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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 8 of 77

Oberon News Oberon Court Cases

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

Ernest Kevin Lawson pleaded guilty on carrying a pillion passenger illegally and was fined £2, court costs 10/-, in default five days hard labor…

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Court Martial for Sub. Commander

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Lieutenant G..P, Bowers, commanding officer of the lost submarine Truculent will be court martialled on a charge of…

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Police and Troops Hunt Dutch Outlaw Forces Vanish

Central Western Daily · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

JAKARTA, Wednesday.— Indonesian police and troops last night began an emergency move to hunt down Captain “Turk” Westerling and his outlaw followers in West Java…

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Mr. Justice Starke Resignation From High Court

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday: One of the seven Justices of the High Court (Sir Havden Starke) has resigned. He has been a member of the High Court…

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Sentenced After Murder Acquittal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--Brian Donald Hume, 29-year-old self-styled "flying smuggler," was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment, after…

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Tip Murder Two Women Charged

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Two middle aged women have been chained with murder following discovery of the partly clad body of Edna Jean…

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Assault Charges Adjourned

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

Summons charges issued by Arthur John Flanagan against Jas. Arthur Fulton at Bathurst Court yesterday alleged assault and insulting words…

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Girl Charged with Mercy Killing

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

BRIDGEPORT (Connecticut), Friday.--A jury of nine middle-aged women and three middle-aged fathers was completed yesterday to try Carol…

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Magpie Builds Nest in Dubbo Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

A pair of magpies have built a nest in a small palm growing in the Dubbo gaol yard. The birds are apparently quite…

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Too Stringent Magistrate Criticises Rabbit Act INVERELL

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

The stringency of regulations in the Pastures Protection Act governing the destruction of rabbits Were commented on in the Inverell Court today by…

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Fair Rents Court

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

At the sitting of the Pair Rents Court at Bathurst yesterday, Mr. Dash SM., presiding, an application by Arline Alice May Sweetnam (lesson)…

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Tennis Court Preparation

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

Preparation of the courts at the Bathurst Town Courts for the Carillon City Tennis Championships, to be staged on Saturday, Sunday and Monday…

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Five Years' Gaol New York Spy Case Notice of Appeal

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK. Thursday: Former State Department employee. Alger Hiss, who was adviser to President Roosevelt at Yalta and later…

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Submarine Captain Court Martialled

Central Western Daily · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.— Lieut. C. P. Bowers, commanding officer of the lost submarine, Truculent, will be court martialled on a…

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Police Investigate Door Smashing Charge At Amaroo

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 9

Molong police on Saturday received an urgent call from Amaroo where a woman was alleged to have smashed down a door with…

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Lost Submarines Officer to Bk Court Martialled

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday: Lieut. G. P. Bowers, commanding officer of the last submarine Truculent, will be court martialled on a charge of…

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Molong Man Gives Evidence In Orange Court Case

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 9

Molong garage proprietor (Mr. Frederick Jones) was a witness in a court case at Orange on Wednesday in which two youths…

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Cheque Case His First Mistake Country Lad and Valueless Cheques Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

Appearing before Mr. Dash, SM, at Bathurst Court yesterday, Francis Patrick Foran (24) a sharefarmer of Oberon, pleaded guilty to four…

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London Hotel Theft Trail of Pearls

National Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Jewellery and furs believed to be worth £20,000. were stolen from a suite at a London hotel on Wednesday night while the…

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Police Boys' Club

National Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

The activities of the Bathurst Police Boys' Club are rapidly returning to full swing following the recess over the Christmas holiday season, advised…

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