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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 21 of 85

Court Proceedings Follow Raid on City Tatt's Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 1

Eight men who were arrested in City Tattersalls Club, on Friday, pleaded riot guilty to various charges in the Central Court to-day and…

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Migrant Sent to Gaol

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

The majority of immigrants arriving at Bathurst Immigration Centre have no money until they are either sent to work or receive, their first…

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Order to Go to Court

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

Stella Field, a married woman, told Mr. Cobley, S.M., at Orange Court yesterday she could not attend the court…

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Hotel Meal Hours Court Fixes Times

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The Full Licensing Court Bench today ordered all publicans in the metropolitan licensing district to serve meals from 8…

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Charge of Inciting to Resist D. Harrington In Court

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

A policeman told the Orange Court yesterday that Daniel Joseph Harrington, secretary of the Orange Trades and Labor Council, had…

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Increase for Mine Loco Men Court Stipulation

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said applications for variations of awards in Newcastle today that in future…

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Hotel Meal Hours Strict Check by Police SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

Licensing police will rigidly enforce the new meal hours ordered to be observed by metropolitan hotels, it was stated today…

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Union Official Found Guilty Of Contempt Of Court MELBOURNE, This Aft

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

The Full Arbitration Court to-day found Leslie John McPhillips, assistant Federal Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers'…

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Month's Gaol for Two on Stealing Counts

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a bicycle valued at £8 from Blackheath, Alfred Ernest Rawlings was sentenced to one month…

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Month's Gaol McPHILLIPS Guilty of Contempt Verdict of Full Arbitration Court

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Leslie John McPhillips, assistant Federal secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association, was found guilty…

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"Menace" Gaoled Assault on Boys

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sentencing a man who had pleaded guilty to having indecently assaulted boys, Judge Curiewis said at the…

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Murder Charge Acquittal

Central Western Daily · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Dramatically interrupting the defence, a jury in the Central Criminal Court today…

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Underworld Murder Two Men Acquitted

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Dramatically Interrupting the defence a jury in the Central Criminal Court today acquitted two men charged with…

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Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

Bathurst Quarter Sessions will commence on April 19. The Court of Petty Sessions will be held for a half day on April 19 also. Next Monday…

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Kandos Court of Petty Sessions

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 19

Mr. K. M. Dash, S.M., dealt with a lengthy list of cases at the sitting of the Kandos Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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£1000 Claim Fails Disney's Court Action

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday: A claim for one million francs (£1000 sterling) lodged by the Walt Disney Film Organisation against the Kema…

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Murder-suicide Verdict on Dual Deaths at Weston Kurri Kurri, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

The District Coroner found to-day that Joseph Alvin Paul, aged 23 years, had murdered his wife at Weston, on March 24, and that he…

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Police Seize World-wide Vice Contact Records Chicago

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

Two leatherbound books, allegedly listing the names of well-known persons from Australia, England, India, Argentina, South Africa,…

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Two Men Sentenced To Six Months' Gaol On False Cheque Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

Possessing a lengthy record for similar offences committed in four States since 1945, Alfred Ernest Rawlings, a former timber worker from the Newnes State Forest was sentenced to six months' had labor on two charges of false pretence…

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Athlete Fined for Theft

National Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 4

PARIS, Thursday: Jean Claude Ariton, French Olympic hurdler, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined £6 for stealing wallets from…

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