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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 5 of 85

Murder of Three Waves Alleged

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

ROME, Thursday car[?] farmer of [?] child has been arrest[?] and charged with [?] wives [?]…

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Police Warning to Cyclists

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 6

Several local residents have complained of the prevalence of cyclists on the footpaths of Manildra streets, mainly youths and school…

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Old Police Want Change

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: The Queensland Police Union has asked the Commissioner to change police uniforms in missioner and to permit policemen to…

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Small Debts Court

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 6

In the Small Debts Court yesterday, Mr. K. M. Dash, S.M., gave two verdicts in favor of plaintiffs. Mrs. Susan Longdon, of Mort's…

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Bathurst Court List

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

Bathurst City Council will proceed against three ratepayers for falling to a gate a nuisance at Bathurst Court on Monday. The Court will only sit…

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Story Of Infant Kidnapping Told In Court SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

Joan Charmain Frost, 21, waitress, appeared before the Central Police Court to-day charged with having abducted a six-days-old baby from Crown Street Women's Hospital on Wednesday night…

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Damages Against Police

Central Western Daily · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A landlord whose house was overrun run and damaged by spectators watching the Moscow…

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Baby Theft Case Young Woman Remanded Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 1

Joan Charmaine Barbara Frost, 21, waitress, appeared at Central Police Court today on a charge of having abducted a baby on…

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Carrier Charged with Breach of Contract

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Failure of duty as a carrier and breach of contract cost George Alban Hollands, of Lithgow-Glen Davis Transport, £13604 in the district…

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Militarised Police in Rumania Bucharest

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

The Rumanian Government has issued a direction abolishing the police and gendarmerie and setting up a militia which will "safeguard…

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More Court Actions For Debts

Central Western Daily · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Figures from Orange Court during 1948 indicate that money is “tightening up.”…

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Handed Bet To Police

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

A police sergeant who was questioning a man about starting price betting in a Summer Street shop, was handed a betting slip by a “runner” who knocked at the door. Sequel was the appearance…

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Police Search for Man Alleged Nulsance

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 7

The police patrol car, and members of the force on foot made a search yesterday afternoon for a man who had been…

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Man Started Bushfire: Court Action

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

A bushfire which destroyed 800 acres of grassland on ‘Stirling’ station was started by a a rabbiter, who left a small fire unattended for a few minutes while he…

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Broke Cafe Window Ex-Digger Fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

Found guilty of smashing a plate glass window Frederick Stanley Williams (40) laborer, of Limekilns, was fined £5, by Mr. K. M. Dash, S.M…

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Gaol Governor's Retirement

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

The Governor of Bathurst Gaol, Mr. C. W. Phemister, is due to retire from that position at the end of this month. However, as he has some…

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Company Director Gaol

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

DUBLIN, Tuesday: Found guilty the manslaughter of two cyclists [?] speeding after his eloping wife, [?] hard James was sentenced to [?]…

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Theft of Car Radios Man Gaoled

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Francis Joseph Murdoch (28) engineer, who was sentenced at, Central Court today to 12 months' gaol on seven charges of…

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More Police Sought

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

Declaring that there is a needless sacrifice of lives through road accidents, top general secretary of the NRMA…

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Man Charged with Attempting to Steal Truck

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Molong Police last night arrested a man and later charged him with attempting to steal a truck from near the Parish Hall…

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