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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,536 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 77

French Official Charged With Spying In Poland WARSAW

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

The trial of the French consular employee, M. Robineau, who was arrested at Warsaw airport in November begins today before a Polish…

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Police Talk Of Serious Charge

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

A charge of unlawful ass[?]lt against Frank Roberts, laborer, of Cargo Road, Orange, was adjourned until next Friday by Mr. H. G. Co[?] S.M. at Orange Court yesterday. Police Prese[?]…

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Good Work by Police Rescues at Glen Davis

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

GLEN DAVIS, Monday: Wearing bathing trunks. Lithgow police swam through swirling floodwaters to help families marooned in the oil town of…

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FINED £20 Unlicensed Driver Under Influence Heavy Fine at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

Without comment, Mr. Dash, SM, imposed a fine of £20 on a defendant who pleaded guilty to a charge of having, whilst not…

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Two Men to Gaol for Stealing

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

BATHURST. — Thomas Charles Parker, 37, laborer, of Homebush, and Gerald Charles Moon, 27…

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Double Murder Charge

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Lakemba District Coroner, Mr. Gibson, today committed Kevin John Irwin, 21, for trial on charged…

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Stop Press Mercy Murder

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

BRIDGEPORT (Connecticut), Wednesday.--The jury yesterday acquitted 21- year-old Carole Paight who was charged with…

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Murder Just the Same

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

BRIDGEPORT, Conncciticut, Wednesday,--Judge John Cornell charged the jury "to keep sympathy entirely out of their verdict" in the…

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Police Ambulance Appeal

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

The opening performance of the concert organised by the Police Ambulance Appeal Committee will be staged at the Masonic Hall tonight…

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Blayney Car Thieves Given Nine Months Imprisonment Sentenced on Three Counts

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

Two labourers, who were apprehended in connection with the theft of a King's Plains resident's car, were sentenced on three counts of stealing at the Bathurst Court on Monday to nine month's imprisonment…

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Court Told Polish Spy King Story

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.— An intricate spy network in North-West Poland was described yesterday at Szczecin when two Frenchmen and four Poles appeared before the district military court charged with espionage…

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Three Police Nearly Lose Lives in Flood Families Rescued

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday. — Three police officers nearly lost their lives when a boat overturned in the swirling…

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Police Ambulance Appeal Gymkhana on April 1 Committee Appointed

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

The committee of the Police Ambulance Appeal last night decided to conduct a gymkhana on the Bathurst Show Ground on April 1, to raise…

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Three Months Gaol Pervert Sentenced

National Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY. Wednesday: A clerk who pleaded guilty to soliciting a police constable for an immoral purpose in the Bondi Beach dressing sheds on…

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Longest Murder Trial Ends

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--The longest murder trial in Britain legal history ended at Liverpool yesterday with the death sentence for George Kelly…

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Girl Aquitted on Murder Charge

Central Western Daily · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

[?] Wednesday.— A [?] yesterday acquitted 21-year-old Carol [?] who had been changed with second degree [?] is shooting her father, who was suffering [?]…

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Compassionate Murder Girl Who Shot Father Acquitted

National Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Wednesday: A jury yesterday acquitted 21 years [?] Carol Paight who had been charged with second degree murder in…

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Four Remanded On Stealing Charges

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

Eric John Shepherd, an 18-year-old junior railway porter of Molong, was remanded on Wednesday to appear before Mr. H…

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Tram Conductor Shot Fellow Employee Charged

National Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Edward Michael Riley-sexton (24) tram conductor. was charged at Paddington Court today with shooting at a fell w employee last…

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Longest Murder Trial In England

Central Western Daily · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—Longest murder trial in British legal history ended at Liverpool yesterday with the death sentence for George Kelly, 25 laborer—for the murder of a local class a murder is a Molong. The condensed was had…

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