial today at the Central Court on a charge of stealing wool…
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A negro aged 14, his mother and brother were sentenced yesterday to be electrocuted on February 27 for the murder of a white farmer…
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