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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 7 of 85

Singlet Stealing Charge Fails at Bathurst Sessions

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

After hearing some evidence in a charge against Herbert Brodie, of Oakey Park, of stealing 172 singlets at Lithgow in September 1947 His…

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Illegal Use of Motor Vehicle: 3 Months Gaol

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., yesterday sentenced a man to three months hard labor for having illegally used a motor vehicle at Molong on Tuesday night. The man was Albert Charles…

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Rest of the News in Brief ... Mother Charged; Killed Child

Central Western Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Thursday— Mrs Georgette Brucks, 21-year-old expectant mother, who agreed to a…

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Old Diggers' Plight Sad Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

A 66-year-old laborer, who was charged at the Bathurst Court yesterday with insufficient lawful means of support, intimated that he had…

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Vagrant to Go to Gaol

Central Western Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

Charged at Orange Court yesterday with having insufficient means of lawful support. Samuel Francis May-Hill was…

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Suffered Woman; Fought Police

Central Western Daily · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A man who withstood kicking, punching and scratching by a woman for several minutes last night, lost his temper when spoken to by police. He then Punched one…

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Arrested On Rocket Range On Marrangaroo Theft Charge

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

Field Security Agents in the R.A.A.F. went to Australia's secret rocket range in South Australia to arrest two men on charges of stealing ammunition from the Marrangaroo Air Force camp last year…

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School "Court" to Punish Pupils

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

"Lines" will be imposed on children at Canvey Island school, Essex, by a "court" of fellow pupils, which has been set up to deal with such…

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Air Force Men Charged Alleged Theft of Bullets

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: RAAF Intelligence officers flew to Woomera Rocket Range South Australia and arrested two Air Force man and charged them…

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Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

A charge of assaulting a female wil be dealt with at Bathurst court tomorrow. Children's Court cases will take up the major part of the…

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Germans Critical of Court Sentence London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Anti-Communists in western Germany have sharply criticised the action of the British Military Government court in sentencing Mark…

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Tilden Charged

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.—Ex-world tennis champion William Tilden declared he was innocent, when charged…

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Gaoled for Assault

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two men were each sentenced to three and a half years' gaol at the Quarter Sessions today on a charge of assault and…

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Oberon Police Court Glazier Convicted of Drunken Driving

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

OBERON, Wednesday: The following esses were dealt with at Oberon Police Court: Alex Peters was fined 30/- for…

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Gaol "Disgraceful," Says Salesman

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Arthur Wilson (32), typewriter salesman, who went to Long Bay Gaol at the week-end to "cut out" parking fines, said…

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Governor of Bathurst Gaol Retires

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 7

After nine years as Governor of the Bathurst Gaol, and 38 years as a member of the N.S.W. Prisons Department. Mr. C. W…

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To Receive Police Attention

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

The Inspector of Police, Mr. Chisholm, in a letter to Bathurst Council last night, said: "The complaints regarding disorderly conducted in the…

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Wild Court Scenes

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday.—Fighting nearly broke out again yesterday in the courtroom where the Russian author. Victor Kravchenko, is suing the Communist weekly, “Les Lettres Francaises,” for…

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Stealing Charge

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

George Maxwell Robinson, 18, trainee carpenter, at Orange Court yesterday, was remanded until February 7, on…

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Police Reports on Stanley

National Advocate · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday, Scotland Yard reports on Sydney Stanley, who was a principal witness at the Lynskey Tribunal, and other papers connected…

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