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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 5 of 77

Truncheons Used by Police

Central Western Daily · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 4

ACCRA, Friday.—Steel helmetted police. brandishing long truncheons yesterday, vigorously cleared the streets of Accra,…

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Court Amendment Act

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

The Attorney General Mr. Martin, said yesterday that Hits District Courts Amendment Act, which was passed by the State Parliament late last year…

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Two Assault Charges: Nose Broken, Kicked in Stomach Plea Of Guilty

Central Western Daily · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 1

A man, who was fined at the Orange Court yesterday on two charges of assault, was alleged to have broken one man’s nose and to hve kicked another in…

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Mudgee Man Fined on Theft Charge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Extending leniency to a young man who robbed the Kandos railway station booking office, Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M…

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Alleged Confession in Brutal Murder

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY This Afternoon.--A young Lakemba man charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter had made a…

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Attempted Murder Alleged Leading Dubbo Shearer

National Advocate · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

DUBBO, Sunday: A white woman told Dubbo Court yesterday than an aboriginal quarter-caste was whom she lived had becom jea[?] of he…

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Lithgow's Population Is Nearing 22,000 According To Police Figures

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

The police census of Lithgow--that is the municipality--gives a recorded population of 19,258. Within the police patrol the population totals 21,258 when portions of Blaxland Shire, including the Littleton area and the Gap, are taken into…

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Double Murder. Police Allege Confession Made

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Munday: A man charged with the murder of a woman and hel daughter at Lakemba had made a written confession, police claimed in…

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Unlawful Assault Bathurst Adjournment

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

Mr. R. G. L. Baillie, solicitor, appearing for Nona J. Dibley, the complainant in a charge of assaulting a female brought, against defendant…

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Theft From Store Man Gaoled

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4

ORANGE, Monday: Judge Shor[?]and today sent Herbert Donald Greenway to gaol for nine months for stealing £95 worth of jewellery…

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Ghastly Murder By Woman

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Monday.—A frail, middle-aged housewife who has confessed to killing her six-foot husband with a hammer and then cutting up the body with a kitchen knife and axe has one complaint: It is of bad publicity about…

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Not Guilty of Assault Incident At Quarry

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 5

At Orange Quarter Sessions yesterday, Ivan Thomas Murphy was acquitted on a charge of having indecently assaulted a nine years’ old girl in a disused quarry near Orange Showground…

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Footballer's Death Police Theory

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday: Police are now satisfied that well known footballer and boxer. William Terris (30), shot himself dead in a fit of…

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Men Plead Guilty: Charges of Stealing at Sessions Bond For Youth

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

Two men pleaded guilty at Orange Quarter Sessions yesterday to charges of stealing, one involving the…

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Police Find Bombs Indian Incident

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

CALCUTTA, Monday: Police found four big bombs near a parade ground where Sardar Patel, Indian Deputy Prime Minister, yesterday…

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Gi[?]m French Murder Drama Search for Body Fragments

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Monday: Police searched the countryside for 30 miles around Sa[?] near Paris" yesterday for more remains of a man whose…

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Traffic Breaches Bathurst Court Action

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

Traffic matters brought, before Mr Dash, S.M., at Bathurst Court yesterday included: Robert Anderson, a…

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Germans Sentenced

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

MUNICH, Tuesday: An American Court has sentenced six Germans to prison terms ranging from seven months to two and a half years for…

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Six Germans Sentenced

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

MUNICH, Tuesday.— An American Court has sentenced six Germans to prison terms ranging from seven months to two…

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Long Gaol Term for Clergyman

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.— A Hungarian-born Episcopalian clerygman, Rev. George Hetenyi, 40, was yesterday sentenced to…

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