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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 16 of 72

Police Chase Ends In Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. -- Five men were arrested at gun-point today after high-speed. chases of a car and a truck. Two men were arrested at North Sydney after their car had…

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Bathurst Magistrate Resumes

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

The Bathurst Resident Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Dash, who has been on sick leave for more than six months, resumed duties at the Police Court…

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Police Search for Missing Wellington Boys

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Two Wellington boys have been reported missing since yesterday morning and their descriptions have been issued…

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Court Commits Young Thief To Institution

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A 15-year-old Orange youth stole three bicycles valued at a total of £51 and, in company with two other boys, stole good to the amount of £67/18/-, Orange Children’s Court was told yesterday…

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Rail "Scalers" Fined Bathurst Court Penalty

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

Two laborers, described to the court as "itinerant workers from Sydney," pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. Dash. S.M., on charges…

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Gaol Riot Attack on Warden

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 3

TRENTON, New Jersey, Tuesday: Mutinous convicts under siege in a wing of the State Prison[?]. lured the Warden, William Carty, to a "[?]uce"…

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Appeared at Court in Pyjamas

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 10

SINGAPORE. — For appearing in a Kuala Lumpur court, this week in striped underpants and sleeveless vest, a Chinese…

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Heavy Gaol Sentence for U.s. Criminal

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Willie ("The Actor") Sutton, notorious bank robber and gaol escapee, was…

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Court Case Follows Fatal Car Smash

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 1

Three people were "whisked into eternity" when a car driven by Roy Noel Bowen, of Dubbo and…

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Bank Robber Sentenced Judge's Criticism

National Advocate · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 7

NEW YORK, Thursday: Willie "The Actor" Sutton, notorious bunk robber and gaol escapee, was sentenced to 30 years to life imprisonment by a Judge…

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Big Gaol Term for U.k. Thug

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Willie “The Actor” Sutton, notorious bank robber and gaol escapee, was sentenced here to 30 years…

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Valuation Test Cases to Come Before Molong Court Valuer Fails to Reach Agreement

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

A committee appointed to handle valuation cases in "C" Riding of Molong Shire has decided to select test cases for submission to Molong court on Thursday week,…

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Police Boys' Notes

National Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 8

The boxing and wrestling show held at the Club on Thursday night last was a great success, though I was a little disappointed with two of the…

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Court List

National Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 2

A big list of cases is set down for Bathurst Court on Monday. it includes a charge Against a ghol inmate of escaping from custody; charges…

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Correspondence Pp Board Police (To the Editor)

National Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 2

Sir: As a candidate for C riding in the forthcoming PP Board elections, I would like to comment on Dir. Holmes' letter in the press on…

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Bathurst Eviction Case Equity Court Hearing

National Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: The Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Juatice Roper, today disagreed with a suggestion that a police inspector unlawfully prevented…

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Night Club Proprietor Charged With Murder

National Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Al Dahlberg (31), an American, who was shot in a Darling Point flat yesterday, died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney,…

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Alleged Cauliflower Theft

National Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

Det. Sgt. W. N. Hanson, of Bathurst Police, arrested a man last night and charged him with the theft of cauliflowers from a property near…

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Storekeeper Attacked Police Seek Assailant

National Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Police are stopping all cars on the main northern roads of NSW near Wauchope, in an effort to catch a youth who is…

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Bathurst Man Fined for Cauliflower Theft

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

Being found in a cauliflower patch on the Gorman's Hill Road at 8.20 p.m. on Sunday night cost Bathurst , laborer. Gordon Kelly, Alias Gordon…

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