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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 15 of 69

Young Thieves Before Court

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 1

Two Orange youths appeared in court yesterday on charges of stealing. One faced 15 charges. Edward James Taylor,…

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Woman Charged

Central Western Daily · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday—Police at Redfern charged a woman with malicious wounding after she and a…

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Nine Charged with Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 2

Only two of nine men arrested for drunkenness at the weekend appeared before today's court, presided over by Mr. E…

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Gaol Escapees Injured In Road Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

FORT SMITH (Arkansas), Monday.--Seven male prisoners overpowered a guard and escaped from San Sebastian…

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Police Save Launch

Central Western Daily · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. —The police launch, Ansett late today saved a 48ft. launch with seven men aboard…

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Great Gathering Welcomes Lithgow's Police Boy's Club

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 2

Narrow-minded opponents of the establishment of the Police-Citizens Boys' Clubs under the late Commissioner McKay had claimed that the movement was similar to the Fascist youth leagues and was being set up to create pimps for the police force, but they had been proved entirely wrong…

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Petty Theft Woman Before Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 2

"I can offer no reason for defendant's action," Det. Sgt. W. N. Hanson said at Bathurst Court yesterday, following evidence which led to the…

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Gaoled for Mean Theft Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

John Patrick Boyne, 47, seaman, who stole a Spastic Centre collection box from a hotel bar on Saturday, was sentenced to nine months' jail in…

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Rockley Hotel Transferred Police Objection Over-ruled

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

"I'm satisfied that this is a bonafide application, although I agree that the District Licensing Inspector was not only correct but obliged to…

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Police Use Tear Gas New Delhi Riots

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Monday: Police used teargas and staves to break up demonstrations in New Delhi lost night supporting Hindu agitation in Jammu…

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Sunday Duck Shooting Fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 2

A Lidsdale shooter who stalked and fired at wood ducks during closed season and was found carrying a fire-arm on a Sunday was fined £5 and £1…

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Drove Under Influence Carpenter fined at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 2

A 22-year-old carpenter, Donald E. McLeod, of Cremorne, was fined £10 at Bathurst Court yesterday on conviction of driving under the influence…

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Court Fines Drinking Drivers £25 One warned conduct in about his courtroom

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

Two motorists were fined a total of £25 in Orange Court yesterday on charges of driving whilst under the influence of liquor. The Magistrate, Mr. C. W. English, threatened to take act on against one of…

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J.c.b. Chairman Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

In Paddington Court yesterday, Samuel Fogo Cochran, of Drumalbyn-road, Bellevue Hill, chairman of the Joint Coal…

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Aust. Soldier on Murder Charge

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

SEOUL, Tuesday — An Australian private charged with the murder of an American corporal on a korean road last December told his court…

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Magistrate Bans “Cobbers” in Court

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

WELLINGTON, N.Z. (AAP-Reuter), Wednesday. —A Dunedin Magistrate, Mr. J. D. Willis, today…

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Theft At Sunny Corner

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 4

A 35-year-old Sunny Corner woman pleaded guilty at Bathurst Court to three charges of stealing…

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Today's Court

National Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

Matters listed for Bathurst Police Court this morning are Police v T. Phelah (a male) and Roy D. Adams, false pretences; v Roy, D. Adams,,…

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Man on Murder Charge Paddington Shooting

National Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An extraordinary high percentage of NSW murders were committed by people who had been released on licence from…

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Transfer for Magistrate

Central Western Daily · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

Orange Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. C. W. English, expects to be transferred in the near future to the Napean district. He said yesterday he did…

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