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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 7 of 77

Wheat Theft Alleged

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

A Duramana resident was arrested yesterday by Sgt. Boyd and Det, Const. W. Hansen yesterday and charged with stealing seven bags of…

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Power House Appeal Bond Replaces Gaol Sentence

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

Judge P. D. Shortland, after close examination, dismissed the appeal by Oswald Stanley Farrell, contractor, who was…

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Hume's Defence in Startling Murder Trial

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Brian Donald Hume, 29-year-old company director, spent nearly three hours in the dock at Old…

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Lithgow Welcome New Police Inspector

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Lithgow generally will welcome the new police chief to the district, Inspector W. E. Lind, formerly officer-in-charge of the Mudgee police…

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Elusive Darcy Causes Lithgow Police Vigil

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Since the two gaol escapees Darcy Dugan and William Mears broke out of gaol last month, Lithgow detectives and police have made several district raids in search of the men…

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Court Refuses to Release Communist Secretary

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- The general secretary of the Communist Party, Mr. L. L. Sharkey, was refused release…

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Out of Tune Well Known Musician in Divorce Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: There was more discord than harmony in the matrimonial life of well-known m[?]cian Neville francis Amadio (37…

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Stole Wheat Legal Tangle at Bathurst Court Two Men Convicted

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

After a Duramana rural worker had been fined £5 and ordered to pay compensation at the Bathurst Court yesterday morning on a charge of…

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Two in Court for Driving Under Influence of Liquor Both Bound Over

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

Although charges against two Orange motorists for having driven under the influence of liquor were proved at Orange Court yesterday, both charges were…

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Theft From Car

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

The Bathurst police have been advised of the loss of a light grey two-piece suit with green stripes and a fawn flecked sports coat from a car…

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Another Rubbish-tip Murder

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Afternoon. The body of a woman believed to have been strangled was found on a rubbish tip at West Melbourne…

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Brightening Up the Police Station

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

Workmen have completed the outside painting of the Bathurst police station. The work was commenced at the end of last year. The men will…

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Poker Machines Checked by Police

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Secretaries ana Managers of city and suburban clubs were questioned by police yesterday about the use of fruit or poker…

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'Sex Maniac's Brutal Assault

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, This 'Afternoon.--A young woman was savagely battered for 30 minutes during a struggle with a sex maniac who attacked her…

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Cases Dealt With at Sittings of Coolah Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

At the Coolah Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. W. H. E. Haynes and S. T. Tucker. J's.P., William Joseph Atkinson (34),…

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Gaol for Keeping Cats and Dogs

Central Western Daily · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.— Mrs. Mary Steele, retired London school mistress, went to gaol yesterday for two months because…

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6 Months Gaol for Youths Car Thefts

Central Western Daily · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

Two youths who admitted having stolen goods valued at £96/3/10 from a car in Orange were sentenced to six months’ gaol on each of two charges at the…

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Alleged Spies Two More Charged in Usa

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Several defence motions which would have delayed proceedings were refused by Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan…

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Today's Court List

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

Cases set down for hearing before Mr. Dash, SM, at Bathurst Court this morning including two charges of negligent driving, a drunken…

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Fast Court Work

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

Lithgow set an example yesterday with regard to court expediency. A full list was before the magistrate. Mr. Stonham, SM, including a…

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