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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 9 of 85

Alleged Theft of £5000

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday: Detectives have arrived at Fairfield Central Queensland to investigate the theft of £5000 and some gold…

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Gaol For ‘Soap King’

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

John Scanlon, known as ‘The Soap King,’ was sentenced to one month’s hard labor at Orange Court yesterday on a charge of having insufficient lawful means of support. Scanlon, who gave his address…

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Cardinal Sentenced to Prison for Life

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It has been announced from Budapest that Cardinal Mindszenty has been sentenced to imprisonment for life…

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Youth Fined for Theft of Jacket ‘Heading For Life Of Crime’

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

A carpenter who allegedly stole a leather lumber-jacket from the Western Stores while he was working in the building was fined £10 by Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at the…

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Football Ground Rush Police Check Over-eager Football Fans

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday: Police faced big task trying to prevent 10,000 people shut out from Manchester Football Ground yesterday from scaling…

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Ritchie Sands Sentenced Fight With Police

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 11

KEMPSEY, Wednesday. — Ritchie Sands, one of the five boxing brothers, was sentenced to six months’ hard labor in…

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Kandos Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 10

At the above Court held at Kandos on wednesday last:-before Mr. R.J.Bartley, J.P., Leonard John Stone, was fined £3 on a charge of…

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Theft From Bookmaker

National Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Raiding a Redfern house early today, detectives arrested a man and charged with stealing £650 from well known…

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Secret Papers Case Pressman Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday. The case of a Sydney journalist, who is alleged to have obtained information from a former Government typist, was…

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Works Robberies Local Men Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

After a quantity of cement, shovels and various fittings were reported stolen from the Portland Cement Company works,…

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Gaol for Film Actor Hollywood

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

Film star Robert Mitchum was sentenced to 60 days in gaol and put on two years probation yesterday following his recent…

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Another Tennis Court Complaint

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Both tennis court and the premises involved were on private land and Blaxland Shire had no jurisdiction over the matter, Councillors…

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Near Fight In Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—A series of angry scenes marked the eight day of the libel suit brought by Russian author Victor Kravchenko against a French Communist weekly. The seepes almost…

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Remands at Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

A number of charges listed for hearing at yesterday's court, before Mr. K. M. Dash, S.M., were remanded to appear at later sessions…

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Youth Committed on Burglary Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

Admitting that he entered a local grocery store and stole a quantity of bagged sugar and also ransacked a dental surgery,…

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Gaol for Tilden Los Angeles

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

Former world tennis champion Bill Tilden, was sentenced to one…

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Road Courtesy Campaign Police Appeal

National Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: An urgent appeal to road users to display more courtesy was made today by the Deputy Chief of the N.S.W. Police…

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Police Station Tragedy Prisoner's Death at Parkes

National Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

PARKES, Thursday: A man, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment this morning for assaulting his wife, was found dying in a…

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Death of Ghandi's Slayer Court's Verdict

National Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Thursday: Judgment was today pronounced on eight men charged with the murder of Mr: Gandhi at Delsi Just over a year ago…

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Randwick Races Joy Court Looks Good Chance

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

Joy Court appears to have an excellent chance of adding another win to her credit in the Nursery Handicap for Fillies at…

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