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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 3 of 85

Rylstone Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 7

On Thursday last two defendants appeared before Mr. A. M. Johnson at Rylstone Police Court on charges of stealing doors and window…

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Assault on Railway Officer Loco Engineer In Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

A former railway employee told Orange Court yesterday that he had been told by a railway official that if he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault…

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Man On Stealing Charge

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

Following an arrest at the Orange railway station by Sergeant W. St. L. Thomas, a young…

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Gaoled for Ship Theft

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: No mercy could or would be shown pilferers, Mr. Solling, S.M., said in Glebe Court today, when imposing a prison…

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Sentenced for Armed Robbery London

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

A man found guilty at the Old Balley yesterday of named robbery in London was said to have married on Italian countries while a private in…

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Car Milking In Mudgee: Young Man Fined At Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 11

At the Mudgee Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. K. iM. Dash, S.M., a young man named Bruce Henry Mitchell, on remand, was charged with having stolen petrol from a motor car owned by Clarence Marchant…

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Elderly Man Gaoled Assault On Child

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

An elderly man who unlawfully assaulted a small boy wm sent to gaol for two months by Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at the Orange Court yesterday…

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Woman Hanged for Murder LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

For the first time in many years a woman was hanged in Britain yesterday. She was Margaret Allan (42) a…

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Basuto Ritual Murder Reviewed London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

Six Africans and an Indian, sentenced to hanging for a ritual murder by the Basutoland High Court 15 months ago, have appealed by…

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Vagrant Goes To Gaol: Hospital Pest

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

Francis John Shannon, 44, who police said was suspected of having given mental hospital patients wine, was sentenced to one month’s gaol at the O range Court…

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Brothers Fined on Assault and Languages Charges

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 5

Two brothers were fined £5 and £3 respectively by Mr. Cobley, S.M., at Molong Police Court yesterday, on charges of assault and using insulting language…

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Scuffle with Policeman After Car Smash Bookmaker Charged

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

A policeman said in Orange Court on Wednesday that a man arrested in Summer Street broke free from a hammerlock grip when he was being escorted to the police station…

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Man for Trial Hilston Murder Case. HILSTON

National Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

In the Coroner's Court today, it was alleged that a man had admitted battering to death his sister-in-law after a drinking bout on Christmas…

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Bashers in Court [?]orist Attacked

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday[?] young [?]…

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Slept Four Hours Since Assault Allegations By Witness

Central Western Daily · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

A witness at Orange Court yesterday said that he had slept only for four hours since receiving a blow on the head with a piece of brick…

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Court Allows Natives' Appeal

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: The Judicial committee of the Privy Council yesterday quashed the convictions of a Busutoland chieftain and six other…

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Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Included in the list to be dealt with at Bathurst Court this morning is a charge against Francis Edward Carter of escaping from custody. He will…

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Mudgee Mao Charged At Gulgong Police Court With Being Under The Influence

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

Raymond H. Warner, of Mudgee, was charged at the Gulgong Police Court before Mr. K. M. Dash last Wednesday with having attempted to put a motor vehicle in motion upon a public street (Bayly Street, Gulgong) whilst under the…

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Man Arrested on Assault Charge

Central Western Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

A 36-years-old man was arrested in orange on Saturday’ and charged with indecent assault on an eight years old…

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Savage Race Riots Sweep Durban Police Fire On Crowds

Central Western Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

DURBAN, Sunday—It is officially estimated that 100 have died, and 100 were wounded in Indian-African race riots in Durban…

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