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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 19 of 85

Court Ruling on Pregnancy Submission

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: Divorce Court Commissioner Blanco While has refused to hold that a pregnancy of 360 days is so impossibly long as to show…

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Police Raid Sydney Underworld Two Men Arrested

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Sydney's underworld was turned inside out shortly before dawn today when C.I.B. detectives made one of the largest mass…

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Dawn Search of Underworld by Sydney Police

Central Western Daily · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Just before dawn today C.I.B. detectives turned inside out Sydney’s underworld haunts in one of the largest raids in years. During the blitz search,…

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Full Court Upholds Appeal In Wrong Baby Case

Central Western Daily · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.— The State Full Court today upheld the appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Barry that at Kyneton District Hospital in 1915, two mothers had…

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Kyneton Baby Case Full Court Reverses Judge's Decision MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 2

The State Full Court today upheld the appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Barry that at Kyneton District Hospital in 1945 two mothers…

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Police to Support Red Army

Central Western Daily · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 3

BERLIN, Sunday.—Hero Arthur Lehmann, deputy chief of Berlin’s east sector of German police, told his 7000 men…

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Drunkenness Charges Follow Police Raid on Hall

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 2

Charged as a sequel to a raid by Lithgow police on Lowther dance hall last Saturday night, a man and a youth forfeited their…

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81 Men Arrested in S.P. RAID Record Haul By Police

Central Western Daily · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 1

Eighty-one men were arrested in a billiard saloon at Orange on Saturday afternoon in the biggest police gambling raid ever made in the…

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Fined £144 Overcharged for Accommodation Hotelkeefer Convicted at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 1

At Bathurst Police Court yesterday Ben. Bernard, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, was fined a total of £144/8/- on three charges of…

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Nine Years Gaol Shearer Sentenced for Slaying Woman

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Leslie Frederick" Barr (28), shearer, of Hillston, was sentenced at Central criminal Court today to nine years gaol for…

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Boy Charged With Killing Father

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: When the trial of Richard Hollis (16) of Mt. Evelyn, charged with having murdered his father began before the Criminal…

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Woman Seeks Police Chief's Job

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Tuesday: Forty-one year old Mrs. Pearl Burrus has applied for the job of police chief of Evart's—a small…

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Police Avert Robbery at School

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

Quick action by a squad of Orange Police last night prevented a robbery at Orange High School…

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Conference With Police Sought On Traffic Control

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 6

Council's representations to the police department for a further conference on Main-street traffic control had not been acknowledged, it…

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Rest of the News in Brief Two Charged in Countess Murder Case

Central Western Daily · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 3

TANGIER, Wednesday,— A man and woman appeared before French, Belgian and Italian judges yesterday…

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Husband and Wife Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

William Allan Francis (24) and his wife, Enid Daphne Francis (25), appeared before Mr. Flanagan, C.S.M., at Bathurst Court at 5 p.m…

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Assault on Child Man Gaoled

National Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: John Joseph Sydney Coates (45), barman, was sentenced to nine months' gaol for [?]aulting a child in his bedroom at…

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Death of Countess Two Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 7

TNGIER, Wednesday, A man and woman appeared before French, Belgian and Italian judges yesterday charged with the murder of Countess…

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General News Three Drunks Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

Three drunks were [?]ed at Bathurst during yesterday afternoon. They will all appear before Mr. Dash, S.M., at Bathurst court today. There…

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Death Sentence Imposed Criminal Assault on Girl

National Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Quarter Sessions today, John Eugene Hodgson (19) was sentenced to death for the rape of an 18 years old girl…

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