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

Courts & crime, 1949

1,697 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 85

Soldier Gaoled Assault on Police

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: A soldier was sentenced to six months goal today for assaulting la policeman. He was John Thomas Laughton (27)…

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Women Sentenced to Death

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Convicted of murdering a girl who died after an illegal operation, two women were sentenced to death in the Criminal…

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Tilden Sent to Gaol

Central Western Daily · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 5

LOS ANGLES, Friday.— Former world tennis champion Bill Tilden was sentenced to one year in gaol…

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Poles Allege Murder Plot Mass Arrests

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Addressing the Polish Parliament, Poland's Minister for Security, Stanislaw Radkiewicz, alleged that a plot to kill the…

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Bathurst Court Cases

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

Bathurst Court will sit on Monday when two local men will be charged with "place betting." Amongst the cases listed for hearing in a motorist…

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Trial Was Rigged Allegations by Hungarian Court Experts

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: In a sensational dispatch from Vienna, a Daily Mail and American Associated Press correspondent reports that the official handwriting experts of the Budapest Peoples' Court which tried…

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"Keeper" Charged

National Advocate · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

A man was arrested in Rankin St. on Saturday and later charged at the Bathurst police station with being the keeper of a room used for the…

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Forged Tote Tickets a Youth Charged

National Advocate · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Detectives at Randwick Racecourse yesterday arrested a 19 years old youth, who it is alleged presented false tickets to the…

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Lithgow Court Cases

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

Retained in the cells since her arrest on Saturday night, a woman was fined 10- or the "rising" when she appeared before Mr. C. Hall,…

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Hiker Rescued Tough Job for Police

National Advocate · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Sunday: Sydney University lecturer, George John Ryan, who became lost in Burragorang Valley in the Blue Mountains last…

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Youths Sentenced

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

PRAGUE, Monday. — Four youths were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to seven years at…

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Turondale Motorist Charged Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

A charge of driving under the influence of liquor and one of negligent driving against Horace Cole (46). of Turondale, was part heard by Mr. K…

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Alleged Assault On Girl

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Late tonight Sydney detectives arrested a young married man at North Sydney and charged him with assaulting a…

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Man Spoke of Gunmen and Murder Insanity Charge

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 5

A young man who had described himself as the “Maniac from Young,” and who had spoken of murder and gunmen, was before Orange Court yesterday on a charge…

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Fight Against Rabbit Plague Landholders In Court

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

Because of the rabbit plague an extra effort had to be made by landholders to cope with the pest, said Mr. Cobley, S.M., in the Orange…

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Carpenter on Serious Charge Assault Alleged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

A 12 years old girl whom a carpenter allegedly attempted to rape at East Lindfield yesterday afternoon had been partially Injured, it was…

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Police Officer Retires Former Orange Resident

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 11

Sergeant Stan Astill, who recently retired form the police force after 30 years’ service, is…

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Queen at Juvenile Court London

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

Young East End offenders were overwhelmed and shamefaced in the Juvenile court in Toynbee Hall yesterday, when they found that Queen…

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Lived in Bush for 23 Years Man Located by Tumut Police

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 6

There was rather a pathetic scene at Tumut at the week -end when a 92 -year -old gentleman left the scrub of Argalong behind him…

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Czech Officer Sentenced

National Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday: Accused of having passed military information to the agents of foreign powers including "the British intelligence agent…

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