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

Courts & crime, 1952

1,440 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 72

Acquitted on Theft Charge

National Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

John Francis Powell, former milk vendor, of Lithgow, was discharged by Judge McKillop at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday, when the…

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Milk Vendor Acquitted Of Stealing & Custody Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

A 31-year-old Lithgow man was found not guilty by a jury at Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday on three charges of stealing and three charges of having goods in custody. He is John…

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Gangland Murder Sought Jurymen Fear Reprisals

National Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Selection of a Jury was still Incomplete at the end of the first day. of the trial of Willie "The Actor" Sutton and…

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Labourer To Face Trial On Murder Charge

Central Western Daily · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Mr. Doolan, S.M., today committed for trial a 26-year-old labourer on a charge of Having…

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Infanticide Indictment Father Before Court

National Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mr. Dooland, S.M., today committed for trial a 26-year-old laborer, on a charge of having murdered his baby…

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Youths Charged

National Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

Bathurst police last night questioned three youths concerning property reported missing in and around the city during the last week. Later the boys…

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Lithgow Stealing Case Case at Bathurst Sessions

National Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

A 21 year old Lithgow woman, Cella Baker, was acquitted on three charges of larceny as a servant. At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions before…

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Police Supt's Emphatic Denial

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 3

Supt. Colin John Delaney said at the Liquor, Royal Commission yesterday he had never sought to bribe any person…

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District Court Monday's List

National Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

Henry Leonard Schneider v. Arthur Devlin, Eric Charles Hewham and Thomas Holfman. William Alfred Martin v. Henry Walter Turner. John…

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Cudal Man in Orange Court

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 7

Recently appointed manager of a Cudal station, Malcolm Roberts, 31, pleaded guilty to driving under the…

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Police Boys' Notes

National Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 6

Some Interesting Boxing Bouts have been arranged between the Club and Katoomba on April 9. The venue of the bouts is the Club premises and…

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Court Adjourned

National Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 2

The Bathurst Quarter Sessions which were adjourned yesterday, will resume on Tuesday when an appeal by a Lithgow district grazier against a…

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Monday's Court

National Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 2

Matters set down for hearing at Bathurst Police Court on Monday include: Three men charged with drunkenness; a defendant charged…

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Guerillas Attack Malayan Police

Central Western Daily · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Friday.—A rash of Communist guerilla attacks on Malayan police broke on the face of Malaya while High Commissioner of Malaya, General Sir Gerald Templar outlined in the Federal Legislative…

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Two Years For Lithgow Burglary

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 4

Robert Edward Connelley (31), bricklayer, of Sydney, was sentenced to two years gaol at Bathurst Quarter…

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Judgment by Supreme Court on Mudgee Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 5

At the Court of Petty Sessions at Mudgee on October 4, James Hoddle was charged, as the occupier of a property…

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Three Months’ Gaol for Traveller

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

The theft of a pen and pencil valued at 30/6 from an Orange newsagency brought a sentence of three months’ hard labour for a 31-year-old labourer at Orange Court yesterday…

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Police Net for Bank Gang

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Victorian police had been on the alert for two months for a raid by the safeblowing gang which narrowly missed…

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Bathurst Man's Divorce Wife's Candid Admissions Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

A divorce petition by a Bathurst laborer, was heard by his Honor. Judge McKillop, at the District Court sitting yesterday…

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Police Inspector Addresses Pupils

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

At the invitation yesterday of the Headmaster of the Bathurst Public School, Inspector Jartdine, of Bathurst Police, adressed the usual regular…

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