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

Courts & crime, 1953

1,370 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 69

Life for Ex-vichy Man Murder Charge

National Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 2

LYONS, Wednesday: Jean Develle, 34, a former Vichy militia man was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor for having…

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Ballet Acted in Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.— Male ballet dancer Louis Raymond Conrad danced a pirouette from the…

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Remand on Charge of Stealing

Central Western Daily · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

An 18-years-old Orange labourer, charged with stealing an automatic rifle, a case of bananas,…

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Grazier Reports Theft of Sheep

Central Western Daily · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 7

Mr. J. Magennis reports large scale sheep stealing from Jeir station which is situated on the…

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£6000 Pay Roll Theft Daring Hold Up at Auburn

National Advocate · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Tow armed and masked hold-up men in a ran a payrolt car off the road at Auburn today and escaped with £6000…

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Lithgow Police Boys' Club Is Without Peer

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

Even before the 500 boys enrolled have set foot inside the new £30,000 Police and Citizens Boys' Club in Lithgow, one of the aims behind the club's construction has--ironically enough--…

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Illegal Use of Car Alleged Men Remanded at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A 31 year old laborer, Frederick Daniel James Kelly, of 143 Durham Street, Bathurst, appeared in custody at Bathurst Court yesterday on…

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S.m. Dismisses Assault Count Against Sergt. of Police

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 1

CANOWINDRA, Friday—A Eugowra timbergetter yesterday unsuccessfully brought a charge of assault against a Canowindra police sergeant. He was James Mask?] who the same day was…

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Sequel to Car Theft

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Court of Criminal Appeal to day, the Crown appealed against the leniency of suspended sentences on a former Manildra policeman and two other former…

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Mondays Court

National Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 2

Mutters listed for hearing before Mr. Dash, SM. at the Bathurst Police Court on Monday include: Police v Frederick D. J. Kelly, take and use,…

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Stray Dog Nuisance Police Warning

National Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 6

WEST, WYALONG, Friday: Police in West Wyalong today gave a warning that stray dogs in that town will be destroyed on sight…

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Supreme Court Sees Film Of Flood Damage

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 6

An 8mm. film of 1952 flood damage to Belubula River flats in the Canowindra district was shown in the Bathurst Supreme Court on Thursday during the hearing of a pastoral…

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Nonsensical Theft

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

Papers which disappeared from a Morris Oxford, sedan opposite Tattersall's Hotel, on…

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Claim for Damages at Mudgee District Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

Before Judge McKillop, at the Mudgee District Court last week, Phillip C. Betts claimed £81 from Henry…

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Claim for Rent at Mudgee District Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

At the Mudgee District Court on Thursday last, before Judge McKillop, Bertie Birchall (executor of Alfred…

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Gaol For Assault

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

A wine-drinking party in a hotel lavatory last Sunday ended in Orange Court yesterday when a…

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Assault Charge in Children’s Court

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

A young labourer, alleged to have beaten up a man so severely that a doctor had despaired of hs life, pleaded not ply in Orange Court yesterday of assault and occasioning actual bodily harm. The youth was 17 when…

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Grazier Admonished Bathurst Assault Case

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

"I am not regarding this matter as trivial but in view of the considerate attitude of the plaintiff and having in mind the fact that…

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Jelke Must Stay In Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues.-- Judge Francis Valente refused yesterday to permit bail for Minot Jelke, 23, who was convicted…

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Theft of Car Bathurst Man Gaoled

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

A 31-years-old laborer who was sentenced to two months imprisonment for car theft at Orange in 1952, was yasterday sentenced to nine months…

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