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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 17 of 72

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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Alleged Bathurst Gaol Escapee for Trial

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

A prisoner who allegedly broke out from the farm adjacent to Bathurst E Gaol at about 2 p m on March 26 and spent seven hours at large before…

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Police Dispute Approach to Qleensland Premier

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: Executive of the Queensland Police Union approached the Premier (Mr. Gair) to-day mid asked him to intervene in the…

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Bathurst Tenancy Case Equity Court Action

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A Bathurst tenancy case involving a house in Stewart Street was not dealt with in the Equity Court today because of the…

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Man Admits Drowning Daughter U.K. Murder Case

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: A man drowned his 13 years old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday…

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Gang Leader Sentenced

National Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Frank Costello, long linked by police and official investigators with the underworld, was yesterday sentenced to 18…

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Police Probe Serious Accident At Emmco

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

Inquiries made by police into the serious accident at Emmco on Tuesday when a sheet metal worker received severe internal injuries from a blast of air, suggest that a fellow-worker turned the air hose on…

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Police Inspector Accused of "Meddling" Bathurst Tenancy Case

National Advocate · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A Bathurst police inspector had overstepped his authority by "meddling" in a civil dispute, Mr. G. Barwick, Q.C…

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Convict Shot Dead Vic. Gaol Break

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A "lifer" was shot dead when he and another prisoner, Maxwell Carl Skinner, attempted to break…

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Escapees Sentenced

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

BELGRADE, Wednesday: Ten people, two of them girl students, who tried to flee from the country by hiding beneath a carrier of the…

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Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

Matters set down for hearing before Mr. Dash, SM, at Bathurst Court, tomorrow include a defendant charged on two counts of fraudulent…

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Police Rescue Passengers Bus Plunges into River

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police early this morning, used a rowing boat to rescue [?] passengers and a driver from the not of a tourist bus which had…

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More Unrest in Tunisia Police Fire on Mob

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

TUNIS. Tuesday: Police fired on Nationalist demonstrators yesterday when they hurled a grenade and showers of stones at the home of Tunisian…

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Lyndhurst Landlord Failed to Comply with Court Order

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

By resolution at the April meeting of Lyndhurst Shire Council the Health Inspector, Sir. F. Pearce, was…

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Youth Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and a ow on the Great Western Highway near Raglan yesterday, a juvenile was charged at…

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Alleged Assault at Carnival

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 4

A member of Miller Bros. 1 entertainment troupe appeared at Orange Court yesterday to answer a charge of assault against an Orange man during the carnival held here in aid of the Far West last Christmas…

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Head Shunter’s Costly Assault On Asst. Sm

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

At Orange Court yesterday the head shunter at the Orange Railway Station wa fined £5 with costs totalling £28/19/- as the result of an assault on the assistant stationmaster on February 20. The [?] Stanley Louis…

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Sequel to Police Chase: Fined £35

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

A 55-mile-an-hour chase by police had a sequel in the Orange Police Court yesterday when fines totalling £35 were imposed on Earl Barwick, of Glenroi Avenue. Barwick was fined £25 for…

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Little Serious Crime at Show Police Report

National Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Acting Chief of the Sydney CIB. Supt. Wiley. said today that this year's. Sydney Show was the quietest he could…

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Fined for Theft Bathurst Court Case

National Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 5

At Bathurst Court yesterday William Frederick Francis (35), truck driver of Howick Street, was fined £10 on conviction of stealing…

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